Posted on 04/08/2020 12:54:46 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin
Sears was suffering long before any Internet seriousness. Their prime opponent, Monkey Wards, which we preferred, died long ago prior to the Internet.
One big problem is department stores refusing to be department stores, divesting of appliances and electronics, etc, and getting more clothing-heavy. Along with dying (indoor) malls, which people got sick of, they started suffering.
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My Dad loved Sears for the tools and appliances, lawnmowers, a hot water heater, etc. If something blew, you went to Sears for a new one. Everyone did.
When I was first setting up house, I went to Sears for all of that stuff, too. I still have some of my original Craftsman tools.
I loved JC Penney as a teen - they had good prices that Mom liked, and clothing styles that I liked. Mom also bought a lot of curtains and table cloths, bath towels, etc. from JCP.
We never did shop Neiman Marcus or J. Crew. Too ‘high end’ for us at the time. ;)
I would truly HATE to see NEIMAN’S go out of business, as our family has shopped there for decades.
(Mother had a “low-4 digit” customer number & knew Carrie Neiman.)
When my kid sister’s wedding invitations were “lost in the mail” in 1974, Stanley Marcus flew the N-M plane to my hometown & personally delivered the invitations to our house. = You cannot find that sort of personal service anywhere in 2020.
(He also refunded payment for her wedding gown as well, as he did NOT like “mess-ups”.)
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So WONDERFUL now to have a real WOMAN as FLOTUS!
They just don’t know they’re dead
Yep. Sears was the go to brand in the 50’s and 60s for middle America. Value quality durable. Matchless for tools appliances work clothing and bsa uniforms. I guess the public just prefers chicom crap !
sears and jcp have had serious problems self-inflicted for decades
almost everywhere has had noticeable dips in quality.
i used to find good quality shirts at kohls, about 10 years ago. it gradually worsened as vendors changed.
Pier One was going under before the corona virus, I don’t think they’ve going to make it. D@mn, I love Pier One!!!
Duluth Trading Company is a GREAT Wisconsin business from TINY Belleville, WI! :)
I’m lucky enough to have a DTC store one town away from me to the East, and I have Lands’ End to the West.
I’ll never be naked. Maybe cold and hungry, but never naked, LOL!
“Tractor Supply comes to mind for many, if not most, of their key products.”
An excellent store, too. Between TS and Farm & Fleet, what more does anyone need? ;)
Anyway, I thought I had finally made it! I went right over there and charged a set of socket wrenches (Craftsman!), a pair of blue jeans and I think a Journey and a Men At Work cassette tape.
I made the minimum payment for like 9 months after that.
I have a lot of Craftsman stuff in my tool boxes purchased in the 60s and 70s. I suspect my grandsons will be using it 50 years from now.
Wisconsin still has Macy’s, but the last time I was in one (before last Christmas) at Mayfair Mall in Milwaukee, the store was dirty, cluttered and most of the people working there did NOT have English as their first language.
I bought a few gifts, and at BOTH check outs, the clerks asked me to PLEASE apply for a job, here’s an application, or you can do it on-line, blah-blah-blah.
So, the combination of a lack of workers, which results in a messy store, sure ain’t helping things!
I WILL say that their on-line presence is very good, so that might save their bacon, but in some cases they really ‘give the store away’ with some of their sales. My BFF is a MASTER at shopping their sales and combining coupons. They usually pay HER to shop there, LOL!
I have 18 years Retail experience, post-Army; I KNOW what a store needs to sell the SIZZLE - whether or NOT they also want to sell the STEAK. ;)
LOL! Didn’t realize I was channeling my, ‘Inner Tim!’ :)
Lucky you. I am not a fan of Lands End. Quality is similar LL Bean which has degraded over the years.
That is a great story! Yep. Good luck finding that kind of service these days. :(
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