 Tempo and Buckeye Mart stores in Ohio and Michigan were sold to Fisher's Big Wheel in the late 1970s, with the remaining Tempo stores transferred to the F. S. Rasco & Co. variety store division.The remaining Tempo stores were closed in the early 1980s following the bankruptcy of parent company Wickes.Gamble-Skogmo also owned a 51% interest in Clark's Gamble Corporation, which operated Clark's Discount Department Stores in the United States and Canada.