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[mediamongrel]

I know of two Roses stores; Belmont, NC & Wilmington, NC

anyone know of others?  I remember this chain was big in Winston in the 90's

[Beany]

There is a Roses on High Point Road in Greensboro that opened a few months back.

[monsoon]

That's amazing. I did not realize this chain was even still around.  

In the 1970s & early 80s there was a Roses in almost every Carolina's city.  They were killed by Walmart.

[Noneck_08]

We've got one here in Lexington. It took the place of the were the old K-Mart was.

[orulz]

There was one on Merrimon Ave. in Asheville until the mid 1990s. It got replaced by a Stein Mart.

There is still a Roses at Universtiy Mall in Chapel Hill, and last time I drove by, there was still one in Weaverville (north of Asheville) just next to I-26.

[triguyrdu]

there is also a Roses in Durham...off of 54 and fayetteville

Edited by triguyrdu, 29 June 2005 - 01:02 PM.

[orulz]

I've always found it interesting that Roses is so old and strapped for cash that they don't even have any semblance of a website.

I wonder what StevenRocks has to say about Roses...

[DigitalSky]

Is the one in Belmont still open? I thought it closed when that Harris Teeter next door shuttered

[StevenRocks]

orulz, on Jun 29 2005, 02:05 PM, said:

I wonder what StevenRocks has to say about Roses...

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I had plenty to say, but an electrical storm wiped out my post.  


I was shopping at Summit Shopping Center in Greensboro and found this old inlaid terrazzo Rose's sign in front of Maxway (which occupies the old Rose's space). I love stuff like this.

[Justin6882]

There is still a Roses in Zebulon, about 25 minutes outside of Raleigh.  Its pretty crappy though...I remember when I was little and there were no Wal*Mart's around it was the closest discount store and it wasn't nearly as run-down as it is now (the one that used to be on 64).

[orulz]

StevenRocks, on Jun 29 2005, 04:29 PM, said:

I had plenty to say, but an electrical storm wiped out my post. 

I hate it when that happens.. or when I accidentally hit "backspace" and I don't have the text box selected... it's the worst.

Don't get too discouraged though. I hope you get the time to type some of it out again. I've always liked Rose's and was a bit sad to see the one on Merrimon Ave in Asheville close down. You certainly have a good deal of interesting information and trivia about every store that I've ever heard of, and I'm glad to hear Rose's is no exception.

[urbanvb]

We had a Roses growing up in my small town. My sister worked there for prolly 10 years. They closed quite a few years ago but there is still one Roses store left here in Va Beach.

[NCMike1981]

Durham

-54 and Fayetteville Rd beside Harris Teeter (?)
-North Duke Plaza on Roxboro Rd beside Staples

Fuguay Varina

-Main St (401) in Sunset Plaza (?) beside Food Lion

Wilmington

-Ogden area off Market St beside Harris Teeter
-Carolina Beach Road at Shipyard

Henderson

-Henderson Mall beside Food Lion

Burlington

-sprite Park Plaza off Church St beside Food Lion

Siler City

-off 64 in shopping center with Belks

Chapel Hill

-University Mall off Estes Dr w/ Dillards and A Southern Season

Roxboro

-North Madison Blvd (501)

I can make a list of places I remember Roses were but have closed but that would be a somewhat long list lol Roses used to be my favorite store, over K-Mart growing up. Even after Wal-Marts invasion I'd still shop there through HS for "run in run out" items

Oh and there are Roses in South Hill, Martinsville, and Chatham, VA that I know of....

Did I read correctly? Beany said that a Roses recently opened in Greensboro off High Point Rd....I didn't know Roses was building stores again...I thought all of their stores were like 20+ years old....

Edited by NCMike1981, 29 June 2005 - 05:16 PM.

[suburban george3]

Hey, there is still a Roses on Reynolda Road in Winston-Salem....  

Used to go to Roses with my mother when I was a young child, they ran into severe distress in the early 90's when WalMart started to invade.  Most of them have now closed and Roses doesn't carry the same quality merchandise that they used to have.

BTW, anyone remember Brendle's??

[StevenRocks]

NCMike1981, on Jun 29 2005, 05:46 PM, said:

Oh and there are Roses in South Hill, Martinsville, and Chatham, VA that I know of....

Did I read correctly? Beany said that a Roses recently opened in Greensboro off High Point Rd....I didn't know Roses was building stores again...I thought all of their stores were like 20+ years old....

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Add Rocky Mount and Abingdon, VA to that list   The Rocky Mount one opened in the '80s (1986 to be exact) and the Abingdon one looks like something from the late '70s.  

Rocky Mount's store is in Rocky Mount Plaza on Rt. 40 (just off US 220) with Food Lion and CVS.  Abingdon's in a shopping center on US 58/11 with a Lowes Foods and both stores have vintage signage.  Except for the cars outside, you'd think it was still 1979 there!

suburban george3, on Jun 29 2005, 06:41 PM, said:

BTW, anyone remember Brendle's??

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I remember Brendle's fondly.  I got my gumball machine there!

[Beany]

NCMike1981, on Jun 29 2005, 06:46 PM, said:

Did I read correctly? Beany said that a Roses recently opened in Greensboro off High Point Rd....I didn't know Roses was building stores again...I thought all of their stores were like 20+ years old....

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Yep, opened several months ago in a store vacated by a Phar-mor.

[DigitalSky]

suburban george3, on Jun 29 2005, 06:41 PM, said:

BTW, anyone remember Brendle's??

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ooh yeah!! It's a Value City Furniture store now on Sardis Road North

[StevenRocks]

Catalog showrooms and Roses 'cool factor' died about the same time

[mediamongrel]

Remember at Service Merchandise when you took the tiny clipboard and wrote down what you wanted to get, then brought it to the warehouse area of the store?

[rooster8]

Our Roses (Marion, NC) is stuck in the early 80's - same furnishings, decor, etc.  I'm really surprised it is still open.  There are only about ten customers at the store at any given time.

Yesterday I saw a picture of our old store that was downtown and was blown away.  It had a classic late-40's or early 50's storefront, very similar to the former Woolworth's building in Asheville.