Yes and no. The FLS (full line stores) will all close; there are only 18 of these stores left. There are literally hundreds of Sears Hometown Sears open; these stoes are small, independently owned stores that mostly sell appliances.
Sears would replace a tool no questions asked, I broke a couple of ratchets, he threw mine in the garbage, go take another one off the shelf. Good deal
I absolutely love North Carolina. Always have since I first visited in 1994. My dream is to live there. I'd love to call myself an Outer Banks resident despite the hurricane and noreaster threats they deal with on the norm.
I live in Greensboro and still shop here about twice per year. They have GREAT prices on clothing for my ever-growing 9 year old son. I can always find good quality winter coats and random tops & bottoms for him.
Sears was trash 🗑 and they didn’t change their business model to fit the times and when they sold their tools they were destined to close because their clothes were trash👀👀👀💁🏽♀️💁🏽♀️🤷🏽♀️🤷🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️!!!!!
In Webster,Ma. there is the old FAIR PLAZA They kept the name of the Plaza Now Ocean State Job Lot & Big Y are were the FAIR Department store used to be. It's Nice. The FAIR branch went under in 1995 & the Company 2009 it ended.
The Sears in the North Hollywood Valley Plaza, California was remodeled and it looked a bit more modern than this one. The Sears covered the whole block until it was shrunk and Burlington as well as Ross moved in. They closed sometime in 2019. There's only a few left in Southern California. I remember it's footprint was immense back in the early 2000s. There's only one Kmart left in Costa Mesa, around a 45 minute drive. I don't think they'll make it past 2022. The former Sears distribution center on Boyle in Los Angeles closed on the 18th of April. It was huge, in a beautiful Art Deco building, and was there for 125 years. Definitely the end of an era. Overall, a great channel.
I remember the first escalators in Hagerstown Md in the 1950s. One was downtown in a J.J. Newberry five and dime and the other in Sears. I think the one in Newberry's was first.
@@DavidSmith-sb2ix oh that’s cool . I’ve been to Hagerstown many times either through work or just driving through many years ago . Awesome story thanks 👍
@@cheaplaughkennedy2318 The Newberry's burned in the early 70s and wasn't rebuilt. The Sears moved fro downtown to Longmeadow Shopping Center in the late 50s where they had the escalator. The later moved to the Valley Mall where Wards was but closed several years ago.
UPDATE: sears plans to close about 3 or 4 locations, This store is one of those closing. It is the last Carolina sears and it will be sad to see go. I'm finding out who will be liquidating the store and will keep you posted if I have any more information.
I worked for Sears in the Catalog Order Center and Loved my job...Miss Sears so much...Thanks for the tour!!!❤️🌈❤️🌈❤️🌈❤️ The only thing I hated about Sears was when we were little and we would go with our parents in Provo Utah to the appliance section right in the door & there was like six guys standing around and they would always Glaum into you to try and sell you a fridge or washer... I always hated that as a kid! Looking back they all must have worked on a commission...
So sad to see the state of Sears today compared to when I was growing up in the 80’s-90’s when the stores were stuffed. I fondly remember when Atari, Colecovision, and Intellivision were huge, one of our local stores had a section that they opened up around Christmas that was huge and packed with the systems and games.
Where I live Sears was huge. They had their own appliance warranty/auto shop etc. Every appliance in my parents house was covered by Sears. Now just like everything else. They are disappearing. I really thank you for not letting people forget about our history. The things you host about have so much meaning and most of all...historical respect. Thank you again...
This actually is the Sears at Friendly center, they named the whole building the Sears plaza after Whole Foods took over part of the building. The road this is on is also Friendly Ave, close to where it crosses Wendover Ave.
I believe Sears owns the lease to that whole parcel of land including the land Chick-fil-A is on. Sears signed a 100 year lease with Starmount Co in the 1950s when Friendly Center was built. That Chick-fil-A is one of the busiest in N.C., so Sears makes tons of cash just from that Chick-fil-A land they lease.
Such a shame. The Sears in Butler, PA closed roughly 5 years ago. My husband & I went in looking for a fridge during the clearance sale, but he walked out with microwave at some random discount price & I bought 2 baby outfits for a total of $6 for my nephew who wasn’t born yet.
Near me (Logan, Ohio), there is still a real small Sears store left. It only opened around 10 years ago. It's hard to believe that one of the last Sears stores is in a small, rural town of about 3,000 people!
Closed on April 18th, no more Sears at Emerald Square. The last one in MA and all of New England is in Braintree at South Shore Plaza. I filmed it on my channel last week, be sure to check out the video and some of my other videos!
@@chefbran1 Cool! I’ll have to check it out. I just saw your Hyannis Kmart video and it’s really sad since that was the last Kmart in New England and now the closest store is in White Plains, NY.
It's really great to a Sears store open. I miss the nearest Sears store in the area where I live. The nearest Sears store was in Steubenville,Ohio. Sears was one of the anchor stores in the Fort Steuben Mall.
We passed through the town on this trip. I saw how it's progressing compared to our visit last summer. It's looking good again. However I didn't bother going inside the mall since last time it was roughly 60 feet of space inside because of the 2 tenants or so. Next time we're that way, I'll check it out again!
Unfortunately not many opportunities for year round work in Nags Head, unless you go boss mode and start a service business. The new Buc-Ees being built in Florence is calling you to live in SC... come!
Hey, Wallie....my partner and I just started watching your channel on UA-cam (along with Doomie's, Ace's, and Sal's "nostalgia" videos), and loved you visiting a Triad (as the area is known) "landmark." FYI, the Sears (and Sears Plaza) in Greensboro is actually part of a bigger shopping complex called Friendly Center, and has been for years-and it's gone thru a number of changes over the last 20 years, especially, being one of the biggest strip centers in the state. The store hasn't closed down yet, although it's still one of about four or five Sears left in NC (including one each in Raleigh and Charlotte, if I'm accurate), and yes, I've lived in the area long enough that I've been to this place at least a few times. It's been a crazy time for retail, I know (since I DO work for an area Big Lots-and thanks for mentioning my guys ), and I miss places like Sears, Kmart, Montgomery Ward, Zayre, Value City, Woolco, and so on. But hope you and the missus will be glad to come down and visit more of North Carolina sometime soon, be glad to show you around a few more spots worth exploring (and a suggestion...you're looking for a good beach area, skip the Outer Banks, since they're a bit pricey-we've been fond of Oak Island & Southport, SW of Wilmington, one of the best new beach areas we've got down here).
Sears was so iconic. It was the original Amazon in the mail order world. It's sad to see such a giant destroyed by the bad decisions of old management thinking. Can you imagine if they had the foresight to see how the world was changing with internet shopping? How they would have been bigger then Amazon. They sold everything off because of greed...
I plan to make a trip to this one sometime or the one in Raleigh. I live in southern Virginia so it’s not too far away from me. I’m a mechanic and would love to step back in a Sears to buy some tools. That’s the only thing I go to Sears for lol. Ours closed October 2019 I was there up till the last day and got several things. My parents want to go too so we will probably take a weekend or something and go down there. I’ve never seen one with the updated logo.
Sears department stores no longer exist in Virginia as the Sterling, Virginia location just off Virginia Route 28 just closed permanently not too long ago which also happened to be the last Sears store in all of Virginia.
This is similar to the Kmart in Des plaines IL before it closed in April 2020. It is now a mass vaccination center. It's surreal enough to see news footage of it with the soldiers walking around there.
I live in Greensboro and I know that the Sears Distribution Center a couple of miles away is closing for sure and I believe the store will follow not long after. I used to get all of my fall jeans there as a kid, great memories!
I'm looking at this video wearing pants, shirt and shoes from Kmart. They had good quality casual slacks, dress shirts and Thom McAn shoes at a great price. I'm going to visit the Frederick MD Sears this week. Only 22 miles away.
Glad to see a Sears store hanging on for sure. Thanks for sharing it with us Wallie. Nice glasses on top of glasses in the wrap up also. Reminds me of Robert Stack from the movie Airplane! lol..
Great vid: echoing a previous poster the sears in Butler PA closed in 2016: in its last days, it looked like an Ollie's, not a Sears from the 80s, 90s golden age.
My mom worked in the Sears near downtown Baltimore in the 60s and 70s, so I grew up in a Sears. When my daughter was born, I worked one Christmas as a second job at the one near my house. That one closed early last year and is still vacant, as is the old Kmart near me. Both were shells of their former selves near the end. Sad situation. I'm sorry for all the former workers unemployed at this time in the world.
It's crazy to think that I haven't been to a sears since August 2020...all 4 sears stores closed within 2 years here where I live and I was able to film each store during it's liquidation process
Reminds me of the store I worked at for six years out in Santa Rosa, CA (store #1658). Was one of the top grossing stores in the state in terms of sales, yet was one of the first in the Bay Area to go when they started slashing. I was long gone by this point but a lot of people I knew were out of jobs - they gave their lives to the company to simply be cut loose
This Sears used to take up the entire building. Whole Foods moved in when Sears decided to downsize.
Used to be twice the size. Whole Foods took over half.
This store is closing as of May 2023. The last Maryland Sears closed in January.
Way back in the day, they had a snack counter with candy and popcorn. My mom always let me get something. I miss you mom.
You know every sears will close just a matter of time.
Yes and no. The FLS (full line stores) will all close; there are only 18 of these stores left. There are literally hundreds of Sears Hometown Sears open; these stoes are small, independently owned stores that mostly sell appliances.
This is how up to date the Sears was where I live before it closed.
Sears would replace a tool no questions asked, I broke a couple of ratchets, he threw mine in the garbage, go take another one off the shelf. Good deal
10:30 the Sears by me had a glory hole in the bathroom.
Sadly this location closed in May 2023, the last Sears that was in NC 😢😢
Great idea
Great video. Come back and visit anytime. Nice to hear people appreciate our state.
I absolutely love North Carolina. Always have since I first visited in 1994. My dream is to live there. I'd love to call myself an Outer Banks resident despite the hurricane and noreaster threats they deal with on the norm.
10:08 What Floor Is That Restroom On?
2nd Floor
Wow he’s close to my town I’m such a huge fan 🔥👏🏽
Gone now, but not forgotten.
Welp, Its Closing June 2nd!
I live in Greensboro and still shop here about twice per year. They have GREAT prices on clothing for my ever-growing 9 year old son. I can always find good quality winter coats and random tops & bottoms for him.
Nice! Keep on supporting your local sears before it closes!!
Probably just running down stock at full price as long as they can
Really sears still open 🤔🤔I might go on my day off.soon.ummm 🧐🤔
The stairways of our soul going to the second floor.
Sears was trash 🗑 and they didn’t change their business model to fit the times and when they sold their tools they were destined to close because their clothes were trash👀👀👀💁🏽♀️💁🏽♀️🤷🏽♀️🤷🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️!!!!!
Nice video but penguins suck!
Sadly this Sears is closing permanently this year and it will be the last Sears to close permanently in North Carolina.
We are in mens bathroom.
In Webster,Ma. there is the old FAIR PLAZA They kept the name of the Plaza Now Ocean State Job Lot & Big Y are were the FAIR Department store used to be. It's Nice. The FAIR branch went under in 1995 & the Company 2009 it ended.
Glad to see this Sears still open
Not anymore, unfortunately! Greensboro NC Sears closed for good on Sunday, May 28, 2023...RIP
The Sears in the North Hollywood Valley Plaza, California was remodeled and it looked a bit more modern than this one. The Sears covered the whole block until it was shrunk and Burlington as well as Ross moved in. They closed sometime in 2019. There's only a few left in Southern California. I remember it's footprint was immense back in the early 2000s. There's only one Kmart left in Costa Mesa, around a 45 minute drive. I don't think they'll make it past 2022. The former Sears distribution center on Boyle in Los Angeles closed on the 18th of April. It was huge, in a beautiful Art Deco building, and was there for 125 years. Definitely the end of an era. Overall, a great channel.
Omg. He has gone to my local sears!
Hi Wallie.
It's a shame what they did to sears. Ours was always packed full of people in the 90's. Now they are all closed.
go lions!:p.
Man oh man Wallie your ride up the escalator in a department store brings back memories from the sixties and seventies as a kid . 👍👌
I remember the first escalators in Hagerstown Md in the 1950s. One was downtown in a J.J. Newberry five and dime and the other in Sears. I think the one in Newberry's was first.
@@DavidSmith-sb2ix oh that’s cool . I’ve been to Hagerstown many times either through work or just driving through many years ago . Awesome story thanks 👍
@@cheaplaughkennedy2318 The Newberry's burned in the early 70s and wasn't rebuilt. The Sears moved fro downtown to Longmeadow Shopping Center in the late 50s where they had the escalator. The later moved to the Valley Mall where Wards was but closed several years ago.
did you get the socket? :)
UPDATE: sears plans to close about 3 or 4 locations, This store is one of those closing. It is the last Carolina sears and it will be sad to see go. I'm finding out who will be liquidating the store and will keep you posted if I have any more information.
Restroom are clean cause no one was there to use them. That Sears will be closed next yr at this time
I worked for Sears in the Catalog Order Center and Loved my job...Miss Sears so much...Thanks for the tour!!!❤️🌈❤️🌈❤️🌈❤️
The only thing I hated about Sears was when we were little and we would go with our parents in Provo Utah to the appliance section right in the door & there was like six guys standing around and they would always Glaum into you to try and sell you a fridge or washer...
I always hated that as a kid!
Looking back they all must have worked on a commission...
So sad to see the state of Sears today compared to when I was growing up in the 80’s-90’s when the stores were stuffed. I fondly remember when Atari, Colecovision, and Intellivision were huge, one of our local stores had a section that they opened up around Christmas that was huge and packed with the systems and games.
theres one in raleigh
Where I live Sears was huge. They had their own appliance warranty/auto shop etc. Every appliance in my parents house was covered by Sears. Now just like everything else. They are disappearing. I really thank you for not letting people forget about our history. The things you host about have so much meaning and most of all...historical respect. Thank you again...
There is a Sears at friendly center that’s still open . Plus what road is that Sears on ?
This actually is the Sears at Friendly center, they named the whole building the Sears plaza after Whole Foods took over part of the building. The road this is on is also Friendly Ave, close to where it crosses Wendover Ave.
Ooh ok thank you I know where west wendover ave is
It's 15 Sears stores left in NC
Greensboro is the last full-line Sears store left in NC. There are only 14 stores left in the country, and 2 of them are closing.
This store is now in liquidation
I believe Sears owns the lease to that whole parcel of land including the land Chick-fil-A is on. Sears signed a 100 year lease with Starmount Co in the 1950s when Friendly Center was built. That Chick-fil-A is one of the busiest in N.C., so Sears makes tons of cash just from that Chick-fil-A land they lease.
Sears owns 9 acres of the land. They rent to Chik-Fil-A and also Whole Foods.
Hi Kmart Kayla.. Do the Sunglasses Shake up.. Haha
Such a shame. The Sears in Butler, PA closed roughly 5 years ago. My husband & I went in looking for a fridge during the clearance sale, but he walked out with microwave at some random discount price & I bought 2 baby outfits for a total of $6 for my nephew who wasn’t born yet.
SEARS in Mexico is not closing
maybe some way ,some how Sears /Kmart will make a come back,,,,could be I'm just dreaming ..another great video take care guys
This may just be the closest Sears to me. Too bad it's still more than two hours away.
Also there is a abandoned Pizza Hut on Randleman road in Greensboro next to kfc
Great video, I haven't seen a non-closing Sears store since October of last year.
I’m going to be mad in Guam Kmart closes
Now that's what I call Non Closing Sears like Braintree in Massachusetts did
Near me (Logan, Ohio), there is still a real small Sears store left. It only opened around 10 years ago. It's hard to believe that one of the last Sears stores is in a small, rural town of about 3,000 people!
You can tell it's a matter of time before this one is closed
I might need to drive the 30-40 mins to Greensboro to pick up some appliances!!
I love how you said North Carolina in a North Carolina accent 😂
Omg I love following you all I am from mineral wells tx. And u have been thru Weatherford. As well. I just moved out from greensboro nc
Should go to Emerald Square in Massachusetts. There is a Sears there. Pretty much a dead mall after that.
Closed on April 18th, no more Sears at Emerald Square. The last one in MA and all of New England is in Braintree at South Shore Plaza. I filmed it on my channel last week, be sure to check out the video and some of my other videos!
You should check out the Sears in Braintree, MA, it’s the last non-liquidating Sears in New England. If you ever go north, check it out. :)
Going to that one soon and will be filming it, stay tuned!
@@chefbran1 Cool! I’ll have to check it out. I just saw your Hyannis Kmart video and it’s really sad since that was the last Kmart in New England and now the closest store is in White Plains, NY.
It's really great to a Sears store open. I miss the nearest Sears store in the area where I live. The nearest Sears store was in Steubenville,Ohio. Sears was one of the anchor stores in the Fort Steuben Mall.
Yes sir come to Burlington soon some popular old school factory’s still up but abandoned
Wow awesome 👌 👏
Fast eddie always favored Sears over Kmart
Suggestion: Mayberry mall mt airy nc
I know I know it's empty but the updating is really good and the belk's is doing well...
We passed through the town on this trip. I saw how it's progressing compared to our visit last summer. It's looking good again. However I didn't bother going inside the mall since last time it was roughly 60 feet of space inside because of the 2 tenants or so. Next time we're that way, I'll check it out again!
@@WallieB26 ok cool! 😎👍
Unfortunately not many opportunities for year round work in Nags Head, unless you go boss mode and start a service business. The new Buc-Ees being built in Florence is calling you to live in SC... come!
Great job
Nice!!
Three pairs of glasses wow 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
You should visit an abandoned Pamida or Alco if you find some
Does it smell moldy or musty like a Sears does??
Sears in Baton Rouge didn’t smell like that and I love the smell of sears clothes and Kmart clothes
It did have a slight musty smell inside but not nearly as bad as several other locations I had been to over the past few years.
Hey, Wallie....my partner and I just started watching your channel on UA-cam (along with Doomie's, Ace's, and Sal's "nostalgia" videos), and loved you visiting a Triad (as the area is known) "landmark." FYI, the Sears (and Sears Plaza) in Greensboro is actually part of a bigger shopping complex called Friendly Center, and has been for years-and it's gone thru a number of changes over the last 20 years, especially, being one of the biggest strip centers in the state. The store hasn't closed down yet, although it's still one of about four or five Sears left in NC (including one each in Raleigh and Charlotte, if I'm accurate), and yes, I've lived in the area long enough that I've been to this place at least a few times. It's been a crazy time for retail, I know (since I DO work for an area Big Lots-and thanks for mentioning my guys ), and I miss places like Sears, Kmart, Montgomery Ward, Zayre, Value City, Woolco, and so on. But hope you and the missus will be glad to come down and visit more of North Carolina sometime soon, be glad to show you around a few more spots worth exploring (and a suggestion...you're looking for a good beach area, skip the Outer Banks, since they're a bit pricey-we've been fond of Oak Island & Southport, SW of Wilmington, one of the best new beach areas we've got down here).
Sears was so iconic. It was the original Amazon in the mail order world. It's sad to see such a giant destroyed by the bad decisions of old management thinking. Can you imagine if they had the foresight to see how the world was changing with internet shopping? How they would have been bigger then Amazon. They sold everything off because of greed...
Man that Sears is 50 minutes away from me and 5 minutes from my sisters dorm cause she goes to UNC Greensboro
I wonder if they split the sears to put whole foods in because the sears in Albany New York did the same but that sears closed
I plan to make a trip to this one sometime or the one in Raleigh. I live in southern Virginia so it’s not too far away from me. I’m a mechanic and would love to step back in a Sears to buy some tools. That’s the only thing I go to Sears for lol. Ours closed October 2019 I was there up till the last day and got several things. My parents want to go too so we will probably take a weekend or something and go down there. I’ve never seen one with the updated logo.
Unfortunately my sears grand will be closing
Sears department stores no longer exist in Virginia as the Sterling, Virginia location just off Virginia Route 28 just closed permanently not too long ago which also happened to be the last Sears store in all of Virginia.
This is similar to the Kmart in Des plaines IL before it closed in April 2020. It is now a mass vaccination center. It's surreal enough to see news footage of it with the soldiers walking around there.
That is pretty cool I never seen a standalone Sears usually I've always seen them in malls and malls only
When you close off section seem there trying to make the store look full until the official liquidation.
I live in Greensboro and I know that the Sears Distribution Center a couple of miles away is closing for sure and I believe the store will follow not long after. I used to get all of my fall jeans there as a kid, great memories!
I'm looking at this video wearing pants, shirt and shoes from Kmart. They had good quality casual slacks, dress shirts and Thom McAn shoes at a great price.
I'm going to visit the Frederick MD Sears this week. Only 22 miles away.
Glad to see a Sears store hanging on for sure. Thanks for sharing it with us Wallie. Nice glasses on top of glasses in the wrap up also. Reminds me of Robert Stack from the movie Airplane! lol..
Great vid: echoing a previous poster the sears in Butler PA closed in 2016: in its last days, it looked like an Ollie's, not a Sears from the 80s, 90s golden age.
Sears by me was two levels and then they downsized and remodeled like this one downstairs... a year later they completely closed
My mom worked in the Sears near downtown Baltimore in the 60s and 70s, so I grew up in a Sears. When my daughter was born, I worked one Christmas as a second job at the one near my house. That one closed early last year and is still vacant, as is the old Kmart near me. Both were shells of their former selves near the end. Sad situation. I'm sorry for all the former workers unemployed at this time in the world.
Great video man!
A lot more stock than I expected. Good to see. Except the shoes, unfortunately
It's crazy to think that I haven't been to a sears since August 2020...all 4 sears stores closed within 2 years here where I live and I was able to film each store during it's liquidation process
My Aunt lives in Greensboro
Thanks for the video. If you look at google street view at one time the whole foods was part of sears...
Sears and wallie is married marriage. Opps, kayla is a cute cool keeper!!
lol "I'm Ready for my close up Mr. Deville" lol
Kayla love your glitter mask!
Reminds me of the store I worked at for six years out in Santa Rosa, CA (store #1658). Was one of the top grossing stores in the state in terms of sales, yet was one of the first in the Bay Area to go when they started slashing. I was long gone by this point but a lot of people I knew were out of jobs - they gave their lives to the company to simply be cut loose
Awesome to walk through a sears and such a nice one too. Thanks for taking us around
Sears in niles is closed
Amazing video!!! I used to work at this location. It's great to see Sears still looking good!
sears look good updated aka rip sears and kmart
There is a Sears at friendly center
Sears closed in Roanoke VA
Sears closed in Roanoke VA