Uncle Bill's was a chain of stores in the Greater Cleveland area. It was founded in 1955 by Sidney Axelrod as a discount store.[1] In 1961, the store added clothing and furniture to become a full discount department store.[1]

The store catered to young 1960s consumers, filling the economic spaces previously held by downtown department stores.[2]

The store was sold to Cook United (then the Cook Coffee Company) in 1961.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Business, Retail". Encyclopedia of Cleveland History. Case Western Reserve University. 11 May 2018. Retrieved February 22, 2019.
  2. ↑ Klein, Richard (Fall 2014). ""Let's Go Shopping at the Square" Cleveland's Leading Downtown Department Stores: A Business Legacy". Cleveland Memory. 25: 18, 196. Retrieved February 23, 2019.
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