Roses Stores is a regional discount store, originally known as P.H. Rose, located in Henderson in 1915 by Paul Howard Rose, a young merchant of the young age of time, in North Carolina. Initially this store was started in a partnership but that partnership was resolved. Then he started expanding his business first from nearby oxford in 1916 then Roxboro in 1917 then Louisburg in 1918 and so on. Most of the stores were in small towns but in 1938 the company decided to began opening stores in the Hampton Roads, Virginia area that would become most dominant urban market. In 1938 there are 105 stores in Norfolk at Colley Avenue, following the war in market the first real shopping center opened in midtown center. This experiment was very successful Rose decided to open more stores in newly constructed shopping centers. In 1960's they advertise themselves as the discount department store. Onwards they started expanding their stores as shopping centers.

After getting dominant in mountainous regions and rural areas of North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Kentucky, Tennessee and some other areas, they extended their branches Wal-Mart in the region. After being well establishment and anchoring in many shopping malls. They did not compete well in the market due to mismanagement. Many stores were closed and it included those who were located in mall locations. The reason is that they didn't compete with the Wal-Mart. But it odes not mean tat all stores are closed. The stores which have little good management are still working. Several unsuccessful attempts were made by rose department in the mid-1990s. At their peak they operated more than 270 stores, mostly in South and North Carolina, Virginia, and Georgia. Then in 1997 they sold rose to Variety Wholesalers Inc. Company has more than 120 stores and they are capable to compete with the market. And they gained their popularity as a discount store.

If you visit rose department website, you will find almost all the household material on website for sale. These articles include wrist watches, makeup kits, pants, shirts, under garments, embellished dressing, curtains, wall decorations, shoes of men and women, Jewelry, antiques , mineral pairs, drinks, cutlery , sheet for kids as well as room decorations, sitting chairs, perfumes and much more that is necessary in a home. All the things are available in discount as it was the main cause of their popularity at whole sale rate. If you want to purchase online you can do this through eBay. roses department store website