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Pamida - Your Hometown Store
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In 1948, Jim Witherspoon and Lee Wegener began operating a "service merchandiser" business. Through this business, 22 salespeople provided supermarkets across a 5-state area with health and beauty aids, housewares, records and tapes, and some softlines items.
Based on the concept of operating an "outlet" store for the products offered to the supermarkets, Witherspoon and Wegener opened their first retail store as part of the Gibson Products Company in Knoxville, Iowa, in November of 1963. The store did so well that another location was opened in nearby Oskaloosa, Iowa, just 2 weeks later. This rapid growth pattern continued as Witherspoon and Wegener expanded their concept into small towns throughout the Midwest and west central United States. In the late 1970s, the relationship with Gibsons ended, and the Pamida name began appearing on the stores.
The Pamida name has an interesting origin. It represents the first two letters of the first names of Witherspoon's three sons, Pat, Mike, and David. Pamida stores are generally located in county seat towns with populations ranging from 3,000 to 8,000 people. The stores carry both hardlines and softlines categories of merchandise as well as seasonal items. The company also operates its own Pharmacy division.
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