3D Discount stores was an Indianapolis, Indiana

Indianapolis, Indiana

Indianapolis is the capital of the U.S. state of Indiana, and the county seat of Marion County, Indiana. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city's population is 839,489. It is by far Indiana's largest city and, as of the 2010 U.S...

, based chain of discount stores that operated in the 1970s and 1980s. As a division of Danners, Inc

Danners, Inc

Danners, Inc was an Indianapolis, Indiana, based company that operated various retail and restaurant outlets. Its largest division, and oldest, was the Danners 5 & 10 chain of five and dime stores, which it closed in 1985....

, it was the last remaining entity in the former Danners 5 & 10

Danners 5 & 10

Danners 5 & 10 was a chain of five and dime stores based in Indianapolis, Indiana. It was the largest division in the Danners, Inc company, which included the 3D Discount stores chain. Danners shut down the money-losing five and dime stores in 1985....

 retail family.

3D stores were similar to Kmart

Kmart

Kmart, sometimes styled as "K-Mart," is a chain of discount department stores. The chain acquired Sears in 2005, forming a new corporation under the name Sears Holdings Corporation. The company was founded in 1962 and is the third largest discount store chain in the world, behind Wal-Mart and...

, and succumbed to heavy competition from both Kmart and Wal-mart

Wal-Mart

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. , branded as Walmart since 2008 and Wal-Mart before then, is an American public multinational corporation that runs chains of large discount department stores and warehouse stores. The company is the world's 18th largest public corporation, according to the Forbes Global 2000...

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In 1986, there were 35 locations throughout Indiana

Indiana

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, Illinois

Illinois

Illinois is the fifth-most populous state of the United States of America, and is often noted for being a microcosm of the entire country. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and northern Illinois, and natural resources like coal,...

 and Michigan

Michigan

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. The chain was sold to Indian L.P. in 1987, and by the end of 1987, only had 18 locations Maxway, owners of Indian L.P., closed down the remaining 18 3-D stores in 1988.