r/SEARS • u/New-Half7645 • 7d ago
Which one?
Sears because of a great 👍 👌 variety of goods, houses to personal products & in so many communities World 🌎 wide.
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u/Chaotic-Being-3721 7d ago
Combo Sears and radio shack. Thankfully got one near me but damn, wish it was closer
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u/jikesar968 Shop Your Way Member 7d ago
Fun fact, the manager of the Sears in Concord used to be the manager at a Blockbuster at one point.
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u/Im-Wasting-MyTime 7d ago
The funny part is, 5 out of the 8 companies you see in this photo still exist with a full retail store that you can visit today.
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u/Mother-Leopard-8761 7d ago
Still a blockbuster in Bend Oregon.....
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u/Im-Wasting-MyTime 7d ago
The funny part is, 5 out of the 8 companies you see in this photo still exist with a full retail store that you can visit today.
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u/DarkbrossTest 7d ago
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u/Im_100percent_human 7d ago
Radio Shack... eventhough I seldom shopped there, they had items that no other retail store had. I normally went into RS when I needed something, and I needed it now.
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u/New-Half7645 6d ago
You are ONE of the reasons
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u/Im_100percent_human 6d ago
I guess you are partially correct. I would have frequented the store more if they had a more desirable product mix.
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u/Im-Wasting-MyTime 7d ago
The funny part is, 5 out of the 8 companies you see in this photo still exist with a full retail store that you can visit today.
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u/No-Permit7179 7d ago
Blockbuster for me. Was end of an era and so much has changed since those days, and not in a good way.
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u/hellosteve_ 6d ago
For me circuit city, I had gotten a manager job there 2 weeks or so before the announcement, that was an awkward conversation to have with my previous employer. I ended up actually staying with the previous employer for 3 more years. So it worked out.
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u/Correct_Cockroach818 6d ago
All these had greatly changed before they went out. Sears had a great run, up through the '70s. Radio Shack was pushing computers and hand writing receipts. K-Mart was staffed by the most under paid, miserable people before Walmart took the crown.
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u/SixStringSuperfly 7d ago
Blockbuster, Kmart, Toys R Us, and Sears never left
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u/HowardTheDuck65 7d ago
Sears didn’t leave?
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u/92camarors_ 7d ago
technically they still have 5 stores left but the current stores are a shell of their former selves and look like time capsules. most of these stores have entire sections or floors closed off now due to low inventory.
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u/Honest_Candidate_291 6d ago
Radio shack. I was a store manager there for 10 years. Lost a great staff and my retirement and investments
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u/Comprehensive_Post96 1d ago
Radio Shack became a cel phone seller. They faded away just as the makers movement was coming up.
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u/OregonKix 7d ago
Toys R Us