Ames Reportedly Returning In 2023, Pondering PA Locations

PENNSYLVANIA — Ames, the discount department store chain that went out of business in 2002, will return next year, according to an Internet announcement - and an Ames spokesperson said that return will involve Pennsylvania.

"Ames Department Stores, Inc. is returning in Spring 2023," the chain's Internet site stated. "Please keep an eye on this website for announcements on which locations are opening first."

Ames was founded in 1958 in Southbridge, MA. Once one of the country's largest discount retailers with more than 700 stores in 20 states, the chain went bankrupt and was liquidated in 2002.

Cross Moline Ventures, which now owns the Ames name, plans to open seven Ames stores next
year, a spokesperson told WPRI-TV in Providence, RI. The company plans stores in Pennsylvania, Connecticut and New York, she said.

The spokesperson did not disclose specific locations, saying those would be announced in February.

The new Ames stores are expected to sell groceries as well as consumer goods. The Ames logo will be slightly updated, according to the spokesperson.