 In 1985 the company acquired a struggling rival, The Powers Dry Goods Company, from Associated Dry Goods Corp., which gave it some breathing room against dominant rival Dayton's.In 1987, after Campeau Corp.'s buy-out of Allied Stores Corp., Donaldson's was acquired by Carson Pirie Scott & Co. of Chicago, Illinois which made the ill-fated decision to rename the stores with the corporate name.Carson's in turn was acquired by P.A.