Venture Stores, Inc

Company

• Pre-filing annual sales: $2,729 (millions of current dollars)
• Pre-filing assets: $1,263 (millions of current dollars)
• Pre-filing number of employees: 12,600
• Sub-industry: 53 General Merchandise Stores
• Place of incorporation: DE
• Court for city of headquarters: MO St. Louis
• In business at filing? yes

Bankruptcy case

• Chapter at filing: Chapter 11
• Who filed case? debtors
• Debtor's lead attorney: Pepper Hamilton
• Date of filing: January 20, 1998
• Judge at filing: Roderick R. McKelvie
• Court district of filing: DE
• Court city of filing: Wilmington
• Case number: 98-00101
• Cause of bankruptcy: Not tort
• Forum shop? Forum Shop


• Case transferred? no
• Destination court of transfer: not applicable
• Creditors committee appointed? yes
• §363 sale: 363 sale
• Dip loan final approval? yes
• Plan type: free fall


• Disposition status: confirmed
• Date of disposition: November 23, 1998
• Judge at disposition: Roderick R. McKelvie
• Days from filing to disposition: 307

After the case

• Did firm emerge? company did not emerge
• Did firm refile? not emerged 5 years