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Can you name a classic store from your childhood or recently. that closed its doors? mine-Radio Shack. JoAnn Fabrics is [View all]

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going into bankruptcy. I loved their fabric.

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Can you name a classic store from your childhood or recently. that closed its doors? mine-Radio Shack. JoAnn Fabrics is [View all] debm55 Apr 2 OP

Woolworths. My fav place to grab lunch at college or to shop for chotskis. nt woodsprite Apr 2 #1

TY I remember the booths where we would stop and eat. debm55 Apr 2 #3

There was one in the mall where I worked at Sears. Phoenix61 Apr 2 #59

Ty Phoenix61, Funny post debm55 Apr 2 #73

Mine is Sears... FalloutShelter Apr 2 #2

TY FalloutShelter. I liked paging through the Sear's catalogs. debm55 Apr 2 #5

Me too... FalloutShelter Apr 2 #7

The Sears Christmas Wishbook! MontanaMama Apr 2 #52

Oh yes my favorite. TY MontanaMama debm55 Apr 2 #74

Tons of department stores from throughout the US: the Jones Store, Rich's, Davison's, Foley's, Hartzfeld's, hlthe2b Apr 2 #4

Ty hlthe2b, I bought my first microwave at Montgomery Wards. Cost 399 dollars. This is when they first came out. debm55 Apr 2 #9

I bought a boombox for $400!!! Had 2 recording reels and cd player Demovictory9 Apr 2 #16

I can remember that because my husband and I got into an argument in Wards over the need for it. For the longest time it debm55 Apr 2 #21

Montgomery wards "Electric Avenue" Demovictory9 Apr 2 #25

Bought my first home PC there. lpbk2713 Apr 2 #64

You were a pioneer. My first home PC was purchased in the 90s Demovictory9 Apr 3 #191

About all you could connect to was Bulletin Boards. lpbk2713 Apr 3 #192

Bulletin boards..ugh. I learned to use gender free online name Demovictory9 Apr 3 #193

Is that where they had all the TV, stereos, and electronic? debm55 Apr 2 #86

it it's latter years, Wards renamed the appliance section "electric Avenue". so 'yes' BlueWaveNeverEnd Apr 2 #128

Ty . I remmber that. debm55 Apr 2 #133

Tuesdays are gone? Demovictory9 Apr 2 #14

Still seems to have some kind of online presence but stores closed as of last May... hlthe2b Apr 2 #22

Oh wow Demovictory9 Apr 2 #30

How successful can a store be sdfernando Apr 2 #55

Not sure if you are serious, but the stores were open normal hours througout the week. hlthe2b Apr 2 #58

Just being snarky /nt sdfernando Apr 2 #63

It's a store. debm55 Apr 2 #118

Katz Drug Store and Adlers-n/t marked50 Apr 5 #231

TY marked50 debm55 Apr 5 #236

Toys 'r' us Alpeduez21 Apr 2 #6

TY Alpeduez21 I remember them and before that Children''s Palace. debm55 Apr 2 #10

They Had A Huge Distribution Center Around Here ProfessorGAC Apr 2 #71

Probably, Amazon. debm55 Apr 2 #120

No, But There's One Of Those! ProfessorGAC Apr 3 #141

Ty ProfessorGAC, We have an Amazon center built last summer. debm55 Apr 3 #160

We used to go there with some cash leftieNanner Apr 2 #77

What a beautiful idea, TY leftieNanner. debm55 Apr 2 #121

I thought Toys-R-Us has come back as a subsidiary of Macy's. woodsprite Apr 2 #82

I don't know woodsprite. When they built the Big Walmart in the same area, both those toy stores went down. debm55 Apr 2 #85

Kresge's five and dime Emile Apr 2 #8

Thank you Emile, Didn't Kresge change into K-Mart? debm55 Apr 2 #11

Yes they did. Emile Apr 2 #12

This message was self-deleted by its author RandySF Apr 2 #41

Mervyns, Lerners, Thriftys, Demovictory9 Apr 2 #13

Thank you. I remember shopping at Lerners debm55 Apr 2 #15

As a young working woman, Lerners was my goto for skirts Demovictory9 Apr 2 #17

When I was just starting teaching Lerners was also my place to get tops and skirts debm55 Apr 2 #26

Worn with hosiery and heels! Demovictory9 Apr 2 #27

Kitten heels for me. Was so glad when panty hose came on the scene. debm55 Apr 2 #123

W. T. Grants, and also A&P Super Markets. patphil Apr 2 #18

TY pat[hil. I remember both. We also had a Murphys's 5 and 10 debm55 Apr 3 #162

When I was a kid growing up in a small town in Iowa, rsdsharp Apr 2 #19

Still a few here snpsmom Apr 2 #43

Ben Franklin was a Craft Store, I think. We didn't have any around here. We did have Woolworth's ty, rsdsharp debm55 Apr 2 #122

TY , rsdsharp debm55 Apr 3 #163

Agree, TY resdharp debm55 Apr 6 #246

Korvette's JoseBalow Apr 2 #20

Ty JoseBalow. debm55 Apr 2 #125

Grants mercuryblues Apr 2 #23

Filene's Basement is gone? Beartracks Apr 2 #33

My favorite place to go. mercuryblues Apr 2 #42

TY , It's been gone for awhile. When we went up to Boston , I would clothing for my son in larger sizes so he had debm55 Apr 3 #167

As a former Ames home office employee... Ohio Joe Apr 2 #124

Ty Ohio Joe if you want you can tell us one. debm55 Apr 2 #126

So... The first summer I was there... Ohio Joe Apr 2 #131

Oh my thank you Ohio Joe. debm55 Apr 2 #135

Casual corner... forgot it existed. BlueWaveNeverEnd Apr 2 #127

I liked Casual Corner TY for bringing it up. debm55 Apr 2 #130

TY, I liked Casual Corner and Brooks for women, debm55 Apr 3 #164

Agree and thank you , mercuryblues. I remember them. Gone but not forgotten. debm55 Apr 3 #165

TY mercuryblues. I remember alot of them. debm55 Apr 5 #228

Montgomery Ward. sinkingfeeling Apr 2 #24

Yep, I bought my living room furniture there. TY sinkingfeeling. debm55 Apr 3 #168

Ive got a few Afrocat Apr 2 #28

TY Afrocat. I remember Greens and Gimbel's debm55 Apr 3 #169

TG&Y. tazkcmo Apr 2 #29

Ty, tazkcmo debm55 Apr 3 #170

Famous-Barr, Ben Franklin's (a 5 and 10 cent store). The F-B was a really neat old style department store, SWBTATTReg Apr 2 #31

Ty, SWBTATT, that sounds really neat. It's a shame they are gone. debm55 Apr 3 #171

Western Auto Stores dobleremolque Apr 2 #32

HAHAHAHAH Ty dobleremolque. Sounds like you enjoyed your bike. debm55 Apr 3 #172

Mine is also Woolworth's claudette Apr 2 #34

Ty claudette. I enjoyed Woolworthl's too. I am pretty sure all KMart closed. I one near me has been closed for awhile. debm55 Apr 3 #173

Lafayette Radio, Sears (pretty much gone) and Radio Shack. RKP5637 Apr 2 #35

TY RKP5637, yep all gone. debm55 Apr 3 #174

Pace membership warehouse ColinC Apr 2 #36

Ty ColinC debm55 Apr 3 #175

Sam Goody's. Elessar Zappa Apr 2 #37

Tower Records--used to be a big store in Denver open 365 days/year. So when bored on T'giving or later on hlthe2b Apr 2 #38

Sounds cool! Elessar Zappa Apr 3 #179

At first I thought it was ?too corporate, but over time I grew to like it electric_blue68 Apr 5 #238

Ty Elessar Zappa debm55 Apr 3 #176

Thank you Elessar Zappa. debm55 Apr 5 #224

A&P Supermarket RandySF Apr 2 #39

TY RandySF. Didn't they have the red plaid stamps? debm55 Apr 3 #178

I don't remember that part. RandySF Apr 3 #180

Thrifty Drug & Discount Stores snpsmom Apr 2 #40

TY snpsmom. debm55 Apr 3 #177

Sears is on its deathbed. RandySF Apr 2 #44

Incredibly sad: Only 12 Sears stores left in US as of Jan, 2024 hlthe2b Apr 2 #47

A lot of it was their CEO TlalocW Apr 2 #50

Fretter Appliances RandySF Apr 2 #45

"I'll give you five pounds of coffee if I can't beat your best deal" JoseBalow Apr 2 #48

Ty JoseBalow. debm55 Apr 3 #182

Staple of Detroit area TV commercials MichMan Apr 2 #66

Thank you , RandySF debm55 Apr 3 #181

White Front FuzzyRabbit Apr 2 #46

TY FuzzyRabbit. debm55 Apr 3 #198

TG&Y TlalocW Apr 2 #49

Alexander's dept. store that once was in the Bronx, NY... Jrose Apr 2 #51

Jrose, ty. It sounds like a real fun way to spend a Saturday. debm55 Apr 3 #199

It's now a PC Richards... electric_blue68 Apr 5 #235

Wieboldt's... a Chicago area department store... bahboo Apr 2 #53

Ty, bahboo. debm55 Apr 3 #201

Red Barn restaurant chain. applegrove Apr 2 #54

Yes, Barnbuster and Big Barney hamburgers MichMan Apr 2 #68

Thank you applegrove. debm55 Apr 3 #202

Lord and Taylor, Service merchandise. lynintenn Apr 2 #56

Bought my wife's wedding ring at Service Merchandise MichMan Apr 2 #69

Me too bottomofthehill Apr 2 #111

Is Jared's still around. or did they go out of business. Same with Kaye's where we bought our rings. debm55 Apr 2 #114

Both still around I believe MichMan Apr 2 #117

TY MichMan. Never see commercials for them anymore. debm55 Apr 2 #119

Ty lyintenn. I worked at Service merdandise during the summers. Lord and Taylor as a quick hit and miss in Pittsburgh. debm55 Apr 3 #204

Western Auto. At least I haven't seen one in years. captain queeg Apr 2 #57

Trac Auto and Peoples Drug stores. bottomofthehill Apr 2 #112

I have neither in my area TY debm55 Apr 2 #129

I think there were close to 400 Track Auto stores nation wide bottomofthehill Apr 2 #132

Thank you captain queeg. debm55 Apr 5 #226

hear, hear. radio shack. AllaN01Bear Apr 2 #60

TY AllaN01Bear. debm55 Apr 5 #227

American Handicrafts surrealAmerican Apr 2 #61

TY surrealAmerican. I wished we had one when I was a kid. debm55 Apr 2 #113

Licorice Pizza DBoon Apr 2 #62

DBoon , you made me smile TY, Is that for real? debm55 Apr 2 #84

Of course! DBoon Apr 2 #92

Ty I thought it was a pizza shop debm55 Apr 2 #102

black vinyl record is a "licorice pizza" DBoon Apr 2 #104

TY DBoon, debm55 Apr 2 #106

Joskes SARose Apr 2 #65

HAHAHAHAHAHah i remember the garter belts. and stockings. At the time , I was very small--no hips. , My garter belt debm55 Apr 2 #81

JM Fields, McCrory's, Zayre's lpbk2713 Apr 2 #67

TY, Eckerd Drugs was sold to Rite Aid which is going out of business. Zayres was Ames. Western PA debm55 Apr 2 #78

Food Lion still exists in Virginia nt drmeow Apr 5 #223

Burger Chef MichMan Apr 2 #70

TY MichMan I just read that they are closing all the BurgerKings down.Ty for your post. debm55 Apr 2 #76

Burger Chef was closed quite few years ago after being bought by Hardees MichMan Apr 2 #90

Every music store chain and most mom and pop music stores. Glamrock Apr 2 #72

Glamrock, that is so true. TY debm55 Apr 2 #75

Joe, the Motorists' Friend Onthefly Apr 2 #79

TY Onthefly. I remember Joe's. debm55 Apr 2 #83

Bohacks Supermakets. thucythucy Apr 2 #80

TY thucythucy. debm55 Apr 2 #100

Kind of A Store EddieOnTheMesa Apr 2 #87

Ty EddieOnTheMesa. I remember going to the store with our filled Green Stamp books and using them to buy items. debm55 Apr 2 #99

J L Hudson's in Detroit Hassler Apr 2 #88

Ty Hassler, Didn't they have a big Thanksgiving Parade. I vaguely the networks switching from Macy's to Hudson's. debm55 Apr 2 #98

Yes. Hassler Apr 3 #190

I loved Hudson's. Especially the downtown store bif Apr 3 #158

Thank you bif. debm55 Apr 5 #229

Montgomery Wards as several posters mentioned...🐒 wcmagumba Apr 2 #89

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. I remember those bell bottoms in bright colors that people could see a mile away. debm55 Apr 2 #97

Rexall Drug Store AmBlue Apr 2 #91

TY AmBlue. I remember the Tom McCann shoe store. Where they had sales people measure your feet. debm55 Apr 2 #96

Exactly! AmBlue Apr 2 #134

K-Mart. Home of the original blue light special. Hotler Apr 2 #93

Ty. Do you remember everyone running to get to the blue light special. It could be found by looking for a cart with a debm55 Apr 2 #94

So, so many! In Rhode Island - Almacs grocery (at which I worked through high school and college) NewHendoLib Apr 2 #95

Ty I remember Waldenbooks. debm55 Apr 2 #110

maybe the most racist restaurant chain name prodigitalson Apr 2 #101

I miss Orange Julius DBoon Apr 2 #103

TY . I miss them too. They also used to sell those large cookies too. debm55 Apr 2 #107

yeah, I really liked them in my Jr High parents drop me off at the mall days c. 1981 prodigitalson Apr 4 #219

Thank you prodigitalson. debm55 Apr 4 #221

Ty, I remember them. Aren't they Denny's now. Shitty ass original name for a restaurant debm55 Apr 2 #105

dunno, but it was a very Denny's type place prodigitalson Apr 3 #142

Coast to Coast Hardware. GP6971 Apr 2 #108

TY GP6971 Did you shop there? debm55 Apr 2 #109

I did. They were GP6971 Apr 2 #115

Ty, GP6971 debm55 Apr 2 #116

Builder's Square lpbk2713 Apr 2 #136

TY, Think it must be regional Our closed one was Busy Beaver. debm55 Apr 3 #155

TY. We had that one too. Odd that Lowes moved into the building that Builder's Square was in. debm55 Apr 3 #157

Buster Brown Shoe Stores LudwigPastorius Apr 3 #137

TY Ludwig Pastorius. We always got our school shoes at Buster Brown. Latter when I taught I got my shoes at Hush Puppies debm55 Apr 3 #154

Atlantic Mills, moniss Apr 3 #138

Thank you, moniss. We only had Gimbels here. debm55 Apr 3 #153

First Gimbels, then Alexander's, later Radio Shack & Tandy's (crafts), even later Bradlees...... electric_blue68 Apr 3 #139

Thank you electric_blue, I remember Gimbels. Tandy's , Hornes, and Kaufmanns. Kaufmanns had the the best clothing. debm55 Apr 3 #152

Gimbels Sanity Claws Apr 5 #232

Thank you, Sanity Claws. I didn;t know it was Macys vs Gimbels debm55 Apr 5 #237

Pacific Stereo Doc_Technical Apr 3 #140

TY Doc_Technical. I don't remember them around here. it might have been regional. debm55 Apr 3 #151

These stores were in California Doc_Technical Apr 3 #161

and Circuit City DBoon Apr 10 #247

S. S. Kresge Co. Harker Apr 3 #143

TY Harker. We didn;t have any Kresge around here but we did have K-Marts. debm55 Apr 3 #150

Gander Mountain Emile Apr 3 #144

TY Emile. They didn't last that long around here. but I would buy their wool hunting socks for going outside with the debm55 Apr 3 #149

B. Dalton's Booksellers and Waldenbooks. Aristus Apr 3 #145

Thank you Aristus. Our mall had both. I always went there when I was at the mall too. debm55 Apr 3 #148

Fashion Bug Mad_Dem_X Apr 3 #146

I remember Fashion Bug when I was in college. TY debm55 Apr 3 #147

Well, not "recently." malthaussen Apr 3 #156

TY , Mal. debm55 Apr 3 #189

I sew and upholster. JoAnns has been having issues for years. Runningdawg Apr 3 #159

TY Runningdawd. I always wondered why there were so many Drapery and upholstery cut in the clearance shelves.The last debm55 Apr 3 #188

JoAnne's appears to be closing/bankrupt as of a few days ago. While I don't sew much at all, I have hlthe2b Apr 3 #194

Me too. I was a nice store with friendly people.(not counting online ordering) I went to the store to pick up what I debm55 Apr 3 #196

I don't shop there but Hobby Lobby does sell material. But I am sure their assortment isn't like JoAnne's. debm55 Apr 3 #197

I've had to find alternate fabric sources online. Not easy. Runningdawg Apr 5 #222

Michael's started carrying fabric not to long ago drmeow Apr 5 #225

TY drmeom. I went to JoAnn's web site last night. They are having a 60% sale of assorted items. They listed my home debm55 Apr 5 #230

Yeah, buying fabric online is iffy drmeow Apr 5 #243

There is a much larger store near the airport. I have been there and it's huge. I think they are closing the smaller one debm55 Apr 6 #244

It appears that brick-and-mortar stores are not surviving because the online stores are co-opting all of their products. usaf-vet Apr 3 #166

Ty usaf-vet. I do the same with amazon. What I don;t like and would never order from amazon or any online service is debm55 Apr 3 #184

Eatons in Canada. pandr32 Apr 3 #183

Ty. I have heard of them. debm55 Apr 3 #185

Farmer Jack RandySF Apr 3 #186

Ty RandySF debm55 Apr 3 #187

Hills and Gold Circle. Xavier Breath Apr 3 #195

Ty Xavier Breath, we had a Hills and a Gold Circle here. Do You remember the beautiful ad Hills had for Christmas? debm55 Apr 3 #200

I went looking and found this which has three of them all starring the same elf character. Xavier Breath Apr 3 #203

Thank you , the one I was thinking of was of the Christmas. It was a religious one. debm55 Apr 3 #205

Prange's in northern MI and WI WestMichRad Apr 3 #206

ty westMichRad debm55 Apr 3 #207

I hate that news about JoAnn Fabrics. Ilsa Apr 4 #208

JoAnn Fabrics was my go to store for fabric and crafting. It's sad. debm55 Apr 4 #210

A regional department store chain called The Crescent jmowreader Apr 4 #209

Thank you jmowreader debm55 Apr 4 #211

Hills PennRalphie Apr 4 #212

Penn Ralphie. I loved Hills. We yinzers are flooded here. The Yough crested this morning at 28.4 major closings. debm55 Apr 4 #213

Flooding PennRalphie Apr 4 #214

You too. debm55 Apr 4 #216

I would say Roses. OldBaldy1701E Apr 4 #215

Thank you OldBaldy1701E debm55 Apr 4 #217

Highland Appliance VGNonly Apr 4 #218

Thank you VGNonly, it;s so Politically Incorrect, debm55 Apr 4 #220

Woolworths MLAA Apr 5 #233

Thank you MLAA debm55 Apr 5 #239

Not from my childhood, but both 99 Cents Only and Boston Market announced they were closing this week. ificandream Apr 5 #234

TY, ificandrean, I thought Boston Market closed long ago. The local one has not been heen here in about 5 years. debm55 Apr 5 #240

Ours has still been open. ificandream Apr 5 #242

HomeBase and Nickerson Farms--n/t marked50 Apr 5 #241

Ty marked50. Sad isn't it. debm55 Apr 6 #245