Forgotten Retail/Restaurant Chains
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Woolwerths are still going strong in Australia. They were all over New South Wales (the province where Sydney is located).
we had a lot of these in CHicago back in the 90s. I remember they had pet stores in back of some of their stores. I used to be back their a lot.
It took 3 pages to get to one of the greatest Retailers in American history. Some families were Sears families and some were Wards. Although one of my earliest memories is walking to a Sears store when I was about 3 or 4 with my Dad that's about the only time. We were Montgomery Wards for the most part. Furniture, Appliances, Toys, Electronics it was all Wards. When the Xmas catalogue came out usually in October it was a big deal amongst me and 4 sisters.
Wards decline started in the 50s when it failed to open stores in the fast growing suburbs in postwar America where they were beaten to the punch by rival Sears. Being purchased by Mobil Oil who didn't have a clue about Retail didn't help either.
The old Baltimore Warehouse and Store in it's Hey Day
Former Montgomery Ward Warehouse and Store today's as an Office Park in Baltimore.
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Anyone remember the Catalog Show Room Best Products?
Best had competitive pricing and great merchandise but they are probably best remembered for some of their unusual looking stores.
https://www.failedarchitecture.com/the-ironic-loss-of-the-postmodern-best-store-facades/
Best had competitive pricing and great merchandise but they are probably best remembered for some of their unusual looking stores.
https://www.failedarchitecture.com/the-ironic-loss-of-the-postmodern-best-store-facades/
Something's wrong here I shopped at McCrorys when I was kid. They didn't go out of Business until 2002.
Y'all remember Ames
used to buy my first lil jewelry w my first lil street money outta here
@killagram know what it is lol
It took 3 pages to get to one of the greatest Retailers in American history. Some families were Sears families and some were Wards. Although one of my earliest memories is walking to a Sears store when I was about 3 or 4 with my Dad that's about the only time. We were Montgomery Wards for the most part. Furniture, Appliances, Toys, Electronics it was all Wards. When the Xmas catalogue came out usually in October it was a big deal amongst me and 4 sisters.
Wards decline started in the 50s when it failed to open stores in the fast growing suburbs in postwar America where they were beaten to the punch by rival Sears. Being purchased by Mobil Oil who didn't have a clue about Retail didn't help either.
The old Baltimore Warehouse and Store in it's Hey Day
Former Montgomery Ward Warehouse and Store today's as an Office Park in Baltimore.
I miss this place! Had the best warranties around. Proly one of the reasons they went under.. the warranty is like u drop it at home n break bring it back in and get a new one.. i dnt know y my pops used to call this place monkey wards..
It was short lived but I remember how huge this store was. Shit was damn near like a theme park.
ShowBiz Pizza Place was a restaurant pizza chain and family entertainment center founded in 1980 by Robert L. Brock and Creative Engineering.
All ShowBiz locations were eventually rebranded Chuck E. Cheese by 1992.
there is one in london
Peoples Drug was a chain of drugstores based in Alexandria, Virginia, a suburb of Washington, D.C.[1] Founded in 1905, Peoples was subsequently purchased by Lane Drug in 1975, Imasco in 1984, and finally by CVS in 1990, which continued to run the stores under the Peoples banner until 1994, at which time the stores were converted to CVS, marking the end of the use of the Peoples Drug name.
The one I'm familiar with is or was in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
There is one in niagara fall.. hopefully i get to see it this year. Havent been since i was a kid
Two stores came to my attention when reading through...
MAJOR MAGIC's I used to love this place as a kid, better than ShowBiz and Chuck E. I remember you can pick a toy magic trick out of a big bin on your way out...
And
SERVICE MERCHANDISE (the Catalogue) Man I used to LOVE reading through the service merchandise book, they had the latest nae brand electronics and toys- they were expen$ive as hell though.
Awww and what about KAY BEE toystore???
and ELECTRONICS BOUTIQUE for the latest Nintendo Games
MAJOR MAGIC's I used to love this place as a kid, better than ShowBiz and Chuck E. I remember you can pick a toy magic trick out of a big bin on your way out...
And
SERVICE MERCHANDISE (the Catalogue) Man I used to LOVE reading through the service merchandise book, they had the latest nae brand electronics and toys- they were expen$ive as hell though.
Awww and what about KAY BEE toystore???
and ELECTRONICS BOUTIQUE for the latest Nintendo Games
I've heard of Roy Rogers, but we never had any where I grew up (Houston and North Carolina).
I believe they are regionally based and not located everywhere.
Yep, same here. I would play the video games while my mom shopped. I remember they also had slot machines, which fascinated me for some reason and their catalog that would come in the mail was badass.
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