Levi's, Menace, Mecca, and other name brands were also sold but later dropped when Anchor Blue decided to exclusively sell its own Anchor Blue fashion line. Up until that time, Miller's Outpost (and subsequently Anchor Blue Clothing Company) were also selling brand names from some of their competitors in the apparel industry. In the late '90s, the company changed its name to Anchor Blue because they had marketed, distributed, and sold their own line of jeans (for both men and women) and other clothing and accessories in their stores but wanted the chain's name to reflect their own name brand. The new owner continued the store's growth trend, expanding to over 300 storefronts across California, Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas and other states by the end of the 1980s. Miller sold his company shortly after reaching the centennial milestone to Amcena Corporation. Soon thereafter the business took off, spawning 210 stores in the region by the turn of the decade. The business debuted in Ontario and Pomona specializing in clothing catered to young adults. ĭave Miller founded his own clothing retail store named Miller's Outpost in 1972. Lou's enterprise, Lou Miller's, eventually had branches in the City of Orange in the Mall of Orange, San Bernardino, Riverside, Montclair and East Los Angeles. The Miller brothers decided to pursue separate ventures and as a result the business folded in the early 1970s. The shop gained popularity among local youth as being one of the few places in the area that sold Levi's jeans. The Ontario, California-based surplus store sold both military surplus and clothing during its early days.

The origins of Anchor Blue Clothing Company date to 1948 when brothers Dave and Lou Miller founded Miller's Surplus store (originally Ontario War Surplus). A former Miller's Outpost semi-trailer bearing the company's 1990's-era logo.

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