Uptons was a department store based in Atlanta, Georgia, United States.

In 1987, Uptons acquired 14 stores from Meyers-Arnold of Greenville, South Carolina.

[3] Thirty-seven locations of the Florida-based J. Byrons department store chain were acquired in 1996.

[5] In July 1999, American Retail Group decided that maintaining the Uptons chain was too costly.

[7][8] At the time, American Retail Group also owned clothing retailer Maurices, Inc.; sporting goods chain Eastern Mountain Sports, Inc; and The Hub, Inc. (which comprised the clothing chains Millers Outpost, Levi's Outlet by M.O.S.T., Dockers Outlet by M.O.S.T., Juxtapose and Anchor Blue).