Defunt stores

[Loobed]

Can you remember any stores that use to be around when you were younger, but are now gone. Some may be regional.

Hardware stores:

Handyman
Grossman's

Department Stores

Montgomery Wards
White Front
AGE
Gemco
GEM stores
Consumer Distributing
Service Merchandise
Liberty House

Sporting Goods Stores

Oshman's
Herman's
Skaggs

 

[John_K]

Central Hardware and Gold Circle, which I still miss.

Builders Square

Lazarus (local)

I think that's it.

John

 

[simple_gifts]

From a while back.

http://www.bobistheoilguy.com/forums/ubb...rue#Post2479153

I hope Sears doesn't get added to the list.

 

[NHGUY]

Globe Dept Stores
Rich's
Caldor
Bradlees
Kings
Mammoth Mart
Ames
Giant Stores
https://sites.google.com/site/zayre88/

 

[gnp]

And more recently within the last couple of years:

Circuit City
Waldenbooks
Borders
Linens N' Things
Heilig-Meyers

 

[Klutch9]

Hudson's (department store)
HQ (like Home Depot)
Handy Andy (like Home Depot also)
Farmer Jack's (grocery store)
Circuit City - yes, I know they still exist online

Those are the few that come immediately to mind.

 

[azjake]

Yes, I remember Monkey Wards (not a typo, that's what they used to call Montgomery Wards)

 

[gnp]

Also:

Otasco
Bombay Company
KB Toys
Kids "R" Us

 

[simple_gifts]

Channel, Nobody Beats the Wiz, Rickels.

 

[salv]

Woolworth

 

[Pablo]

Defunt stores? Alan Defunt?

That guy was funny.

Fed Mart.

 

[fdcg27]

Nationwise
Ames
Hills
Gold Circle
Swallen's
Van Luenens
and a couple of others the names of which escape my memory, although I know where they were located, shopped at both and cleaned one out of oil filters in the type I needed when they had their going out of business sale.

 

[cmorr]

Hechingers (similar to Lowe's Home Depot)
Crazy Edie's (electronics, worth the Google search to see old commericlas)
Silo's (Electronics and Appliances)
Grants
Woolco (larger variant of Woolworth, triggered their demise)
McCrory (Like Woolworth)
Block Distributors
Best

This should be a fun thread

 

[Sayjac]

http://www.bobistheoilguy.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=2479802&page=1

 

[mpvue]

Korvette's (dept store)

two guys (dept store)

Pergaments (maybe not spelled right)

Clover (dept store too)

US-1 (auto parts)

but notice how most of them are dept or home stores? maybe the market was flooded?

but the fact that so many left and so many new ones appeared shows the free market economy in action.

big box stores are the ultimate conclusion of a free market economy.

 

[JHZR2]

Lots of good old names I remember on here.

One I don't see is Jamesway. Also McCrory and Newberry. Woolworth storefronts are still maintained (as is the original Newberry in Stroudsburg, PA) even if the stores have changed.

 

[Lillikai]

Circuit City
Borders
Venture
Bud's

Several small indie/local stores.

 

[cwing6]

Hills Department Store
G. C. Murphy's (department store)

 

[dailydriver]

Originally Posted By: simple_gifts
Channel, Nobody Beats the Wiz, Rickels.


Beat me to them (I used to work at Rickels' auto dept. in my youth).

It seems that R&S/Strauss is finally out, as Advanced has taken over ALL of their locations near me.

Sixth Ave. electronics was also put out/under by Best Buy locally.

 

[bullwinkle]

Western Auto
Auto Parts Warehouse Outlet
Ontario
Rink's