Topeka (store)
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Tiendas Topeka 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, Pitusa and La New York Department Stores.
Topeka eventually grew into one of the largest retail store chains on the island by opening locations in almost every town and city of Puerto Rico
. Puerto Rico's shopping mall
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 and Hipermercados (a combination food and clothing store)under their trademark name in Puerto Rico.
Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico , officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , is an unincorporated territory of the United States, located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of both the United States Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands.Puerto Rico comprises an...
retail department store chain.
Topeka as a store chain began in the late 1950s, competing with such other stores as Woolworth's, Pitusa and La New York Department Stores.
Topeka eventually grew into one of the largest retail store chains on the island by opening locations in almost every town and city of Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico , officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , is an unincorporated territory of the United States, located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of both the United States Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands.Puerto Rico comprises an...
. Puerto Rico's shopping mall
Shopping mall
A shopping mall, shopping centre, shopping arcade, shopping precinct or simply mall is one or more buildings forming a complex of shops representing merchandisers, with interconnecting walkways enabling visitors to easily walk from unit to unit, along with a parking area — a modern, indoor version...
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 and Hipermercados (a combination food and clothing store)under their trademark name in Puerto Rico.