operating as a distributor servicing individual franchisees and advertising the products sold there through direct mail services and newspaper inserts. Promotions Unlimited provided similar advertising and promotional services for thousands of other retail stores unaffiliated with Ben Franklin Stores. Promotions Unlimited went bankrupt in 2017. See also Hindman Ben Franklin: Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Kentucky Citations General and cited references Sandra S. Vance and Roy V. Scott. "Butler Brothers and the Rise and Decline of the Ben Franklin Stores: A Study in Franchise Retailing." Essays in Economic and Business History: Selected Papers from the Economic and Business Historical Society, East Lansing: Division of Research, Graduate School of Business, Michigan State University 11 (1993), pp. 258-271 Mexia Blackcats 1959: Duke & Ayres External links Five and dimes Arts and crafts retailers Discount stores of the United States Franchises Companies based in Wisconsin American companies established in 1927 Retail companies established in 1927 1927 establishments in Wisconsin