Stores We Loved That No Longer Exist!
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Published 2022-12-10
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All Comments (21)
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Thanks!
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As a child. The Sears and Roebuck Christmas Wish catalog was the only thing my mom needed to keep me quiet for hours!
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K Mart is a tragedy. The guy who bought Kmart and Sears then bled them dry is the worst. K Mart had good products at good prices. I also miss places like Woolworth's where you could shop and also get lunch.
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K Mart and Sears were great store chains. Sears was an absolutly fantastic store that had anything that you could possibly want. It is really sad that they are all gone.
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I worked in some of these stores while in High School and College. It never occurred to me back then that these retail outlets will eventually go bust. I feel nostalgic but sad because I know time is flying by.
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Probably too small for you to mention with only 200 stores, was Tower Records. It was a big hit for me when they closed as we had two great stores in the California Bay Area.
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My mother and father-in-law met at a Woolworth's lunch counter. She worked at the lunch counter with his mother who introduced them. Thanks, Grandma Waterhouse! ❤
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I loved Mervyn’s. They had great clothes at reasonable prices.
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I LOVED Woolworth's the most with their VERY long counters to sit for a meal, especially at lunch time. The aromatic food smells inside those stores were beyond heavenly! They also had GREAT banana splits and other desserts like that along with all the items that they sold at reasonable prices. 🥰 Mervyn's was another GREAT CA. store that I remember in San Jose along with all the K-Marts and Wards stores. Sad that they are all gone now but the memories live on.
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What I really miss all the products back in the day were made here. Clothing was great quality along with the toys. Great memories.
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My mom still laments the end of the Montgomery Ward catalog. She loved to shop that way.
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Memories of growing up. Ben Franklin, Woolworths, Gambles, Montgomery Wards, McCrory's, Sears, Kmart.
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It's crazy that we've been chasing tech all our lives but looking back I wish I could live back into those days when we appreciated what we had but had the excitement of what was to come.
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Tower Records, Delia's, Radio Shack, Toys r Us,, and if course Blockbuster. Those were my childhood
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My grandparents loved driving to downtown Pittsburgh for Christmas shopping at Kaufmann’s and Gimbels. It was a magical time. And every time I smell popcorn I’m transported back to the entrance of Hill’s department store.
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I dont know if it qualifies, but I remember going to H&S Greenstamp stores. You could get just about everything you can think of with enough stamps.
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Another interesting point about Service Merchandise was that the store was a showroom and to shop there you'd get a clipboard with a order form pad and go around writing down the numbers of what you wanted. You'd hand your order form to the desk and then you'd wait while warehouse crew in the back retrieved your items. They'd come rolling out on a conveyor belt in the receiving area.
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It started out as convenience to use Amazon but I really wish we still had these other stores like Woolworth, Mervyns where we could actually touch the merch before buying.
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Woolworth's was my favorite! There was one in my neighborhood. You were able to purchase such items as clothes, snacks, and toys (i.e. G.I. Joe). Miss having them around.
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My husband worked for Montgomery Wards, they were a great company to work for. We in Michigan still miss them very much.
