Posted on 02/24/2025 7:37:01 PM PST by yesthatjallen
That’s terrible. I have on in my neighborhood and buy a few things there every year. Extremely nice store and the people who work there are nice and very smart about their inventory,
It is sad to see all of these stores go out of business. Shopping online is just not the same.
sad....I better get over to our JoAnn’s tomorrow.
What a shame!
My daughter loved her summer job at one of their stores, and uses them now as an older (post college) person for her craft/sewing needs!
How disappointed to see!
Jamesway
World of Science
The Wiz
Comp USA
Gander Mountain
All 3 major toy stores, Childworld, Toys R Us, and KB Toys
AC Moore
Many many more.
Radio Shack, murdered by management more than anything else.
The buzzword of the day that would save the company etc.
It’s curtains for them
I see what you did there. Very crafty.
ONE checkout during peak buying seasons.
They’ve been striving for extinction for decades.
And they wonder why Amazon has taken over retailing!
My wife buys a lot of stuff from them. And you can trust me when I say that you can’t really properly buy some of this stuff online. You have to see it and touch it.
She’s going to be very disappointed. I don’t know there’s any kind of alternative. And before anyone says Walmart has a craft department with material, it’s one step above a joke, even I can see that.
This is the future.
I recently bought a Sailrite Ultra Feed Sewing Machine to learn how to sew to do the upholstery on my boat. Bought a lot of stuff from here to learn... bummer its closing. I better make a couple trips and stock up on some material until my stitches are straight enough to start the vinyl for the upholstery...
(Gotta give credit where credit is due!! I have a whole new respect for those old ladies on their machines witnessed my whole life!! Creating a very straight stitch is not an easy task!! js....)
I used to get my rare needs met at Hancock Fabric, until they went belly up. I’ve had to go to JoAnne a couple of times since then and it was always unpleasantly crowded.
I guess I better go stock up on fabric to reupholster a few chairs that are likely to need it at some point.
Party City.
Montgomery Ward
I have spent a lot of moolah at JoAnns...but, I do not think people sew as much anymore.
List: The more than 500 JOANN stores expected to close amid second bankruptcy filing
02/13/2025 5:11:11 AM PST · by Red Badger · 60 replies
The Hill ^ | February 12, 2025 | Addy Bink
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I worked at Radio Shack in grad school. Between my ham license and 2nd class Radiotelephone license, I had a repeat customer base of 400 regular customers plus all that the Mission Valley mall could attract. It covered my gas, food and books. I upgraded to First Class Radiotelephone and Ship's RADAR endorsement. That opened the door to work at Marine Electric Company as a field service engineer. Tripled my hourly income. Good "hand's on" marine electronics work. A mix of field (boat and business office) and bench tech repair work. In later years, Radio Shack was still my "go to" store for small parts for field repairs.
We still have a Radio Shack in Pocatello. It is a franchise with a mix of Radio Shack corporate supplied product lines and other stuff the proprietor likes.
Service Merchandise.
Defunct in 2002.
Nothing doing out my way.
Nothing but a memory.
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