 This was done because executives felt that combining the two names would increase the profitability of both chains, due to Rike's having been based in nearby Dayton.Four years later, all of the Shillito-Rike's stores were further consolidated under the Lazarus name.Another anchor change ensued in 1984 when Pogue's parent company, Associated Dry Goods, merged the chain with L. S. Ayres of Indianapolis.