22 Retailers Closing Stores

nivek said:
The one in town here is staying but other stores in the region are closing...I've never shopped at Big Lots, have no idea what they sell...

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From what I have seen they sell crap mostly. There is a dollar store of some kind only a few feet away from that Big Lot so it doesn't surprise me one of them went.
 
I needed a specific hammer for something and checked online inventory to see what was available locally. Either overpriced and not what I want or too cheap and not what I want. I then found this Made in USA tool for half the price delivered to my door tomorrow. I don't need it immediately so that's fine.
Edward Tools Ball Peen Hammer 16 oz

I understand brick and mortar retailers have overhead we have to pay for but the piggery and inflation is unbelievable, literally unacceptable so I took the obvious alternative. Part of the overhead is that major theft is apparently not much of a crime anymore so the cost just gets passed along to those who shop there.

Considering the number of people paying lip service to global warming I'm surprised nobody seems to mind the glut of delivery vehicles everywhere bringing the crap we order online. That's primarily how I shop anymore. Only a relatively few delivery trucks are an EV or hybrid. I guess we want to save the world but we like Prime Day so we'll hit a button to donate to a green charity or something to make ourselves feel better.

I wonder if we come back in another 10-20 years what any retail space will look like if things continue like that.
 
Hmmm. Maybe not after all, we'll see. Even some manufacturers right here in the CONUS that do make their own stuff also import and rebrand certain things. Kershaw knives is like that, below a certain price point they're imports.

I'm not rabid about being Made in the USA but prefer it if I can find
 
I just sat here in my jammies on Thanksgiving morning and scooped up about $200 of exotic items I waste money on like underwear, socks, shirts, pants etc. Black Friday deals on Thursday. Are they really deals? I dunno, they seem like it meaning the prices seem acceptable for a change.

I do tend to have nostalgia about holiday shopping but honestly, isn't this about a million times more efficient? I'd add to that I wear tall sizes lest my hairy wrists hand out of my shirtsleeves like a cryptid. Finding those was always a chore now it's just a filter and a click.

I believe when Spock told Capt. Kirk that the Klingons are dying in Undiscovered Country his response was 'let them die'. Well, less some of the heat I feel that way about 'legacy retail'.
 

Big Lots begins epic 'going out of business' sales as it prepares to close all locations​

Big Lots is beginning 'going out of business' sales at all its stores across the US, as it prepares to close its remaining locations. The discount retail chain filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in September, and has already shut hundreds of stores nationwide. In a press release Thursday, the company said it would begin the sales at its 963 remaining locations, after a sale to a private equity firm fell through.

More than 400 Big Lots stores have already closed this year, marking a 30 percent decrease in its footprint. In an email to employees shared with Nexstar, president and CEO Bruce Thorn said that the pending store closures could 'be reversed if we successfully complete a sale.' He added that Big Lots is continuing its efforts to secure an alternative deal with the private equity firm Nexus Capital Management, or with another party. 'In the meantime, we will continue to serve our customers both in-store and online,' he continued. He added that a reduction in the workforce would be necessary, however, and layoffs would begin in January, KTLA reported.

Big Lots is beginning 'going out of business' sales at all its stores across the US, as it prepares to close its remaining locations


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When I look at this thread I get a bit of nostalgia, not quite sadness but in general when it comes to brick & mortar retailers I feel the way Capt.Kirk did when told the Klingons are dying. 'Let them die' Admittedly working in that environment for about 4.5 years was enough to jade my opinion.

I do a lot of online research and comparison shopping, safe to say far more than most. Amazon has proven itself to be one of the easiest, handiest things for me in terms of price, availability, convenience, all that.

BUT ..... I have found when making a major purchase it's best to deal direct with the manufacturer even if it costs a bit more. In the Automotive thread I was complaining about exactly that. I'll get the product I wanted and actually a bit cheaper, the manufacturer says they'll make good.

Fortunate because the supplier won't which is my point. So I have to endure a tedious return process and then a reshipment but at least it'll eventually work out.

I bought an expensive lift via Amazon with zero problems and I was lucky in that regard, I could've got it straight from the manufacturer but didn't because Amazon is an easy click. No more of that.

Not all manufacturers sell direct so I try to find their biggest distributor. Walmart really surprised me. I bought a large Sunjoy outdoor canopy and then was irritated to see it's price plummet after Labor Day. Via WalmartI asked about that and received a $500 credit right back on my card. Had it been some podunk noname seller I doubt that would have happened.

I have a longer thread in me some of this. I was surprised to find YouTube videos explaining various things related to this as if they were stunning revelations.
 
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pigfarmer said:
When I look at this thread I get a bit of nostalgia, not quite sadness but in general when it comes to brick & mortar retailers I feel the way Capt.Kirk did when told the Klingons are dying. 'Let them die' Admittedly working in that environment for about 4.5 years was enough to jade my opinion.

I do a lot of online research and comparison shopping, safe to say far more than most. Amazon has proven itself to be one of the easiest, handiest things for me in terms of price, availability, convenience, all that.

BUT ..... I have found when making a major purchase it's best to deal direct with the manufacturer even if it costs a bit more. In the Automotive thread I was complaining about exactly that. I'll get the product I wanted and actually a bit cheaper, the manufacturer says they'll make good.

Fortunate because the supplier won't which is my point. So I have to endure a tedious return process and then a reshipment but at least it'll eventually work out.

I bought an expensive lift via Amazon with zero problems and I was lucky in that regard, I could've got it straight from the manufacturer but didn't because Amazon is an easy click. No more of that.

Not all manufacturers sell direct so I try to find their biggest distributor. Walmart really surprised me. I bought a large Sunjoy outdoor canopy and then was irritated to see it's price plummet after Labor Day. Via WalmartI asked about that and received a $500 credit right back on my card. Had it been some podunk noname seller I doubt that would have happened.

I have a longer thread in me some of this. I was surprised to find YouTube videos explaining various things related to this as if they were stunning revelations.
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I remember as a girl going through the sears catalog.
"Attention K mart shoppers"
Getting goldfish at Woolworths.
All gone now
Blessed be
Rikki
 
I don't remember goldfish but do remember the lunch counter at Woolworths ! Nearby there was a Fannie Farmer where I could get chocolate cigarettes ! If anyone's feeling that nostalgic Macy's in Manhattan still has wooden escalators in operation - just waiting to maybe rip off a big toe. Scary.

I also remember the mall parking lot at Christmas with cars endlessly circling and the occasional fist fight over a spot, the long lines, the occasional trampling for a popular toy. The only spot I fight over now is this seat as Frank has lately decided to take his all day naps in it.
 

Britain's 'worst' shopping centre that declined into deserted ghost town with rows of boarded-up shops finally closes down for good​

Britain's 'worst' shopping centre that declined into deserted ghost town with rows of


The Festival Park shopping centre in Ebbw Vale, South Wales, was opened to much excitement in 1992, with Prince Charles , Dannie Minogue and Catherine Zeta-Jones all in attendance. It was at the heart of the Government's National Garden Festivals and would welcome thousands of shoppers eager to see its 'beautiful' flower gardens and stores. But over the years The Festival Park, which was built with taxpayers money, suffered such a stark decline that it became known as a 'ghost town' considered to be the country's worst.

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I've been assembling steel cabinets and deck furniture. Typically it's all made in China.

There is a literally overwhelming amount of cardboard and packing material, a mountain of it stashed behind my barn that'll take weeks to get rid of.

This isn't something I've thought through fully but I can't help but wonder how many good old fossil fuels had to be consumed just to get that crap from where it was on the opposite side of the planet to where it is now. If it were made here that would reduce the transport fuel consumption, possibly by a considerable margin.

Smell what I'm cooking ( or stepped in ....) ? If all this tariff insanity actually does bring some manufacturing back home would that mean the green carbon footprint folks might actually have a slim shred of common ground with The Donald ? Perish the thought.
 
Eddie bauer West Towne is closing
Sephora as well
 

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This store so short staffed only one person works for it. Is closing
 
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