MainStreet (department store)

MainStreet
Company typeDepartment store
IndustryRetail
Founded1983, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Defunct1989
FateConverted or Sold to Kohl's
HeadquartersBannockburn, Illinois, USA
Area served
Chicago metropolitan area, Detroit, Michigan, Grand Rapids, Michigan, Twin Cities, Minnesota
ProductsClothing, footwear, bedding, furniture, jewelry, beauty products, home electronics, small appliances, housewares
ParentFederated Department Stores

MainStreet was a department store chain based in Chicago, Illinois, United States. The chain was launched in November 1983 by Federated Department Stores (now known as Macy's, Inc.). Throughout the 1980s, the chain expanded to twenty-nine stores in Illinois, Michigan, Indiana, and Minnesota. By 1988, MainStreet was sold to the Wisconsin-based chain Kohl's, which converted most MainStreet locations to Kohl's in March 1989.