<Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article does not cite any sources . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . (December 2009) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> <P> Tiendas Topeka (or Topeka Stores) is a large Puerto Rican retail department store chain . </P> <P> Topeka as a store chain began in the late 1950s, competing with such other stores as Woolworth's, Pitusa (which opened in 1977) and La New York Department Stores . </P> <P> Topeka eventually grew into one of the largest retail store chains on the island by opening locations in almost every town and city of Puerto Rico . Puerto Rico's shopping mall boom of the 1980s provided Topeka with further opportunity to open in more locations . </P>

Puerto rican store chain that began in the 1950s