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Popular Big G stores thrived in 80s

Jim Reedy, right, was a store manager for Gibson’s when this picture was taken but later became president of Big G. Gibson’s was the precursor to Big G. Jim Baker, left, was president of Gibson’s in Gainesville.

0111ask — Jim Reedy, right, was a store manager for Gibson’s when this picture was taken but later became president of Big G. Gibson’s was the precursor to Big G. Jim Baker, left, was president of Gibson’s in Gainesville.

There was a department store called Big G that was here in Gainesville in the 1980s. When did it open and what happened to it? Big G arose out of the Gibson’s chain of discount stores, according to The Times’ archives.