On July 29th, 1982, the first Ollie’s Bargain Outlet store opened in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania. The inspiration for Ollie’s was Building #19, a chain of discount stores throughout Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Rhode Island (Building #19 went bankrupt 2013, with founder Jerry Ellis saying, “We woke up one day and the world had outgrown us… our model was outdated”).
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Ollie's: "Good Stuff Cheap"
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On July 29th, 1982, the first Ollie’s Bargain Outlet store opened in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania. The inspiration for Ollie’s was Building #19, a chain of discount stores throughout Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Rhode Island (Building #19 went bankrupt 2013, with founder Jerry Ellis saying, “We woke up one day and the world had outgrown us… our model was outdated”).