I wonder if Borders has domestic expansion plans. In some towns, I could see the Borders closing outright, because its a mere 1/2-1 mile away from a B&N....
Hi Kristina, Welcome to Remembering Retail! I have a few Heck's things around my house. The chain was based around Charleston, WV. They had 3 stores in my...
This article is very flawed, like many are within the Examiner. I don't think they've been to Carrolltown Center. The actual mall has been boarded up and...
Maybe in this case that is true. However in most cases, Kmart is known for holding up mall redevelopments by attempting to coerce developers with their often...
Is K-mart going to make it? I was in our store in Cleveland, TN recently and during the busy prime time, there was only 5 people in the store and 4 cashiers...
... I'm thinking no. 1. You have a finance guy in charge and not a merchant. Finance guys have pretty poor records running retail operations because...
We live near a Sears Essentials, a Super K and a mall Sears...Sears Essentials is the biggest empty store I've ever seen. Even at Christmas, I think there was...
It costs money to close stores... this is why they haven't been closing stores (they've closed a few here and there, mainly lease expirations). Clearly they...
i was in a kmart in perrysburg, oh and it was doing well, very nice store, prices on what i was there for were better than walmart, and i love how i can get...
In Columbus they are down to 4 stores, all in locations a little off the beaten path. 1. The Grove City store is an undersized store from the days when Grove...
There are still a few stores in Michigan that are doing all right. 1. Oscoda (where I live) - Traffic isn't very high here compared to, say, Wal-Mart, but it's...
... store, prices on what i was there for were better than walmart, and i love how i can get craftsman stuff there now They remodeled ours awhile back and it...
What were you there for, and what were the prices? ... store, prices on what i was there for were better than walmart, and i love how i can get craftsman stuff...
One of the Office Max stores here in the Philly area quietly closed down last month. While the chain is an underperformer, I think its pretty bad news that...
K mart is still well represented in the Cleveland/Akron/NE OH area, with 2 Cleveland stores (West 65-Clark and Lorain-West 150), Middleburg Heights (Bagley...
... <bubbaflavel2000@...> wrote: , there was only 5 people in the ... FOUR cashiers?? I quit going to K-mart because the ones near where I live had one cashier...
... the ... start ... The Cleveland, TN store is one the newer Kmarts to survive the bankruptcy, attached to Bradley Square Mall, which opened in the early...
... off ... and ... toast ... store ... are ... Yep. They painted the exterior orange/beige -- like Home Depot. Thinking the store had been remodeled, they...
Here in Central Georgia, we already lost the K-Marts in Perry Georgia and a "Big K" on the south end of Macon. Those closed in each of the large round of...
This reminds me more and more of the old variety stores. Ancient locations that were never renewed and now extinct. I remember when Kmart first came here in...
... Interesting that you never even laid eyes on the person, yet described her as a "teenage black girl." Which, I guess, makes the situation scarier. If you...
... I did see her and she was black. But even if I didn't, don't you think I could tell by the dialect? I know there are blacks who enunciate in the "King's...
Added a picture of the St. Augustine, FL Big Kmart which still retained its late 70's "The Savings Place" signage on the exterior. It had received a derigueur...
... Are you sure they didn't resurrect "The Savings Place" slogan at some point? The font and the general condition of the signage looks like it was late-80's...
I was curious as to what others thought about this based on your remarks. I asked several people at random if they would be watching over their shoulders as I...
This makes me wonder: will Eddie Lampert fire any employees from Sears Holdings if those employees are against the actions he does for the company? In other...
The script may have been updated with the new Kmart logo of the early 90's, as the building was originally beige and the store predates the late 80's. The...
... I didn't mean to imply that it wouldn't be prudent to look over your shoulder, be cautious and wonder why security wasn't doing anything. Obviously, when...
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