Kmart of the first Kmart, some poorly performing S.S. Kresge stores were converted to a new "Jupiter Discount Stores" brand, which was conceived as a bare-bones, deep discount outfit. During the 1970s, Kmart put a number of competing retailers out of business. Kresge, Jupiter and Kmart stores mainly competed with other store chains like Zayre, Ames, Bradlees, Caldor, Hills, and those that were operated by MMG-McCrory Stores (McCrory, McLellan, H.L. Green, J.J. Newberry, S.H. Kress, TG&Y, Silver's and eventually G.C. Murphy Co.). In 1977, S.S. Kresge Company changed its name to K Mart Corporation. In 1980, Vice Chairman Bernard M. Fauber
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