The only way we will get that blue light special is a clean sweep changeing of the gaurd in D,C, this November the powers that be seam to not have your best interest in mind
Mine too. Before it shut down for good in the late 1990s-2000s, I ordered a cheeseburger and an apple pie shake at the Woolworth's where a Winn-Dixie now stands.
Me too. I bought my brown wallabees and Havliceks there for school… pretty damn comfortable except for the Havliceks. I had to switch to Nike High Top Blazers!
my local Woolworth had a luncheonette and as kids mom would take my sisters and I to it and once one stepped inside the smell of popcorn and hotdogs was pure Heaven !
Sears ....was my favorite store ... When I was a kid I always dreamed of working at sears ... Then my dream came true ... I work for sears at East Town in Knoxville for 40 years ....
Blockbuster and Hollywood Video was a family event. From going on a Friday and choosing 2-4 movies to watch Friday and Saturday evenings and grabbing some popcorn and candy
Where Blockbuster REALLY blew it was when they refused to buy Netflix when the company was offered to them. Blockbuster never thought that on-line videos and videos by mail would never take off.
I loved radio shack as the place to go to, to get parts like resistors, diodes, and other electronics. They Fry's Electronics filled that niche. Now they are gone too. Now you can only get online and in bulk. Ugh.
@@thecajunphoenix My last purchase from Wards was a small TV. It was on sale, but only by mail order at a store. They didn't tell me that I couldn't take one from their inventory until I had paid, but promised delivery in under a week. It took months, and I finally got it after a shoting matvh with that store's manager that it would soon be 90 days, for what wwas to have been a Christmas present before he finally gave me one from inventory. I don't miss them! In the early '80s they had a large distribution center in Cincinnati. I would go there about once a month to look through the discontinued and returned items. Sadly, that was he only well run Wards store that I ever visited and it closed a few years later. Sears also had a similar store nearby, but the prices weren't very good except on items that were in stock for too long. I bought a nice $300 drafting table there for $75..
@spaceace1006 Siilvertone should have been named 'Lowest bidder of the year' The model number told who actually made it. The digits before the period was the OEM code and after was the model number TV shops hated Silvertone because very few parts were available outside of Sears own repair centers. I once needed a rebuild kit for a spray gun. I went to their store, only to be told that they had never sold that model, so they couldn't order the kit. As I was leaving the service counter I stopped in the tool section, to find about a dozen of them hanging from a hook. I took one back to the service counter, only to be told that if it wasn't in their files, it didn't exist. I once ran into an engineer from one company that built Electronics for Sears. He hated dealing with them, because they would demand changes to lower the price and quality. I told him that Sears was listed as number one on the list of brands not to service, where I lived. The list was called, 'The Sorry Seven. W.T. Grant's house brand was number two. Magnavox was on the list, because they only sold parts to authorized dealers. Curtis Mathis was another. Every TV sold by a local furniture store was defective, straingt from their factory. They were supposed to sell the sets, before they would authorize a warranty repair. Packard Bell was another. They were only sold on the west coast, but some GIs would buy them and bring them to the midwes. I don't remember the others, after 50+ years.
@@michaelterrell I had a Silvertone guitar- my first electric guitar. But it didn't stay in tune very well, so I bought an Epiphone Les Paul. Not perfect, but a step up.
I remember the warm smell of popcorn and cookies when enter Kmart, they used to sell icees and ice cream. There was an electronic store called the silo, my uncle bought the first vcr called beta max, it was the coolest thing for me back then, great times
Sometime in the 1960's, Sears released a catalog accidentally that had men modeling underwear with their penises peeking out the side of the underwear they were wearing. They had a massive recall on the catalogs but less than a third were actually returned.
Sears was my favorite store. I can remember my mom buying jeans from there. They were called Toughskins and came in different colors. Man, I miss those days.
Hills and Kmart were the main stores my parents shopped at growing up. They had what you needed and were cheaper than going to the mall. I definitely miss Hills. The popcorn and cherry slushies at the snack bar were a "must have" every time i would go!!
Thanks for sharing this great video. It brings back many great childhood memories. I remember Sears, Woolworth, Caldor, RadioShack, Kmart, Blockbusters, Toys R Us, Service Merchandise, Marshall Fields, Tower Records. A couple you didn't mention Ames, Alexanders, Conway, Bradlees, Town Fair, Filenes & Filenes Basement, Child World, Mandela, Easy Pickens, Circuit City, Kay Bee Toys, FAO Schwartz, Sam Goody, Crazy Eddie's, J. Silver aka $10 limit, Express, Fye, The Limited, New York & Co. They all were my favorites.. As a kid I loved Woolworth & Town Fair because it was a one stop shop and we always got lunch before or after shopping.
Kmart was mismanaged. They were already declining before Eddie Lambert merged Kmart with Sears. Instead of using their money to fix up and renovate their stores, they chose to buy other reailers.
Yup. The one in my town has been vacant for over 10 years and is starting to cave in on itself as well as leak water into the walls of the store attached to it. Nobody can afford to fix the issue in such a poverty stricken area.
I remember going to Hudsons, Woolworth, Kmart, Toys R Us (not use) Sears, Radio Shack and Blockbuster. My favorite was Hudsons, whose downtown store was one of the biggest and classiest in the world.
Me too. I miss it a lot. Tower Records is still thriving in Japan with 83 stores and a 9-story flagship store in Shibuya, Tokyo. Tower Records is now owned by telecom giant NTT Docomo.
My first job the next day after high school graduation (1971) was at K-Mart sporting goods. I was making $1.85 per hour when minimum wage was $1.65 per hour.
Great narration and informative; well done 👍🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾... I guess Fedco, Miller's Outpost, Levitz, Carpeteria, and Federated weren't popular enough to make the list?... I guess we all have our own memorable lists...& perhaps not famous enough?
@@r.thomaslee8417Yes, thank you Blockbusters was named aptly, they bought out all of the reasonably priced mom and pops video stores in order to charge exorbitant prices. I was so happy that Netflix came along with their mail order video renting. That took the steam out of Blockbusters, and video venders at convenient locations at grocery stores and other locations, finished them off. I , for one was ecstatic that Blockbusters was finally busted. They got so smug and greedy as to charge exorbitant fees for very old movies, let alone the new ones, and charged the same prices for late returns. Don't miss them at all. The mom and pops video stores gave you an extra movie or two for your continued business. Them, I still miss.🎉
Toys 'R Us was a kid's heaven, like a toy department store. I miss it. Also loved Woolworth's, K-mart, Montgomery Ward, Service Merchandise, and Sears (especially the Christmas Wish Book which I looked forward to every year!).
When you buy online, you don't get to inspect the product for defects and you never know in what condition products are going to get shipped to you in.
The computer age was and still is the demise of familiar store. Everything you see in them can be bought on line and delivered to your home. In the day people had to travel sometimes miles to obtain the merchandise they were looking for.
I remember Zayre, Woolworth, Woolco, Jefferson Ward(worked at snack bar), KMart, Circuit City, Service Merchandise, Mervyns (worked here) Sears, Montgomery Ward, Toys R Us (worked here), Foleys, 😢😢 JByrons(worked here), JM Fields.
In the Northeast/Massachusetts we also had Bradlees. They used to have a huge toy sale at the end of October. You could gather up the majority of toys (and other things) you planned on giving at Christmas and put them on a layaway. You didn't have to worry about hiding the items in your house or apartment and could pick them up just before the holiday. JJ Newberry's was also another discount store - similar to Woolworth's. Ames was one of the last of the lower priced stores I recall closing. Seems like even small towns had an A&P grocery store with the aroma of freshly ground coffee - wafting from their frequently used grinding machine - filling the air.
Sears made good products we still have the Kenmore dryer that still works and we still use from the early 1980’s. They made products to last. Same with the water heater from there it was almost 25 yrs old and had to replace in 2016. Just replaced garbage disposal in the kitchen sink that was from Montgomery wards! Now that tells you how old that was! The products from back then were made good and lasted 4 x times longer then products now a days. Not to mention our land fields with products that don’t last. In the 80’s I bought most my skinny jeans and high tops at Kmart and no one knew any better. They thought I got them at the mall. 😉 I think back then they had more unique items at Kmart, Woolco, more choices on toys and Christmas items, clothing. It’s sad that all these places closed. I loved Mervin’s. As a teenager and young adult they had the cutest clothes. I hate online shopping 🛍️ and rarely do it. I don’t like that I can’t see how it actually looks and I can’t try it on. Such an easy way to get scammed too. Too many ways for an item to get damaged because of too many people handling when shipping, and too high of chance of them sending wrong item.
I worked at Kmart down the street from me when I was about 19 or 20. I used to walk there it was so close and I like working there because at the time their backroom Wearhouse was closed on the weekends. They moved that store a few blocks away from me, and I'm curious if it's still there or did they change it out for another store. So happens that there was a standalone Block Buster where I could checkout movies to watch on the weekends. So many years ago, WOW. I was about 20 now I'm 63, Yikes. O.O
Service merchandise, Goldsmith’s, Sears, Woolsworth, Gibson, k mart, now it’s going to restaurants. Red Lobster, Pizza Hut, Chili’s, barnhill’s, Denver’s, shoneys, bo jangles, Steak ‘n Shake, Applebee’s, etc.
The Guam store (which is part of the original chain) is alive and well, thanks to the fact there isn't either Walmart or Target on the island. Kmart's only real rivals are AAFES (Air Force BX) and the Navy Exchange, but only people with exchange privileges may shop there. Guam's Kmart even has a Little Caesars Pizza Station. There are also four Kmarts in the US Virgin Islands. (The store in Puerto Rico closed last year.)
Missed Alexander's. Woolworths and Alexander's were my favorites. I remember going to the electronics section at Alexander's. I loved to watch all the TVs in the same channel. We would always go to see what was new and buy it. I also loved buying white chocolate there. Woolworths was a fun store.
I miss all these stores. My favorites were K-mart and Hill's, I worked at Hill's for a short time and it was the best place I ever work at, I practically lived at Kmart.
It’s sad that KMart is no longer in existence. It was one of my favorite places to shop for back to school items and cassette tapes. I don’t know if Wal Mart lives up to that same expectation like KMart did. Ohh well. Time to move on
You did not mention Goldblatts in the 1960s & 70s we shopped the store on Harlem Ave in near west suburban Elmwood Park Illinois and farther west suburban Addison Illinois on Lake st in the Greenmeadows shopping center and one more a discount store named TOPPs on Illinois rt 64 ( north avenue ) west suburban Villa Park Illinois behind the World famous Portillos Hotdog stand
Loved Kmart because they had laya way & Toys R Us My mom loved Woolworths. There was stores that was wasn't mentioned such as: Crazy Eddie ( their prices are insane) 2 Guys,5 & 10, Silvetts,Buster Brown and Bradlees.
Woolworths, K-Mart, Sears where I got all my clothes toys and other things from as kid, Toys R Us is where used work at for a time had so many things I even bought my video game set and games from there, Radio Shack is where I bought most of my things in electronics like adapters wires blank tapes and Tower Records is where I bought most of my music those are good memories from back in day that are gone but not forgotten.
I miss all those stores 😢, Theft brought all those business down. We the people must support these businesses people.some employees workers steal a lot from places they work. We the people must not allow crooks to destroy our neighborhood business
Hill's! I worked at the Hill's in Lebanon, PA in high school (1993-1994). Our store was always quite busy and according to Corporate very profitable. My family still talks about that place and how much they miss it. All that's left now is Walmart. 😞
I worked at Sears for 7.5 yrs, my mom worked at Zayre briefly for what now seems like eons ago. We used to shop at a store called King's Dept Store but I've never seen that in any retro video. Hmm🤔
I personally gave up of Kmart when I was 14 or 15 years old. I had gone and bought a watch by myself. The watch broke within a week, so I brought it back for a refund. The service person said "you're too young to return the watch. Have your mom or dad return the watch." I said "I bought the watch by myself why can't I return it by myself." So that was the start of the end for Kmart for me. I was not sorry to see the chain go under. Treat people how you want to be treated!
it's not holding on because of video rental, it's holding on as a tourist trap because of its "last one" status - there are always enough nostalgic dullards to keep something like that going
Which of these stores do you remember visiting in the 1970s, and what's your favorite memory from there?
What about zody’s ? Late 70’s early 80’s , in the San Fernando valley, may have been other locations not sure I was a preteen
How about all of the May Co. Stores i.e. Famous Barr, Ayres, etc?
Edwards 5&10. We called it the dime store.
ToysR Us started out as Bargain Town on North Ave in West Suburban Melrose Park Illinois “Oh”Yeah!!!
Neisners 5&10 Winston Park shopping Plaza at North Ave Illinois rt 64 & 9th Ave Melrose Park Illinois the greatest place on Earth 🌏
K-Mart use to smell like popcorn and warm cookies. Miss that place.
💯😄😄
Come by our house the smell is there.
Yes I forgot that smell but I can smell it now.
Facts friend👍🏾... but don't forget that "ICEE" logo bear with the hat & sweater slushy machine with red or blue flavors😊
)l)
We seriously need a blue-light special for our entire economy.
For real
Well vote the Democrats out !
I miss blue light specials.
@@Angelo-fo8deabsolutely
The only way we will get that blue light special is a clean sweep changeing of the gaurd in D,C, this November the powers that be seam to not have your best interest in mind
Woolworth's was my favorite store as a kid... food, candy, clothes, games, toys and more!!!
The wood floor that creaked and squeaked. No music playing.
Mine too.
Before it shut down for good in the late 1990s-2000s, I ordered a cheeseburger and an apple pie shake at the Woolworth's where a Winn-Dixie now stands.
Me too. I bought my brown wallabees and Havliceks there for school… pretty damn comfortable except for the Havliceks. I had to switch to Nike High Top Blazers!
my local Woolworth had a luncheonette and as kids mom would take my sisters and I to it and once one stepped inside the smell of popcorn and hotdogs was pure Heaven !
@@mitchjay2108
Woolworths!!!!
Remember the creaky wood floors, enhanced by the lack of muzac?
Heaven!
Sears ....was my favorite store ...
When I was a kid I always dreamed of working at sears ...
Then my dream came true ...
I work for sears at East Town in Knoxville for 40 years ....
You must be Houdini. Sears was at East Town from 84 to 2018, 34 yrs.
I miss the days of Blockbuster and simple non smartphone.
Blockbuster and Hollywood Video was a family event. From going on a Friday and choosing 2-4 movies to watch Friday and Saturday evenings and grabbing some popcorn and candy
Where Blockbuster REALLY blew it was when they refused to buy Netflix when the company was offered to them. Blockbuster never thought that on-line videos and videos by mail would never take off.
Radio Shack became a "We don't have it, but we can get it for you" store, I miss Sears and Woolworths.
I loved radio shack as the place to go to, to get parts like resistors, diodes, and other electronics. They Fry's Electronics filled that niche. Now they are gone too. Now you can only get online and in bulk. Ugh.
Radio Shack was better in the 1970s.The Source store is now garage.
80s babies stand up!!!...i remember going to 80% of these stores😢❤
I’m 70’s but still remember
Miss these stores especially Kmart and Sears
I know.
Montgomery Ward exists as an online retailer now, though.
@@thecajunphoenix My last purchase from Wards was a small TV. It was on sale, but only by mail order at a store. They didn't tell me that I couldn't take one from their inventory until I had paid, but promised delivery in under a week. It took months, and I finally got it after a shoting matvh with that store's manager that it would soon be 90 days, for what wwas to have been a Christmas present before he finally gave me one from inventory. I don't miss them! In the early '80s they had a large distribution center in Cincinnati. I would go there about once a month to look through the discontinued and returned items. Sadly, that was he only well run Wards store that I ever visited and it closed a few years later. Sears also had a similar store nearby, but the prices weren't very good except on items that were in stock for too long. I bought a nice $300 drafting table there for $75..
@spaceace1006 Siilvertone should have been named 'Lowest bidder of the year' The model number told who actually made it. The digits before the period was the OEM code and after was the model number TV shops hated Silvertone because very few parts were available outside of Sears own repair centers. I once needed a rebuild kit for a spray gun. I went to their store, only to be told that they had never sold that model, so they couldn't order the kit. As I was leaving the service counter I stopped in the tool section, to find about a dozen of them hanging from a hook. I took one back to the service counter, only to be told that if it wasn't in their files, it didn't exist.
I once ran into an engineer from one company that built Electronics for Sears. He hated dealing with them, because they would demand changes to lower the price and quality. I told him that Sears was listed as number one on the list of brands not to service, where I lived. The list was called, 'The Sorry Seven. W.T. Grant's house brand was number two. Magnavox was on the list, because they only sold parts to authorized dealers. Curtis Mathis was another. Every TV sold by a local furniture store was defective, straingt from their factory. They were supposed to sell the sets, before they would authorize a warranty repair. Packard Bell was another. They were only sold on the west coast, but some GIs would buy them and bring them to the midwes. I don't remember the others, after 50+ years.
The service at Sears was nonexistent.
@@michaelterrell I had a Silvertone guitar- my first electric guitar. But it didn't stay in tune very well, so I bought an Epiphone Les Paul. Not perfect, but a step up.
I remember the warm smell of popcorn and cookies when enter Kmart, they used to sell icees and ice cream. There was an electronic store called the silo, my uncle bought the first vcr called beta max, it was the coolest thing for me back then, great times
I miss all of them😥. Grew up in 60's and 70's and loved going there. Now all we have is Walmart 😬😥
i dont like walmart as much but ill just go where the deals are if its cheaper somewhere eles ill go there
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And tArGeT the alphabet group’s grooming house.
Yesss😭😭😭😭😭😭
I agree
I loved the Sears Christmas catalog. Now i got the feels.
I liked them as well.
Sometime in the 1960's, Sears released a catalog accidentally that had men modeling underwear with their penises peeking out the side of the underwear they were wearing. They had a massive recall on the catalogs but less than a third were actually returned.
JCPENNEY was up there
You can still get the Sears catalog. Sign up for it.
You may not know this but Service Merchandise and Montgomery Wards are still in business but online! Radio Shack is in the process of going online.
I love Woolworths.
Woolworth was the best. Alot of memories going to that store with granny. She always got us a treat. Miss those times
I wish some of these stores would come back im sick of Walmart
YES!!!!!!
EXACTLY I AGREE TOTALLY 👍
Sears was my favorite store. I can remember my mom buying jeans from there. They were called Toughskins and came in different colors. Man, I miss those days.
The only things I ever bought from Sears were major appliances.
K Mart is still in Australia and Woolworths is one of Australia top retail stores
How wonderful they still exist
australia is a cool place
Also Kmart store on 1 penn plaza on 34th st in nyc
Ooo another reason I want to visit Australia. Is there anyplace burger chefs restaurant are still located? I loved their burgers
Australian Kmart is not part of US Kmart. It is similar to Sears in Mexico. It is not part of US Sears.
Wow my childhood wrapped up in this video.... But missing a few :Gemco, Fedco, payless😍
Almost forgot about gemco they had one on the corner of Hawthorne blvd 182nd st in Redondo Beach Ca
They also used to have one on van nuys blvd In pacoima/ Arleta ca.... Now the lot houses Arleta High School 😍
How in the hell did Gemco go under...
It was the original Walmart/ Target 😢
There was also one in Cerritos off of Bloomfield near DelAmo Blvd
Payless 👡 🩴 love them for summer ☀️ time as a teen.❤❤❤😂
Lord &Taylor was not mentioned, one of my favorites!
Circuit City gets my vote.
Hills and Kmart were the main stores my parents shopped at growing up. They had what you needed and were cheaper than going to the mall. I definitely miss Hills. The popcorn and cherry slushies at the snack bar were a "must have" every time i would go!!
KMart, the smell of Little Caesars while you shopped was the best! ❤❤
K-Mart gave Lil Caesars a new lease on life. Lil Caesars were on their way out until they merged. Pizza - Pizza.
I loved Kmart and sears a classic gone but not forgotten
They still exists in nyc
Thanks for sharing this great video. It brings back many great childhood memories. I remember Sears, Woolworth, Caldor, RadioShack, Kmart, Blockbusters, Toys R Us, Service Merchandise, Marshall Fields, Tower Records. A couple you didn't mention Ames, Alexanders, Conway, Bradlees, Town Fair, Filenes & Filenes Basement, Child World, Mandela, Easy Pickens, Circuit City, Kay Bee Toys, FAO Schwartz, Sam Goody, Crazy Eddie's, J. Silver aka $10 limit, Express, Fye, The Limited, New York & Co. They all were my favorites.. As a kid I loved Woolworth & Town Fair because it was a one stop shop and we always got lunch before or after shopping.
Tower records! 😮😊i got my first Tupac CD there! By the way in city of Montebello they still have a circuit city I believe.
@@MarleneGonzalez-d9kwhere?
I miss Service Merchandise and I worked part time at The Limited so I could fill my closet with their clothes at a discount.
Kmart was mismanaged. They were already declining before Eddie Lambert merged Kmart with Sears. Instead of using their money to fix up and renovate their stores, they chose to buy other reailers.
Kmart BOUGHT Sears and Lambert used Kmart to prop Sears up. Kmart would have survived had it not got into bed with Lambert and Sears.
Yup. The one in my town has been vacant for over 10 years and is starting to cave in on itself as well as leak water into the walls of the store attached to it. Nobody can afford to fix the issue in such a poverty stricken area.
eddie labert could have fixed it up but he was very greedy with a cost of people losing there jobs
@@scursio2011 He liquidated both Kmart and Sears to line his pockets.
You spelled retailers wrong.
K- Mart was always better than Walmart.
I agree!
Most definitely!!
The cloths lasted longer. They didn't fall apart in a matter of weeks. I miss Kmart
Yes I loved it so much I got a shopping cart that says K mart I purchased on the last day of store open
Walmart prices are way better than K-Mart prices were.
Toys R Us too is missed...
Play world toy store
Kay Bee Toy Store.
I still see the old buildings in Ohio. 😢
Loved going downtown Detroit, Woolworths, Krekges
Montgomery Wards, Sams, and Hudsons.
I agree wow miss that and Downtown Day's !!JLHudson store the 🍪 😢the best day's Downtown Detriot🎉🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤❤❤❤
I remember going to Hudsons, Woolworth, Kmart, Toys R Us (not use) Sears, Radio Shack and Blockbuster. My favorite was Hudsons, whose downtown store was one of the biggest and classiest in the world.
I Remember Kings,Bradlees ,and Five and Dime Stores
My mom loved Kings.
Radio Shack was my Dad's favorite. Love and miss you Dad!
Oh God, I hate Radio Shack is gone.
They forgot Carson Pirie Scott and Circuit City.
Kay Bee toys and Spencers Gifts?
I worked at kmart for 10 years. Loved it. Everyone i worked with was so nice.
Kmart is going strong and is hugely popular in Australia and New Zealand. USA may not have the store - but is extremely successful here.
There is a Kmart in Miami, Florida.
Our gift from America.
i loved kmarts but the owner of kmart here in the usa messed it up thats the main reason why theres no kmarts here
I remember Kmart
@@scursio2011 It was a combination, but mostly competition from so many new chains. Or sources. On a broad scale.
I loved K Mart because it had items that no other stores had.
I loved Service Merchandise!!!!❤️
Tower Records. I loved that store!!!!
Me too. I miss it a lot. Tower Records is still thriving in Japan with 83 stores and a 9-story flagship store in Shibuya, Tokyo. Tower Records is now owned by telecom giant NTT Docomo.
My first job the next day after high school graduation (1971) was at K-Mart sporting goods. I was making $1.85 per hour when minimum wage was $1.65 per hour.
I worked in Zollinger's for $1.90 an hour in 1971.
Those were the days. 😊
You made more than I did for sure.
I got .75 cents an hour chopping/hoeing cotton and cutting broom-corn.
Wow how times have changed
You guys should stop dating yourselves ;)
@@r.thomaslee8417 Why? I'll be 71 in June
and I earned every gray hair I have on my head. ☺
I miss Woolco, Woolworth, & Gold Circle stores.
Yes! Gold Circle especially.
I loved Woolworths, K Mart, Jamesway, Hill's and Ames and miss them all 😢
Great narration and informative; well done 👍🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾... I guess Fedco, Miller's Outpost, Levitz, Carpeteria, and Federated weren't popular enough to make the list?... I guess we all have our own memorable lists...& perhaps not famous enough?
Miss these stores K mart and Sears and Block buster
Block Buster needed to go down because twas over priced
@@r.thomaslee8417Yes, thank you Blockbusters was named aptly, they bought out all of the reasonably priced mom and pops video stores in order to charge exorbitant prices. I was so happy that Netflix came along with their mail order video renting. That took the steam out of Blockbusters, and video venders at convenient locations at grocery stores and other locations, finished them off. I , for one was ecstatic that Blockbusters was finally busted. They got so smug and greedy as to charge exorbitant fees for very old movies, let alone the new ones, and charged the same prices for late returns. Don't miss them at all. The mom and pops video stores gave you an extra movie or two for your continued business. Them, I still miss.🎉
Circuit City was my joint.
@@nickchislom9499 That's my J, too
Toys 'R Us was a kid's heaven, like a toy department store. I miss it. Also loved Woolworth's, K-mart, Montgomery Ward, Service Merchandise, and Sears (especially the Christmas Wish Book which I looked forward to every year!).
Kids loved going in to toys r us
Our Kmart had a cafeteria in the back. I loved their chocolate pudding. My first experience with brain freeze sucking down a slushy
Growing up on the weekends we'd either eat at the lunch counter at Kresge or Woolworth
Aww look at Jaleel white @ 5:56 Before we knew him as Urkel❤
Wasn’t Lohan the little red head girl in one of those ads as well?
My very first job after graduating from HS was working at Zayre's in Catonsville in 1989 to 1992 and then again late in 1992 to March of 1999.
I would rather go to a store then buy on line. I still don't buy on line. I want to see and touch before I buy.
I like buying online because it ensures no one has been pawing over the merchandise like you do
@@Marcel_Audubon xD priceless
When you buy online, you don't get to inspect the product for defects and you never know in what condition products are going to get shipped to you in.
@@Marcel_Audubonhow do you know the employees didn’t wipe the tables with their products?
@@noellecms what tables, dear? what products? what are you talking about??
Nevermind, just be sure not to skip your medication tomorrow, 'kay?
The computer age was and still is the demise of familiar store. Everything you see in them can be bought on line and delivered to your home. In the day people had to travel sometimes miles to obtain the merchandise they were looking for.
Kohl's is almost identical to Mervyn's.
I liked radio shack, Western Auto, and the five and dime stores
Loved Western Auto when I was a kid.
You missed so many. Hearts/Big Bear, Gold Circle, Rinks, Children's Palace, Woolworths, Woolco, Sun TV, A&P, JC Penny and Lazarus.
Also, Payless.
I remember Zayre, Woolworth, Woolco, Jefferson Ward(worked at snack bar), KMart, Circuit City, Service Merchandise, Mervyns (worked here) Sears, Montgomery Ward, Toys R Us (worked here), Foleys, 😢😢 JByrons(worked here), JM Fields.
Man childhood memories. 😢😢😢😢😢
Life in the 1980s for yours truly.
I've a copy of the 1974 KMart Christmas music they played overhead as we shopped.
In the Northeast/Massachusetts we also had Bradlees. They used to have a huge toy sale at the end of October. You could gather up the majority of toys (and other things) you planned on giving at Christmas and put them on a layaway. You didn't have to worry about hiding the items in your house or apartment and could pick them up just before the holiday. JJ Newberry's was also another discount store - similar to Woolworth's. Ames was one of the last of the lower priced stores I recall closing. Seems like even small towns had an A&P grocery store with the aroma of freshly ground coffee - wafting from their frequently used grinding machine - filling the air.
From 1985 to 1993 I was a worker for Mervyns in the Montebello Town Center In California, any other alumni here from then :)
I usually went to the Mervyn’s in Alhambra. I never worked there but I shopped there a lot.
Bradlees, Nobody beats the Wiz, Crazy Eddie, Woolco, Topps, WTGrant, and Kaybee Toy. For your Entertainment FYE weren't mentioned.
Sears made good products we still have the Kenmore dryer that still works and we still use from the early 1980’s. They made products to last. Same with the water heater from there it was almost 25 yrs old and had to replace in 2016. Just replaced garbage disposal in the kitchen sink that was from Montgomery wards! Now that tells you how old that was! The products from back then were made good and lasted 4 x times longer then products now a days. Not to mention our land fields with products that don’t last. In the 80’s I bought most my skinny jeans and high tops at Kmart and no one knew any better. They thought I got them at the mall. 😉 I think back then they had more unique items at Kmart, Woolco, more choices on toys and Christmas items, clothing. It’s sad that all these places closed. I loved Mervin’s. As a teenager and young adult they had the cutest clothes. I hate online shopping 🛍️ and rarely do it. I don’t like that I can’t see how it actually looks and I can’t try it on. Such an easy way to get scammed too. Too many ways for an item to get damaged because of too many people handling when shipping, and too high of chance of them sending wrong item.
I still have my kemore dryer i brought from kmart😂
Because the products sold, were American made. To American standards.
We need to get back to that quality.
Bought a house in South Dakota in 2021 that came with a Sears Kenmore refrigerator from the 1970s… still running strong.
I wish they would come back
Woolworths and A&P were my favorite
I worked at Kmart down the street from me when I was about 19 or 20. I used to walk there it was so close and I like working there because at the time their backroom Wearhouse was closed on the weekends. They moved that store a few blocks away from me, and I'm curious if it's still there or did they change it out for another store. So happens that there was a standalone Block Buster where I could checkout movies to watch on the weekends. So many years ago, WOW. I was about 20 now I'm 63, Yikes. O.O
You spelled warehouse wrong.
What about Fashion Bug?
Montgomery wards is still in business but online, Woolworths still in business in Africa
Service merchandise, Goldsmith’s, Sears, Woolsworth, Gibson, k mart, now it’s going to restaurants. Red Lobster, Pizza Hut, Chili’s, barnhill’s, Denver’s, shoneys, bo jangles, Steak ‘n Shake, Applebee’s, etc.
The Guam store (which is part of the original chain) is alive and well, thanks to the fact there isn't either Walmart or Target on the island. Kmart's only real rivals are AAFES (Air Force BX) and the Navy Exchange, but only people with exchange privileges may shop there. Guam's Kmart even has a Little Caesars Pizza Station. There are also four Kmarts in the US Virgin Islands. (The store in Puerto Rico closed last year.)
No more K-mart in Puerto Rico 🇵🇷
But there are four in the Virgin Islands.
Toys r Us , Kmart , mcgomemry ward are all missed
You spelled Montgomery wrong.
Thanks for taking me back to the good ole days. Also Carson Pirie Scott
What's sad is I'm only 25 but I remember most of these stores growing up I honestly miss many of these shops
Missed Alexander's. Woolworths and Alexander's were my favorites. I remember going to the electronics section at Alexander's. I loved to watch all the TVs in the same channel. We would always go to see what was new and buy it. I also loved buying white chocolate there. Woolworths was a fun store.
We still have K Marts in Australia.🇦🇺
my sympathies
Actually kmart isn't that half bad
I miss all these stores. My favorites were K-mart and Hill's, I worked at Hill's for a short time and it was the best place I ever work at, I practically lived at Kmart.
It’s sad that KMart is no longer in existence. It was one of my favorite places to shop for back to school items and cassette tapes. I don’t know if Wal Mart lives up to that same expectation like KMart did. Ohh well. Time to move on
WalMart sucks.
@@kentclark6420 I agree
It is. Kmart is still around in some places.
@@MrsOrganics Australia.
Zayres, Marshall Fields and Kmart were all of my favorite stores I also loved Value City department store when it was open
Bought my first washer from Wards.
You did not mention Goldblatts in the 1960s & 70s we shopped the store on Harlem Ave in near west suburban Elmwood Park Illinois and farther west suburban Addison Illinois on Lake st in the Greenmeadows shopping center and one more a discount store named TOPPs on Illinois rt 64 ( north avenue ) west suburban Villa Park Illinois behind the World famous Portillos Hotdog stand
Marshall Field's and Bonwit Teller (and I'll add Lord & Taylor) are sorely missed in a world of lowbrow Macy's dumps.
Loved Kmart because they had laya way & Toys R Us My mom loved Woolworths. There was stores that was wasn't mentioned such as: Crazy Eddie ( their prices are insane) 2 Guys,5 & 10, Silvetts,Buster Brown and Bradlees.
I liked Sears catalogs.. When I was a kid, we had a Sears catalog center located downtown. You would order from the catalog and pick it up at Sears.
I miss my Kmart store . My last big purchase there was a 12'' desk fan for a whopping $10 . It's still running strong and quiet as ever .
Ah yes Toys R Yous where the slogan was buy toys or “Now yous can’t leave”…great video so many memories
Radio Shack My first computer. TRS80 4k how far we have come.
OMG such a great nostalgic memory … I worked atCaldor ❤️
Woolworths, K-Mart, Sears where I got all my clothes toys and other things from as kid, Toys R Us is where used work at for a time had so many things I even bought my video game set and games from there, Radio Shack is where I bought most of my things in electronics like adapters wires blank tapes and Tower Records is where I bought most of my music those are good memories from back in day that are gone but not forgotten.
These stores are my child memories. I grew up with a lot of these
I miss ventures and grandpa's and the bread store..we use to get 5 and 6 loafs for just a dollar, and love to go to Woolworth with mom
I miss all those stores 😢, Theft brought all those business down. We the people must support these businesses people.some employees workers steal a lot from places they work. We the people must not allow crooks to destroy our neighborhood business
Growing up in Southern California. My favorite stores. Were Kmart, Zodys and Sears. 😢
What about Leo’s Stereo
Hill's! I worked at the Hill's in Lebanon, PA in high school (1993-1994). Our store was always quite busy and according to Corporate very profitable. My family still talks about that place and how much they miss it. All that's left now is Walmart. 😞
Lack of parking and later fear of crime killed the downtown anchor stores.
The biggest nicest K-Mart I have ever seen was 4 months ago in Guam, and there is still a Tower Records here in Japan.
I worked at Sears for 7.5 yrs, my mom worked at Zayre briefly for what now seems like eons ago.
We used to shop at a store called King's Dept Store but I've never seen that in any retro video. Hmm🤔
We had Zayre's, Kings and Arlens dept stores.
That is on Sears.Sears was the original online retailer thriller catalog
K- Mart was my favorite store growing up in both the 70's and 80's 😉👌💯
I personally gave up of Kmart when I was 14 or 15 years old. I had gone and bought a watch by myself. The watch broke within a week, so I brought it back for a refund. The service person said "you're too young to return the watch. Have your mom or dad return the watch." I said "I bought the watch by myself why can't I return it by myself." So that was the start of the end for Kmart for me. I was not sorry to see the chain go under. Treat people how you want to be treated!
There's one Blockbuster still holding on in Oregon. It's the only one in the country.
it's not holding on because of video rental, it's holding on as a tourist trap because of its "last one" status - there are always enough nostalgic dullards to keep something like that going
The last k-Mart I know of finally went down a couple years ago in Long Beach CA. RIP
We have to give Blockbusters credit for being not one but multiple movie sets. 😊 Blockbusters got busted.
Thank you, Amazon. How many people were put out of jobs? I still won’t use Amazon.
your loss, sweetpea
I don't use them either.
@@LindaZeno your loss, sweetpea
Use to shop for clothes and toys at K-mart and Mervyn's during the 80's and 90's. I love the food at K-mart food court.