Yeah the old Kmart building here has been vacant for years. Not sure why they can't fill the building, since it would be a great location for either retail, or a large office space. It just happened to be too close to the Sears store (only a freeway separating the two) so the corporate suits didn't want to keep both of them going.
Of course this one wasn't all that state of the art either. Or at least I don't think it was.... I don't think I had actually been in the store since the 1990s.
Sears Closing Over 100 Stores
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In the 1990's, Kmart built a state-of-art store in my town (for a Kmart, mind you). They put it on the initial list of closings in the early 2000's. I actually liked shopping there. The closure made no sense in the long term with the real ghetto Kmarts here being left open. They also are paying some shit bastard reality company a fuckload of money to close out the lease which also made no sense and has kept the place vacant for over a decade now, even though it's a relatively new retail space...
It's a miracle that Kmart/Sears made it this long and I think they were about to close a about 5-10 years ago but received a reprieve with a buyer that was mostly about real estate and not renovating stores or investing in them long term. It's sort of sad when iconic brands like Ames close and cede competition to cunt companies like the Walton whores..Last edited by Nickdfresh; 10-24-2014, 10:36 AM.Leave a comment:
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The irony is thousands of free HD photos of abandoned shopping malls online.Leave a comment:
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BTW, the merger of Sears-Kmart was all about real estate, but I think that went to shit too, along the the Kmart/Sears stores that 1985 wants back...Leave a comment:
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I'll miss Sears for one reason. It was easy to get new electronics at Sears for half price. You get a friend to buy something you want and then return it. Then you buy it for half price as a returned item. The salespeople didn't give a shit. They even let me buy stuff I returned for half price as long as I paid cash.Leave a comment:
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Yeah, last time I was in Sears, I was taking advantage of the Die Hard battery warranty, and getting it charged (got zapped by the cold winter, and I knew the jumpstart wouldn't last). There were about three other people waiting around the automotive department. Figured I would go next door to Target and kill some time while waiting (rather than watching FAUX Noize in the waiting room). So I walked through the Sears.... Not a single fucking soul in the rest of the store. The auto department is probably the only thing keeping this store open, and I wouldn't be surprised to read it was among those on the death watch list.Leave a comment:
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I hate that they closed the Sears Hardware stores. The local one was next to the Super K so it was expendable. The big advantage was not having to drive to the mall.
The last couple times I've been to Sears the clerks try to ring up purchases on iPhones or something and they never work. There's never anyone in there, maybe five cars outside the doors that lead to the tool department. Even Penney's sees more traffic.Leave a comment:
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Jesus fuck, you're blaming Obama for Sears?
Have you been in an Kmart, lately?Leave a comment:
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Laying off 5,457 people.
I thought Obama had the economy humping? Wiki Nicki says the stock market is proof.
Seriously, It's been all down hill since they eliminated their catalogs. They could have been Amazon if they had any forward thinking management on staff. They already had the warehousing, logistics, inventory control, and a variety of good quality products. They were just too stupid to see what the future would bring. Believe it or not, they stopped the catalog and closed huge, state of the art warehouses because of their amortization schedule.Leave a comment:
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Laying off 5,457 people.
I thought Obama had the economy humping? Wiki Nicki says the stock market is proof.
Seriously, It's been all down hill since they eliminated their catalogs. They could have been Amazon if they had any forward thinking management on staff. They already had the warehousing, logistics, inventory control, and a variety of good quality products. They were just too stupid to see what the future would bring. Believe it or not, they stopped the catalog and closed huge, state of the art warehouses because of their amortization schedule.Leave a comment:
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The Sears in the local mall shut down last month. I haven't bought anything in a Sears in years. When I was a kid we used to shop there for just about everything because it was affordable and good quality stuff. But the last time I stepped on the local Sears, the prices were anything but "affordable". I mean I could walk down to Belk and get the exact same shoes for my kid cheaper than Sears. And just about every time we went thru the store it was a ghost town. Sucks to see it go though.
Now I just hope Amazon finally crushes Best Buy. I'm gonna piss on the building when it goes out of bidness.Leave a comment:
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