Price Stores is closing after 75 years in business

Price Stores, once located at 52 S. Jefferson St. in downtown Dayton since its beginning in 1950, relocated to Centerville in 2020. TOM GILLIAM/CONTRIBUTED

Credit: Tom Gilliam

Credit: Tom Gilliam

Price Stores, once located at 52 S. Jefferson St. in downtown Dayton since its beginning in 1950, relocated to Centerville in 2020. TOM GILLIAM/CONTRIBUTED

Price Stores, a 75-year-old retailer in Dayton for men’s clothing, tuxedos, bridal, and prom-wear, will close its doors at the end of the month.

Price Stores opened Feb. 15, 1950, spending its first seven decades at Fourth and Jefferson streets in downtown Dayton, before moving to Centerville in 2020, to 553 Miamisburg-Centerville Road, across the street from Hauer Music, another former longtime downtown Dayton business.

“We are profoundly grateful to the Dayton community for trusting us for so many years,” the business said in a statement Monday. “Closing is bittersweet, but we celebrate the legacy we’ve built together.”

Edd and Nancy Wimsatt purchased the business in 1996. They closed the bridal and prom shop in 2014 when Nancy Wimsatt retired.

Now Edd Wimsatt, who turns 76 on the last day of operations, Dec. 31, will retire, the statement from the business said.

Beginning today and continuing through Dec. 31, Price Stores will hold a storewide inventory liquidation event.

Beyond clothing, fixtures and office furniture will also be available for purchase.

Said the business: “We want this final chapter to be a celebration of our customers, our employees and the community that made Price Stores possible for almost 76 years.”

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