S. S. Kresge store company. By 1924, Kresge was worth approximately $375,000,000 ($ in 2009 dollars) and owned real estate of the approximate value of $100,000,000. He was married and divorced at least twice by 1928. Kresge and his family were members of Detroit's North Methodist Episcopal Church. He held membership in organizations including four Masonic lodges and the Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, the Young Men's Christian Association, the Detroit Athletic, Boat, and Golf Clubs, Rotary, and various commercial and automobiling societies. Kresge died on October 18, 1966, at the age of 99. The first Kmart opened
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