McEwens (originally known as James McEwen & Co.) was a department store located in the Scottish city of Perth. Specialising in homeware, it was established in March 1868,"McEwens of Perth department store closes with the loss of 110 jobs" – BBC News, 24 March 2016 and was in business for nearly 150 years. It closed in March 2016, along with its branches in Oban and Ballater, with the loss of over 100 jobs. Its store location, at 56 St John Street, was taken over in 2017 by Beales, an English department-store chain,"Department store Beales takes over former McEwens site in Perth" – The Scotsman, 11 September 2017 but that has also since closed."Perth department store Beales to close in matter of months, administrators confirm" – The Courier, 7 February 2020
McEwens had a second location in Perth, at 29–37 South Street, a short distance from the St John's Street location.
The store's outbuildings, on Perth's Watergate, were proposed for demolition in 2019, to be replaced by housing."Permission sought to demolish McEwen’s outbuildings in Perth for housing" – The Courier, 9 July 2019
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External links "McEwens of Perth, Scotland Wools, 1961" – The Vintage Traveler