Venture Stores: The Forgotten Midwestern Giant - Post-Mortar

Venture Stores was a discount department store chain founded by Target creator John Geisse and May Company Executive Dave Babcock. Borrowing heavily from his former chain, Geisse would start what would become one of the last regional discounters. Watch their rapid rise and anti-climactic, yet equally rapid, decline in this episode of Post-Mortar. *Choice clips of this video have been cut out due to inaccuracies* Main theme: Branches by DanoSongs https://danosongs.com/ (used with permission) Mike Kalasnik: https://www.flickr.com/photos/1054240... Chapters: 0:00 - Intro 0:26 - John Geisse and Target Stores 1:29 - The May Company 2:13 - The Founding Fathers 3:01 - Venture is Ready to Compete 4:12 - Geisse Leaves & Venture Expands Rapidly 7:09 - The Fall of Venture 9:40 - Final Words 10:18 - Credits Citations: https://justpaste.it/venture Alex Nuelle, 2020 Videos and images used in this episode belong to their respective owners. #venturestores #target #discount