Britts, a Spokane-based 5 & 10, was absorbed by J.J. Newberry in the late 1920s. In the early 1960s, the Britts name was revived for a national chain of department stores. The first Britts stores opened in late 1962. Before the demise of the chain in early 1982, there were units in Alabama, Arizona, California, Florida, Maryland, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, New York, New Hampshire, Vermont and Washington State.

Drawing from the J.J. Newberry Company Annual Report 1966

A Britts store was more upscale, with a better selection of merchandise than a Newberrys 5 & dime. Britts was not a (quote-unquote) "Dime Store." It was more along the lines of a mid-tier department store.

Photo from the J.J. Newberry Company Annual Report 1961

Case in point, the rather lavish China & Housewares Department in this unnamed Britts location.

Photo from the J.J. Newberry Company Annual Report 1961

BRITTS-ANCHORED SHOPPING MALLS:

*NORTHLINE SHOPPING CITY, Houston, TX (1963)

*MANOR EAST MALL, Bryan, TX (1972)

*BOCA RATON MALL, Boca Raton, FL (1974)

Hesteds was founded -in Fairbury, Nebraska- in 1909. The chain extended into Colorado, North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana and Wyoming. Lee Stores -of Iowa, South Dakota and Minnesota- merged with Hesteds in 1920. The Hested-Lee chain was brought under the Newberrys corporate umbrella in 1960. 

Photo from the J.J. Newberry Company Annual Report 1965

Graphic from the J.J. Newberry Company

HESTEDS JUNIOR-ANCHORED SHOPPING MALLS:

*THE CENTER, Omaha, NE (1955)
*HOLIDAY VILLAGE CENTER, Great Falls, MT (1962)

*UNIVERSITY PLAZA, Fort Collins, CO (1964)