Tiendas Topeka (or Topeka Stores) is a large
Puerto Rican retail department store chain.
''Topeka'' as a store chain began in the late 1950s, competing with such other stores as ''
Woolworth's
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Businesses
* F. W. Woolworth Company, the original US-based chain of "five and dime" (5¢ and 10¢) stores
* Woolworths Group (United Kingdom), former operator of the Woolworths chain of shop ...
'', ''
Pitusa'' (which opened in 1977) and ''
La New York Department Stores''.
''Topeka'' grew into one of the largest retail store chains on the island by opening locations in almost every town and city in
Puerto Rico
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. Puerto Rico's
shopping mall
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boom of the 1980s provided Topeka with further opportunity to open in more locations.
Originally a clothing store, Topeka gradually grew to include food, school items, electronics, toys and other consumer products in their stores.
Topeka has now opened a few
supermarkets
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and ''Hipermercados'' (a combination food and clothing store) under their trademark name in Puerto Rico.
References
Puerto Rican brands
Retail companies of Puerto Rico
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