founded 1897 founder joseph glik headquarters granite city illinois u.s. number of locations approx . 55 1 area served midwestern united states products clothing footwear website www.gliks.com glik s is an american retail clothing chain based in granite city illinois . it was founded in 1897 by joseph glik . the chain operates more than 50 locations in the midwestern united states primarily in illinois michigan and minnesota . history edit glik s in alpena mall alpena michigan . joseph glik began the glik s chain in 1897 in st. louis missouri where he sold dry goods . five years later he opened a second store in madison illinois . the granite city store was sold to his son morris ; originally called good luck and later boston store it took the name glik s in 1925 . 2 morris s son joe glik later took control of the store and began expanding it as a chain throughout illinois . 2 the majority of its locations are in smaller towns with populations as small as 7 000 . 3 in the 1980s the chain created concept stores . among these were a men s clothing store called glik s for guys a young adult clothing store called glik s ltd. and a discount chain called 10 for less . 2 both 10 for less later renamed 20 for less and another concept glik s sports were eliminated in 1999 . 3 4 by the late 1990s the chain had expanded into michigan with its first locations there having been converted from dancer s clothing stores . 5 references edit the glik company profile . yahoo . retrieved 6 september 2010 . a b c b. ray owen 11 october 1992 . glik s in business almost a century . the southeast missourian . retrieved 6 september 2010 . a b linda tucci 10 december 1999 . glik s battles the goliaths . st. louis business journal . retrieved 6 september 2010 . linda tucci 10 december 1999 . glik s battles the goliaths page 2 . st. louis business journal . retrieved 6 september 2010 . glik s adds first stores in michigan purchases six locations from dancers chain . st. louis post dispatch . 8 january 1997 . retrieved 6 september 2010 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title glik % 27s & oldid 740299508 categories clothing retailers of the united statescompanies based in madison county illinoiscompanies established in 1897granite city illinois navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 20 september 2016 at 06 12 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view