He wasn't asking you for an economics lesson, he was only stating he misses some of those stores. Quit acting like some tough guy business man and let people enjoy the content.
I still have an old catalog of these department store in my basement. Some date back in 1905 like Sears that owned manufacturer plants for their own brand in Chicago, Illinois. I collected an old pocket watch and firearms as well as electric fans. I have no regret collecting these items!
My two sons and I used to visit these stores at the end of each school year as a reward for them. Now, I have three grandkids, and I continue that tradition
Back in the day, those were Excellent Stores to Shop, and Work for. I've worked for were: They were; 1.Hudson's 2.Montgomery Wards 3.Kmart I miss the Local and National Chain Stores. You, forgot to mention, Crowley's, Kresge's and Kmart which, Kmart was owned by the S.S.Kresge Company. 6:00
San Antonio had Joske's (pronounced JOSS-keys). Started out by a German immigrant as a dry goods store just after the Civil War. The store gradually expanded through the years becoming a full-fledged department store. There were several moves to various downtown locations. The final move was to Alamo Plaza not far from the Alamo. After several expansions the store advertised itself as "The Largest Store in the Largest State". Upon Alaska statehood, the slogan changed to "The Greatest Store in the Greatest State"! In the late 1980s Joske's was acquired by Dillard's with the Joske's name being retired. Eventually the downtown store closed. Part of the store is now repurposed into a portion of River Center Mall.
I'd almost forgot about Elder-Beerman! That's odd, because it was one of the anchor stores in the Dayton Mall, along with Sears and J.C. Penney. The 4th large department store was Rikes, but I never hear about them in these types of videos. I wonder what happened to them? I well remember Gold Circle, though. We used to shop there a lot, and then have dinner at Bill Knapp's or Denny's. Later on when I was at university in Springfield, Ohio, I often took the bus downtown to shop at Lazarus or Wren's. Is Wren's still around?
Ames made the mistake of buying other retailers putting them in too much debt that they couldn't recover from. I had a Zayres that became Ames. Ames also bought Hills
Hills stores. of never went under. The mistake I believe is not taking credit cards and when they decided to do so it was too late. Another retail store acquired by Macy's is Kauffmann's dept stores on the east coast.
Burdine's, The Florida Store is NOT pronounced , Burdeeens but Burd-EYENES ! Say it now! BURD-EYENES!!! How many fellow Floridian's are laughing our hot but's off at how you said this!!! I myself spit my sweet ice tea across the room when I heard the way you said it!! hahaha BURDINES!!!
It's a shame we can't go back to those wonderful days of shopping somewhere besides Walmart
It's called business. Walmart lasted while the latter didn't. And there's a reason for it. I miss Sears, but I understand Sears couldn't compete.
He wasn't asking you for an economics lesson, he was only stating he misses some of those stores. Quit acting like some tough guy business man and let people enjoy the content.
As a child Hudson parade was a ɓig deal in Detroit. We would go downtown hours early to get a good place to watch the parade
I still have an old catalog of these department store in my basement. Some date back in 1905 like Sears that owned manufacturer plants for their own brand in Chicago, Illinois. I collected an old pocket watch and firearms as well as electric fans. I have no regret collecting these items!
My two sons and I used to visit these stores at the end of each school year as a reward for them. Now, I have three grandkids, and I continue that tradition
My local Woolworths had a wonderful lunch counter ! 😊
Back in the day, those were Excellent Stores to Shop, and Work for. I've worked for were:
They were;
1.Hudson's
2.Montgomery Wards
3.Kmart
I miss the Local and National Chain Stores.
You, forgot to mention, Crowley's, Kresge's and Kmart which, Kmart was owned by the S.S.Kresge Company. 6:00
San Antonio had Joske's (pronounced JOSS-keys). Started out by a German immigrant as a dry goods store just after the Civil War. The store gradually expanded through the years becoming a full-fledged department store. There were several moves to various downtown locations. The final move was to Alamo Plaza not far from the Alamo. After several expansions the store advertised itself as "The Largest Store in the Largest State". Upon Alaska statehood, the slogan changed to "The Greatest Store in the Greatest State"! In the late 1980s Joske's was acquired by Dillard's with the Joske's name being retired. Eventually the downtown store closed. Part of the store is now repurposed into a portion of River Center Mall.
I'd almost forgot about Elder-Beerman! That's odd, because it was one of the anchor stores in the Dayton Mall, along with Sears and J.C. Penney. The 4th large department store was Rikes, but I never hear about them in these types of videos. I wonder what happened to them? I well remember Gold Circle, though. We used to shop there a lot, and then have dinner at Bill Knapp's or Denny's. Later on when I was at university in Springfield, Ohio, I often took the bus downtown to shop at Lazarus or Wren's. Is Wren's still around?
Sears was the Amazon of its time. Sears also had a wish book catalog
Isn’t the “Wish Book” a product of Sear’s and NOT Ward’s? That’s how I remember it as a kid 👦🏼
Exactly It was Sears Wish Book..I collect 80's catalogs and you are correct!
I worked at Wards until they closed! Miss working there!
I bought a JVC mini stero hi-fi system at the 7mile and Gratiot location in Detroit at the going out of business sale. Still have it Still works....
🕊My weekends
dining out 🍔🥤👀
Wow, you missed Dayton's. Also a small midwest chain, Herberger's.
How about Two Guys department stores or Kmart stores, Sears to say the least...😊
OLD DEPARTMENT STORES :
@00:23 : WOOLWORTH'S ( later WOOLCO )
@01:45 : MONTGOMERY WARD
@03:18 : GIMBEL'S
@04:39 : MARSHALL FIELD'S
@06:02 : MERVYN'S
@07:24 : BON - TON
@08:46 : HECHT'S
@10:07 : HUDSON'S
@1138 : AMES
@12:58 : HILLS
@14:20 : ZAYRE
@15:45 : BURDINE'S
@17:10 : CALDOR
@18:30 : STEWART'S
@19:51 : ELDER - BEERMAN
@21:12 : GOLD CIRCLE
@22:32 : RICH'S
@23:55 : GOTTSCHALKS
@25:25 : BULLOCKS WILSHIRE
@26:58 : LAZARUS
STORES NOT MENTIONED :
BACON'S
ALLMART
SEARS
SERVICE MERCHANDISE
KRESGE'S ( later K - MART )
SHILLITO'S
Ames made the mistake of buying other retailers putting them in too much debt that they couldn't recover from. I had a Zayres that became Ames. Ames also bought Hills
Hills stores. of never went under. The mistake I believe is not taking credit cards and when they decided to do so it was too late. Another retail store acquired by Macy's is Kauffmann's dept stores on the east coast.
How about the Duckwall ALCO stores. A company I worked for printed there newspaper inserts. A direct competitor of Walmart.
Burdine's, The Florida Store is NOT pronounced , Burdeeens but Burd-EYENES ! Say it now! BURD-EYENES!!! How many fellow Floridian's are laughing our hot but's off at how you said this!!! I myself spit my sweet ice tea across the room when I heard the way you said it!! hahaha BURDINES!!!
What about White front and Toy's R Us?
Wish book was Sears, not Wards
Nice presentation butt lots of incorrect information.
Regional? Kmart
You pronounced Burdine's incorrectly.
I got kicked out of a Woolworth's store for swearing. All I wanted was some Dapper Dan hair tonic.
Fascinating.
I hate these computer-generated voices and their mispronunciations.
All of these stores went the way of the dodo 🦤