At its peak, Emporium operated at least 34 stores, in Oregon, Idaho, Nevada, California and Washington.

Troutman's Emporium started growing when the company opened a second store at the Willamette Plaza in Eugene, Oregon, in 1968.

[4] In 1986, Emporium acquired the then-40-year-old, eight-store Quisenberry's chain, which had five stores in Eastern Oregon and three in Idaho.

In 2002, faced with increasing debt with creditors, Troutman's Emporium filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

Unable to secure financing or investment partners while in bankruptcy, Emporium announced it would be closing all of its stores and was formally going out of business.

When the closure was announced, the company had been operating 34 stores across five western U.S. states employing 1,600 people.