4+ Hours of Forgotten Stores That Are No Longer Around

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  • @MedinaJones-j1t
    @MedinaJones-j1t 5 днів тому +8

    Every one of these stores- we’re a big part of my childhood!! We had Sears, Mongomery Wards, JC Penny, Woolworth’s, Zayer- here in the Midwest is where we did all of our shopping!! Getting the Sears Wishbook catalog at Christmas as a kids was the best!!😍😍😍

  • @madhuvachhani7758
    @madhuvachhani7758 17 днів тому +30

    Thank you for stories of Sears. It bought tears. I worked at Sears for 33 some years. That was my big family.

    • @phantomfixer
      @phantomfixer 10 днів тому

      @@madhuvachhani7758
      I'm still cashing in on my craftsman tools lifetime warranty, 😀😀.

    • @soulshaker9018
      @soulshaker9018 4 дні тому

      @@madhuvachhani7758 My Grandma worked there too, at the little candy counter they had. She worked at the one at Northland Mall in Columbus Ohio .

  • @JohnShields-xx1yk
    @JohnShields-xx1yk 2 дні тому +4

    I'm from Boston 1960's, sears was the store for everything from clothes to washing machines.

  • @beverlyrichards9845
    @beverlyrichards9845 6 днів тому +6

    Loved both stores I miss Sears the most. But loved K mart for quick shopping especially at Christmas time

  • @MFD-Rell
    @MFD-Rell 16 днів тому +25

    WOOLWORTH is technically still in business. WOOLWORTH had a shoe section, that was fairly popular. When WOOLWORTH went out of business, they kept the shoe store running. That shoe store is Foot Locker.

  • @arpinamarkarian4500
    @arpinamarkarian4500 21 день тому +42

    I totally miss Kmart

    • @veevee9923
      @veevee9923 21 день тому +6

      OMG!!me too I’m 46 and back in the 80s my mom used to get my Halloween costumes and my easter outfits from there religiously… they always had the whole sets😂😂😂😂

  • @Linda-o8j
    @Linda-o8j 8 днів тому +8

    Bring back Sears and Christmas wish book........ awesome clothes, good quality and elegant atmosphere!!!

  • @rejeannagwynn5665
    @rejeannagwynn5665 Місяць тому +32

    Everyone in my family worked at sears at some point in their lives. My mother worked there 40 years.

  • @Connie-E
    @Connie-E 9 днів тому +6

    I really enjoyed watching this video. It popped up on my top page, and brought back so many shopping memories. It really brought back the saying"the good ole days". They really were days when the world had less problems, and so much more enjoyment of shopping. So many good times in those days.

  • @andreachastain222
    @andreachastain222 8 днів тому +8

    This brought back great memories of years of wonderful shopping experiences, especially at Rich’s. I don’t think big retailers edging out smaller chains or the convenience of online shopping is all that has killed the department store attraction. Back when many of these stores were in business, most people still knew how to act in public. They were civil and considerate of other people. They didn’t speak loudly (either in person or on a cell phone). They didn’t wear a their pajamas to the store. They didn’t bring the dog to the store and claim it was a “service animal.” They didn’t allow their children to act like demonic monkeys. They didn’t feel shoplift constantly and drive up prices. Plus, on the store side of the equation, they hired sufficient employees to help you and people were expected to provide good customer service (it was unthinkable that they would be on a personal call while at work). It was actually a fun, pleasant experience, not at all like today. What has happened to our society?

  • @michellephilhower2191
    @michellephilhower2191 10 днів тому +10

    My mother used to work for sears. Always got my clothes n tires from there nkmart.miss them

  • @canoly3
    @canoly3 19 днів тому +31

    Sears was my childhood

  • @stevemchale6363
    @stevemchale6363 Місяць тому +27

    I'M A 63 Y.OLD MAN AND THIS WAS FASCINATING TO ME.
    MY DAD WOULD TAKE ME AND GET TOOLS AND PARTS FOR BROKEN APPLIANCES
    STOVES, WASHING MACHINES ECT.
    SEARS FILLED THE TOYS UNDER OUR CHRISTMAS TREE.

  • @CC-rd7wi
    @CC-rd7wi 26 днів тому +26

    K MART was the best ❤

  • @suzannerogers-ib5yz
    @suzannerogers-ib5yz Місяць тому +58

    Some people should check the thumbnails, if theyre afraid theyre too young or too sophisticated for things of times gone by.... that some of us remember with great fondness.

    • @Badddlullbrattt
      @Badddlullbrattt 28 днів тому

      @@suzannerogers-ib5yz I’m 29 and I think this video is awesome

    • @Insertgenericusernamehere809
      @Insertgenericusernamehere809 13 днів тому +7

      There used to be a Sears near me and i was born long after they stopped being popular. I went to it a few times.

  • @MrOttomotto
    @MrOttomotto 8 днів тому +5

    I remember that Sears outdoor department had barbie size tents set up on top of the shelves to show what the tents looked like. I wanted one so badly for my barbies! I also remember cutting out the drawn pictures of people in the old Sears cataloges in my grandma's basement for paperdolls, before they used pictures of real people to model their clothes. Oh, how I wish she had held onto all those old cataloges, now, instead!

  • @amyfiske9817
    @amyfiske9817 Місяць тому +27

    You're wrong. It was Sears Roebuck that had the annual Christmas Wish Book

    • @youtubephan2427
      @youtubephan2427 6 днів тому +2

      loved looking thru the sears catalogue especially the christmas one , as a kid the toy section looked fabulous!!

  • @LarryCrowder-qo1rz
    @LarryCrowder-qo1rz 14 днів тому +8

    I’m going to bring them all back. The time is now and every investor will be interested.

    • @Connie-E
      @Connie-E 9 днів тому +4

      good for you!

  • @spacetimegeezy
    @spacetimegeezy 16 днів тому +6

    Sears is thriving in Mexico they actually carry designer brands and Kmart in Australia is boomin 🤑 (also woolworths but pretty sure it’s not the same company)

  • @mariarooney6262
    @mariarooney6262 6 днів тому +3

    Yes, A&P for eight o’clock coffee. I remember my father going to the counter asking for “drip” grind.

    • @jessicayoung1190
      @jessicayoung1190 4 дні тому

      I remember my parents would take us to A&P the girls in roller skate would come to the car to take order and late the food and milk shake .

  • @johny1220
    @johny1220 19 днів тому +8

    My mom still has a cross she bought from Marshall Field’s in Chicago from back in the day. Pretty cool lol. Didn’t know about so many of these places though wow.

  • @JohnKeller-fq8hn
    @JohnKeller-fq8hn 5 днів тому +2

    My mom worked for Ames in the late 60s. Early 70s

  • @ronbachert2183
    @ronbachert2183 Місяць тому +17

    They are not forgotten.

  • @KevinBoire-q8p
    @KevinBoire-q8p Місяць тому +7

    I'm from Boston. I was surprised they didn't filenes. They had that awesome basement s tore downstairs where you could get some great buys. Macy's took them out I think and Jordan Marsh went down too. Jordans building on Washington St is a Macy's now. Filenes spot now is a big skyscraper now. That's progress for you

    • @deniseholder7206
      @deniseholder7206 Місяць тому +3

      Filene's Basement! I've been on many shopping trips with my mom, grandma & and aunt back in the 60s & 70s. They used to have elevator operators, bathroom attendants & pay toilets , 10 cents a go. lol

    • @PtBSVu
      @PtBSVu 21 годину тому

      Oh how much I miss shopping at Filenes Basement.

  • @thirdstonefromthesun485
    @thirdstonefromthesun485 7 днів тому +1

    Wow I remember those West coast stores, I used to shop at Woolworth, Chubby and Tubby, and I used to work for Kmart and the Bon Marche many moons ago. Fredrick and Nelson was the store for their delicious Frango mint chocolate candy that you find in an array of different flavors at Macy's.
    Anyone from Seattle, did you ever shop at Jay Jacob's retail store in the mid eighties?.
    Thanks for this classic gem.

  • @NelsonVlog66
    @NelsonVlog66 Місяць тому +10

    Several of these stores are not forgotten.

  • @gfisher495
    @gfisher495 Місяць тому +11

    Woolworths! Glenn

  • @samdooley6887
    @samdooley6887 18 днів тому +7

    Ames is coming back next year

  • @youtubephan2427
    @youtubephan2427 6 днів тому +2

    woolworths was my first thought!!! and wow the video started with woolorths

  • @janepowers6711
    @janepowers6711 2 дні тому

    I miss the Dime Stores & the Sears catalog which was something that we waited for with much anticipation, especially the Christmas edition was pure joy in finally arrived the mail box.

  • @jennifert6519
    @jennifert6519 Місяць тому +5

    I'm in my 40s and this was wonderful to watch and remember my childhood. This is the first time I've ever heard of Stuckeys. I was nice to learn a new place as well

  • @kennelson3848
    @kennelson3848 26 днів тому +3

    Display man from The Broadway Hollywood 1968-1971 corner of Hollywood Blvd and Vine St. Home made soups at the Kettle in the lower level perfumed our display department which was located below the corner of Hollywood & Vine. What a time!❤

  • @doost6233
    @doost6233 4 години тому +1

    K mart and Sears must come back.

  • @kathleendinsmore7588
    @kathleendinsmore7588 7 днів тому +2

    I’m waiting for Wal-mart to go by the wayside. It’s depressing just to go into one of these stores. Hard to believe I worked there almost 5 years.

    • @lindazellars4885
      @lindazellars4885 6 днів тому

      @@kathleendinsmore7588 Walmart ain’t going nowhere. Walmart has embraced online shopping technology. They are the competition of Amazon.

  • @mushroom-ws9po
    @mushroom-ws9po 5 днів тому +1

    Australia has Woolworths (grocery), Big W and Kmart. Big W is the department store of Woolworths.

  • @kennethbrown5784
    @kennethbrown5784 17 днів тому +6

    Sears is doing very well in Mexico

    • @misst3016
      @misst3016 12 днів тому

      @@kennethbrown5784 😲

    • @Vibhavijay1
      @Vibhavijay1 10 днів тому +2

      @@kennethbrown5784
      😎😎😎 cool

  • @sethunyanikuru1079
    @sethunyanikuru1079 8 днів тому +2

    This is Great, I just can't get passed the its like

  • @kimfry4019
    @kimfry4019 7 днів тому +2

    I miss Sears and the Christmas wish book

  • @SRGShorts225
    @SRGShorts225 13 днів тому +4

    Idk about Ames. Bc there’s one near dornsife from route 225 to route 61 in Pennsylvania that’s still open

  • @veevee9923
    @veevee9923 21 день тому +5

    I remember Ames and Caldor they was the shit!!

  • @Johnnydiaz-ml2zv
    @Johnnydiaz-ml2zv День тому +1

    I missed the early days of depth. Store zayres,sears,kmarts,Jordan marsh.

  • @sylverfox6973
    @sylverfox6973 Місяць тому +7

    Sears isn't even cold in the ground yet. How can it have been forgotten this quickly?

  • @xmvirus202
    @xmvirus202 29 днів тому +7

    People get all nostalgic about these many stores going out of business, but we the people had the power to keep them in business- simply by shopping there. 🤷🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️

  • @ccole2262
    @ccole2262 4 дні тому +1

    Mongomery Wards is still around. It's just online only.

  • @robertgalbreath6239
    @robertgalbreath6239 Місяць тому +6

    Good vid. Macy's takeover of Marshall Field's did indeed cause an uproar. My family wrote letters and protested this move. However to Macy's credit, they retain the Marshall Field's plaques at all the entrances and the classic Walnut Room still serves wonderful meals.

    • @driscollpatricia5190
      @driscollpatricia5190 26 днів тому +1

      Yes I remember these stores they where really good stores and I miss them I wish we could have them back but for now it's just a wish

  • @JosephRiveraSantiago0617
    @JosephRiveraSantiago0617 19 днів тому +6

    Remember when it was called the Sears Tower?

  • @antonsmith9788
    @antonsmith9788 День тому

    Similes for the win! 👊❤️👊

  • @blacksheepgirl
    @blacksheepgirl 22 дні тому +7

    I was sad to see JcPenney, Kmart and Sears go. 😢 They were a big part of my childhood. 😢

    • @johny1220
      @johny1220 19 днів тому +8

      @@blacksheepgirl JcPenney? They’re still around lol. At least here in the US.

    • @lisachiappetti6092
      @lisachiappetti6092 18 днів тому +5

      Yep one of their stores isn't too far from our house. It might not be as popular as it once was, but it's still around

    • @Sumayya538
      @Sumayya538 7 днів тому +1

      @johny1220 yes it's still a JC Penny here in Illinois

    • @mariarooney6262
      @mariarooney6262 6 днів тому

      JCPenney is still open here in northeast and south central Pennsylvania. They have great sales.

  • @antoniocovarrubias7831
    @antoniocovarrubias7831 6 годин тому

    Kmart, safeway, gimbal’s, Macy’s, marshall, mervyns, a lot of good stores and markets I grew up with.

  • @deanamosley24
    @deanamosley24 5 днів тому +1

    Stewart’s is still here 😩❤️❤️I live across the street from one it has the best ice cream around 🔥

  • @nanook5875
    @nanook5875 Місяць тому +5

    In St. Paul We used to have "SHOPPER'S CITY", That later became "ZAYRE'S"

  • @Slee3688
    @Slee3688 Місяць тому +11

    I thought Sears had the Wish book...

  • @ShawnJbarr1988YT
    @ShawnJbarr1988YT 6 днів тому +2

    wow so many stores are gone

  • @SaucyOperator
    @SaucyOperator Місяць тому +5

    Monkey Wards was the absolute best!
    Zayre was cool, Woolworth's lunch counter hit the spot, but Wags was better! (Wags was Woolworth's stand alone restaurant. I have sime great family memories at iur local Wag's!!"

    • @lisachiappetti6092
      @lisachiappetti6092 18 днів тому +1

      I'm pretty sure it was a typo, but monkey wards is more accurate than you know. Earlier this year we went to visit my grandpa at his retirement home, and there was this lady that just randomly told us that she/her family bought a monkey from Montgomery wards. Like I said, that typo is more accurate than you know lmao

    • @SaucyOperator
      @SaucyOperator 18 днів тому +4

      @lisachiappetti6092 Nope. No typo. That's what we always called Montgomery Wards. It was always Monkey Wards!

    • @DavidWalton-g8w
      @DavidWalton-g8w 2 дні тому

      ​@@SaucyOperatorIt was always monkey wards

  • @tangarayslaughter8538
    @tangarayslaughter8538 13 днів тому +5

    ❤❤❤❤

  • @phantomfixer
    @phantomfixer 20 днів тому +4

    Wow, 4+ hours, and you left out many, including Alexanders, TSS, Mays, and M H Lamstons (I actually worked there as a teenager), lol. just to name a few.

  • @almareyes7044
    @almareyes7044 День тому +1

    Well I'm going to tell you something the retails of today. They're doing away with a lot of associates, they're doing with they're doing self check outs and a lot of customers don't like that plus on the floor there's hardly no help Walmart jams, they're getting to that point where. A customer could ask for help and they're not getting the help they need. So the members really don't like that so they better step up their game, because that will happen to those stores that sooner or later, they were all shut down if they don't have customer service and get it right? Because people do need to be guided to or answer the questions they need for any help. They need on the floor well, God bless, and thank you for all those wonderful stores. Those wonderful memories that we had from all those great stores. I still order sell my stuff from online with Montgomery awards. I do miss k mark. I God bless you all. Thank you

  • @rosemarythyme6351
    @rosemarythyme6351 4 дні тому +1

    I miss Shopko.

  • @belal650
    @belal650 Місяць тому +8

    There were 982 analogies used during the first sentence of the A&P store segment.

  • @JulesFrank
    @JulesFrank 17 днів тому +4

    Hey Florida, It's Burdine's (burr - dye - n's) and definitely NOT "Burr-deen's", right?!?!

  • @gfisher495
    @gfisher495 Місяць тому +5

    Sears! Glenn

  • @nessstooo
    @nessstooo 11 днів тому +4

    posted 1 month ago and 2 stores are closing, big lots and party city

    • @AlondraSoto-o2x
      @AlondraSoto-o2x 10 днів тому +2

      Yess I work at part city it’s crazy to be apart of what was once there now isn’t

  • @yootoobsuks4210
    @yootoobsuks4210 Місяць тому +3

    I live in the Northwest and I've never heard of Gottschalk's. 🤷🏻‍♂️
    I still get angry when I think of the loss of Montgomery Ward, Sears, Emporium (specifically in the Pacific Northwest), Bon Marché, and Meier & Frank.
    Just say "they were the victim of Macy's/Walmart. Seriously, most of these follow the same model: starting as local powerhouses only to be destroyed by the nationwide corporation juggernauts. 🤬

    • @BA-ef4pr
      @BA-ef4pr 12 днів тому +1

      @yootoobsuks4210 Gottschalk was in walla walla, WA in the late 80s.

  • @pyrexmaniac
    @pyrexmaniac 4 дні тому +2

    Kmart and Sears are hardly "forgotten."

    • @DavidWalton-g8w
      @DavidWalton-g8w 2 дні тому +1

      They both still have an online store, and I think there are still several Sears in the US.
      Maybe he just doesn't understand what the word forgotten means.

  • @FairyChild_For_Freedom-Justice
    @FairyChild_For_Freedom-Justice 9 днів тому +2

    I always said Eddie Lampert was thinking of his own wealth and not Sears or the people working for Sears. I feel single-handedly he destroyed the brand the store and the dignity of its workers. No I never worked for Sears.

  • @bluegrassgal
    @bluegrassgal 16 днів тому +2

    Wards stunk! It was Sears & Pennys that was good..& others too...but not wards.

  • @NelvinSpivey
    @NelvinSpivey 2 дні тому +2

    It was pronounce Bur-dines not Bur-deens

  • @synchronicity1470
    @synchronicity1470 5 днів тому +1

    for some of us, this is really depressing.

    • @DavidWalton-g8w
      @DavidWalton-g8w 2 дні тому

      Depressing that people don't know what forgotten means? 😂

  • @tayshaquay
    @tayshaquay 26 днів тому +3

    Burdyyyyyyyyynes

  • @SaucyOperator
    @SaucyOperator Місяць тому +5

    Burr- Dine-s Not Burdeans
    Berdines

  • @brianthefool09
    @brianthefool09 6 днів тому +1

    😊

  • @HotPink90sSun
    @HotPink90sSun 10 днів тому +2

    Chapter list, and time stamps 🤔

  • @xrayvision-kp1xd
    @xrayvision-kp1xd Місяць тому +4

    forgotten ? OR just couldn't keep up.

  • @DavidWalton-g8w
    @DavidWalton-g8w 2 дні тому +1

    How young do you have to be to have forgotten Kmart existed? 😂

  • @voodoochild8697
    @voodoochild8697 7 днів тому +1

    What about Kresgese and Korvettes

  • @axidhaus
    @axidhaus 4 дні тому +1

    That’s when there was a middle class

  • @chikitazacatecana6062
    @chikitazacatecana6062 22 години тому

    I worked at Kmart for 19 yrs.

  • @monkeyking-self-proclaimed7050
    @monkeyking-self-proclaimed7050 6 днів тому +1

    Remember Kmart for saving my butt. Went in to grab pants and underwear cause I poop in my pants.

  • @KathyHoward-f1d
    @KathyHoward-f1d 6 днів тому

    I had to fast forward over the A&P segment because it was redundant and had way too many analogies. I didn’t need him to explain every aspect with an example🤣 Other than that, I enjoyed the walk down memory lane even though it made me rather sad. I did still support these stores in my area so I didn’t contribute to their downfall.

  • @wheretonow3106
    @wheretonow3106 3 дні тому +2

    I had to turn this off before the end. "It's like" really annoying.

  • @ronbachert2183
    @ronbachert2183 7 днів тому +1

    Speak for yourself, I will not forget.

  • @123pickles
    @123pickles 5 днів тому

    Korvette's department store?

  • @MPam1619
    @MPam1619 4 дні тому

    A lot of stores are not included here with most of the video being devoted to A&P & Sears, etc.

  • @synchronicity1470
    @synchronicity1470 5 днів тому +1

    Lampert was the Elon Musk of the day. He ended Sears, with his slow & steady actions.

  • @politemann5455
    @politemann5455 6 днів тому

    Department Stores
    A&S
    Consumers...Plus Supermarket?

  • @ToysToolsandTales
    @ToysToolsandTales 18 днів тому +3

    Dude what's with all the analogies. They are literally one every paragraph. It was like watching 232 parking lots emptying for the last time. Their troubles were like a mirror reflecting the massive changes......was it time to whether the storm or turn out the lights for good. The final blow came in the form of 242 analogies and we're acquired for 232 rupples

  • @kenison8170
    @kenison8170 7 годин тому

    They would still be with us if the management higher up was smarter in how they invested the funds and not get greedy and take risks- yep, all those stores or companies went bankrupt because of the stocks and management poor decisions

  • @texaspatriot4215
    @texaspatriot4215 14 днів тому +2

    It's like......word salad much?....it's like you needed a lot of filler.

  • @antoniocovarrubias7831
    @antoniocovarrubias7831 6 годин тому

    K - Matt a

  • @tennissir1986
    @tennissir1986 Місяць тому +6

    It’s like Blah Blah Blah. It’s like Blah Blah Blah. It’s like Blah Blah Blah.

  • @monkeyking-self-proclaimed7050
    @monkeyking-self-proclaimed7050 6 днів тому

    They come and go, change names. Who cares!

  • @johny1220
    @johny1220 19 днів тому +3

    Okay holy crap I did NOT know that there were this many stores that went out of business, wow lol. Super unfortunate, I wouldn’t be surprised if Walmart and Target stores shared the same fate one day.. 🥲

  • @SuperGoldwingman
    @SuperGoldwingman 10 днів тому +1

    Kmart is having their annual Michael Jackson sale all boys underwear is half off