what chain of British department stores was built in 1961?
Lewis's
Alhambra, Blackpool
The Alhambra was an entertainment complex in Blackpool, Lancashire, England, from 1899–1903.
 A financial disaster, the building was bought by the Blackpool Tower Company and reopened in 1904 as the Palace.
 The building was demolished in 1961 to make way for Lewis's department store.
Lewis's
Lewis's was a chain of British department stores that operated from 1856 to 2010.
 The parent companies of Lewis's have gone into administration many times over the years, including 1991.
 The first store, which opened in Liverpool city centre, became the flagship of the chain of stores operating under the Lewis's name.
 Several stores in the chain were bought in 1991 by the company Owen Owen and continued to operate under the Lewis's brand name for several years, but after the closure of the Manchester store in 2002, only the original Liverpool store continued to trade under the Lewis's name.
 This store was sold in 2007 to the Vergo Retail Ltd and closed in 2010.
H &amp; J Smith's
H & J Smith Ltd, branded as H & J Smith and known colloqually as "H&J's" is a company which operates in the lower South Island of New Zealand.
 The company primarily operates Department Stores, but also some specialty stores and franchises (some within the main department stores).
 The Department Stores are located in Invercargill, Dunedin, Gore, Queenstown, Te Anau and Balclutha.
 There were also department stores in Nelson and Blenheim but these stores closed in March 2006.
 H & J Smith has been operating since 1900. King's (defunct discount store)
King's Department Stores was a chain of discount stores in the Eastern United States.
 The chain started in 1956, in Brockton, Massachusetts.
 They expanded to about 190 stores when, in 1978, they purchased the bankrupt Mammoth Mart chain.
 Three stores operated in the Buffalo, New York area.
 Because of the Mammoth purchase, they filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 1982, and in 1984 Ames Department Stores purchased the chain and converted most of them into Ames stores. NewCore Outlet
NewCore Outlet (뉴코아아울렛) is a South Korean retail company owned by E-Land Group.
 The company runs NewCore Outlets (뉴코아아울렛) and NC Department Stores (엔씨백화점).
 The company was originally owned by NewCore Group, which owned several NewCore department stores throughout the country.
 After NewCore Group was dishonored in 1997, E-Land Group mergered NewCore department stores.
 Some of the department stores were changed into fashion outlets, after being renamed as NewCore Outlet or 2001 Outlet, which is also run by E-Land Group, while some remained department store, but they were renamed as "NC Department Store." Gamble-Skogmo
Gamble-Skogmo Inc. was a conglomerate of retail chains and other businesses that was headquartered in St. Louis Park, Minnesota.
 Business operated or franchised by Gamble-Skogmo included Gambles hardware and auto supply stores, Woman's World and Mode O'Day clothing stores, J.M. McDonald department stores, Leath Furniture stores, Tempo and Buckeye Mart Discount Stores, Howard's Brandiscount Department Stores, Rasco Variety Stores, Sarco Outlet Stores, Toy World, Rasco-Tempo, Red Owl Grocery, Snyder Drug and the Aldens mail-order company.
 In Canada, retail operations consisted of Macleods Hardware, based in Winnipeg, MB, and Stedmans Department Stores, based in Toronto.
 Gamble-Skogmo carried a line of home appliances, including radios, televisions, refrigerators, and freezers, under the Coronado brand name. Filene's
Filene's was an American department store, headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts; it operated throughout New England and in New York.
 It was owned by Federated Department Stores from 1929 until 1988, at which time it was acquired by The May Department Stores Company.
 In 2005, Federated Department Stores bought May Department Stores, which resulted in Federated reacquiring Filene's.
 In September 2006, Federated retired the Filene's brand and converted the majority of its stores to Macy's over the course of 2006-07. Kaufmann's
Kaufmann's was a department store that originated in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
 It was owned in the early 20th century by Edgar J. Kaufmann, patron of 'Fallingwater'.
 In the post-war years, the store became a regional chain in the eastern United States, and was last owned by Federated Department Stores.
 At the height of its existence, it had some 59 stores in 5 states.
 Formerly part of May Department Stores prior to that company's acquisition by Federated on August 30, 2005, Kaufmann's operated as part of the Filene's organization in Boston, Massachusetts.
 On February 1, 2006, the Filene's/Kaufmann's organization was dissolved and the management of its stores was assumed by Macy's East and the new Macy's Midwest.
 On September 9, 2006, Macy's retired the Kaufmann's name as Federated Department Stores converted the former May Company brands to its masthead.
 In 2015, Macy's closed and sold the iconic Pittsburgh store for redevelopment as part of the company's ongoing reorganization of its owned properties.
 Core Reality of Philadelphia, the new owners of the building, have named the proposed mixed-use property "Kaufmann's Grand on Fifth" in honor of the historic property. House of Fraser
House of Fraser is a British department store group with over 60 stores across the United Kingdom and Ireland.
 It was established in Glasgow, Scotland in 1849 as Arthur and Fraser.
 By 1891, it was known as Fraser & Sons.
 The company grew steadily during the early 20th century, but after the Second World War, a large number of acquisitions transformed the company into a national chain.
 Between 1936 and 1985 over seventy companies, not including their subsidiaries, were acquired.
 In 1948, the company was first listed on the London Stock Exchange, and eventually was included in the FTSE Index before the company was acquired by a consortium of investors including Baugur and Don McCarthy in 2006.
 On 2 September 2014, Don McCarthy, retiring Executive Chairman of House of Fraser, announced the completion of the sale of 100% of the preferred ordinary shares and B ordinary shares, and approximately 89% of the A ordinary shares and preference shares of Highland Group Holdings Ltd, to Nanjing Xinjiekou Department Store Co, a leading chain of Chinese department stores, for an enterprise value of approximately £480 million. Magasin du Nord
Magasin du Nord is a Danish chain of department stores.
 Its flagship store is located on Kongens Nytorv in Copenhagen.
 The company is a subsidiary of the British department store retailer Debenhams.