Purdy-Kresge Library with a five and ten cent store that opened in 1899 in Downtown Detroit and now there are thousands of K-mart stores in the U.S. and in other countries. Also being a successful business man Kresge was a philanthropist. When The Kresge Foundation was founded in 1924, he thought his gains would be able to better mankind. The Kresge Foundation has donated millions of dollars to many colleges and organizations but the foundation is also known as a “bricks and mortar” foundation because it helped institutions and non-profit organizations. In 1949, the trustees of The Kresge Foundation offered Wayne State
Clover (store) Clover (store) Clover was a discount chain of 26 stores operated by Strawbridge & Clothier in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware. Clover stores averaged , but the first five stores it opened, ran about to . The first Clover store opened in 1971 in Cherry Hill, NJ. The management of Strawbridge & Clothier based their Clover store format on Dayton Hudson's store chain and Federated’s Gold Circle Discount store. The name was taken from S&C's periodic sale days, "Clover Days". The similarities to Target were evident throughout the life of Clover. The earliest locations included a food store (Clovermarket) adjacent