There was a song they used to play over the PA system at the end of each day. Super melancholic piano followed by a bilingual announcement about the store being closed, we will reopen for your convenience the following morning. I always wondered if there was a customer who was there at closing and then so eager they came back at 9 the next morning. If anyone has a copy of the song I'd love to have it.
Canada's problem is it's sheer low population density overall IMO Too many retail outlets for too little a population, even when counting the major cities
Another amazing video brother!!! Can’t wait for the new video always know it’s gonna be a good day when there’s a new BSF video definitely looking forward to it !!!
SEARS turned its back on its employees and customers. Ive never seen Sears look modern in Canada. The Marlbrough mall Sears was neglected and left to die in the 90's. Such a shame.
Dom Nagovski thier objective right now is to hold on for as long as possible to squeeze every last done of profit. They know they are dying and accept it, they just want to see how much they can milk it. Thier CEO said something like that, I can find the interview if I look hard enough.
I remember when I was younger, I normally would shop at sears at the Eaton centre and at yorkdale where i saw the slow decline of both stores. RIP Sears Canada you will be missed
It was sad to watch this. The Sears near me closed late last year and going there during the last months was depressing. Seeing all the usable space slowly shrink with vast unused areas like in this video. I remember when the store opened with great fanfare, it was the first store open in a new mall and was always crowded. My wife worked there for 20 years and retired while the store was still healthy.
Reminds me when Sears left Brazil in late 80's. They had the coolest computer section in town and you could touch and try almost everything. Good times.
Robin Sparkles must feel so sad! Today, Jan 28th, was the final day of Sears at the now closed Fiesta Mall, here in Mesa, AZ (where so many of your grandparents stay in the winter). It's my childhood Sears and mall during the 80s. Went yesterday to such a bare store. They had apparel upstairs and what's left of other stuff downstairs with the escalators still operating. Since they also liquidated the fixtures during the liquidation sale, it was cool on these visits to see small businesses buying up the fixtures. They even come back with UHAUL truck rentals to haul them away. They've been able to benefit.
The local sears at promenade mall got the rebranding (one of the first I believe) and Reno, at the time I thought “why now? This is a waste of time and money should’ve done this 15 years ago” And I also made a prediction it’d be the last to close...... and sure enough it was ....
Owoshi lol it was obviously a joke. Well sort of, the employees did technically lose their jobs but they weren't fired and their friends were probably just making light of the situation.
Yeah but I doubt they were kids who hijacked the PA though. More likely the employees trying to have fun on their last day of work. I'd do the exact same thing if I were there as a staff. Glad they made the best out of the situation haha.
It was some employees joking around. Obviously they knew it was their last day anyway. You can't blame them too much since they weren't saying anything crude.
Actually here in the US Sears isn't doing so well either, last time I went there, which was in November of 2017, basically the entire place looked like something out of a disaster movie before the disaster happens
Most of the Sears Stores in Canada that were under reno, never actually got finished... The announcement of closer happened in the middle of the reno of most stores.
The Disney Store and Starbucks at my Wolfchase Galleria closed in the same week last week. None of our anchors have been put on any bucket lists yet, but I won't be surprised if Sears is the first to go this year. The mall's dying fast.
ReviewsTechNow target came to Canada too late in the game. Wal mart had already had a major footprint for decades and on top of that the target stores in Canada were poorly stocked. Whoever they hired to run Target Canada wasn't too bright lol
I love your channel. I have a suggestion for your new series Bankrupt, can you do a video on Gander Mountain, Yonker/ Herbergers, and Toys R Us. I think these would be very interesting and awesome videos to watch!
I live in London (canada) and was quite sad to see sears go, so I was tryna finna go to sears on monday cause I thought it closed on monday but it closed on sunday so that was jus the confidence boost I needed
Abandoned Bathroom Selfie Daddy confirmed @3:12 😍😏 🤳 heh heh. Great video my dude. So interesting and sad. Retail as an whole is really changing. Foot traffic in malls has decreased by double digits in most areas of North America. People rather stay home and click to buy. I’ve seen an insane amount of stores close at my local mall in the last two years. Companies have to adapt or die.
I am sad about Sears US and CA. The whole company is based 45 minutes away from me and is really popular around me, it makes me sad due to its decline.
Just like me you had a very specific interest (you - abandoned Disney, me - dead malls) and has since expanded to all abandoned things. I remember when the abandoned PA turnpike popped up in my recommendations and I was like this is gonna be stupid, then I watched the whole hour long video of people vlogging their hike and looked up more. Then route 66, abandoned motels, factories, houses, DISNEY, there's always more. I just like learning the history and wondering what occurred that people would suddenly leave. Anyway, if there's anyway you could get into a closed sears location I'd love to see that video too.
I was there the day before they closed in the location you filmed for the Abandoned video. It was a very sad day 😭 they were still open past the 14th but only for fixtures and pickups
Hey! Could you do Hershey park (Hershey) there are some rides that have been abandoned... or Williams Grove amusement park.... I have lots of photos if you need 🙂
Why does Canada put a maple leaf in the logo of (seemingly) every company that expands to their country? I noticed that all over the place when I went to Vancouver.
it kind of sucks to see sears all over the world slowly but surely dying off ;-; its like bits of my childhood disappearing. there's only one sears open near me and it's an appliance store, i pass it every so often wondering when that'll eventually shut down.
Sadly Jake, few days after Sears Canada closed, the Dollar Cinema at Sunrise Mall here in Corpus Christi closed too. Please do a Abandoned: Corpus Christi Cinemark Dollar Cinema at Sunrise Mall.
They closed the one locally and it cuts off the north end of the mall. There's currently no north end mall access. I wasn't there on the final day but I did get there on the day just before and they still had a fair bit for sale. But even at 80% off,much of what was left would still would cost $15 or $20. And for at least a week it was hard to find any pants that weren't larger than size 32 or smaller than size 46. I did pick up a few things at really good price but it wasn't worth getting something you weren't actually in need of. I'm curious as to whether they had a blowout final hour sale the same way Zellers did.
Do you want to come with me or go to your stores in Mississauga and go around and look at some store closing and abandoned stores,I would love to tag along with your adventures!!!!!
At 1:48 when you take the peek into the communications closet, you will see two computers on the floor by the desk, the beige bog standard IBM GL-300 series windows 2000/XP box and a black PC with a large 220 L6-30 power connector, that is an IBM iSeries computer and collects data from and updates all the registers, The beige PC runs a terminal emulator for logging into the iSeries machine.
There was some news (that I don’t clearly remember) that Sears was gouging prices before they went belly up and there was one person where they bought a jacket or something (idk what it was) and once they brought it home they peeled the price sticker off to reveal a lower price. Once it got media attention, Sears canada said “no, you can’t tamper with the prices, you’re lying, we raised prices beforehand, etc.” Edit: cbc article www.cbc.ca/news/business/sears-canada-liquidation-sale-higher-prices-1.4373270
It's sad to see the demise of an iconic retailer. Sears Holding in the USA isn't doing well either. They are closing more Sears and Kmarts in early 2018. Could Sears Holdings be gone by 2019?
"This music is intollerable, come to the office, your fired" Lmao. The sears in my city closed back in june, and we thought it was because they lost so many employees after the Giant Tiger opened. Because our manager took about 9 employees from the store and they were left with about 5, so yeah
I went to the one in Barrie with 3 days left... was able to grab 2-10 packs of highlighters and 2 pairs of dress pants for $35 bucks. Also went on the last day- the cash was lined up 20 people deep with 6 ladies on cash in the back corner. And now i walk by it and the lights are still on.
Do they still have the Muzack going? Crazy... I worked part-time at Circuit City up until the very last day of my store being open. Employees didn't really care anymore for the most part... Corporate hired on the Clearance Company and left the stores alone for the most part after that. Crazy to watch a store go from full to nothing...
*when you live near this mall* But wow, I thought the store closed a long time ago. Well, rest in peace Sears and thanks for the horrible memories of being dragged there against my will. :)
Thanks for the support everyone!
Bright Sun Films wouldn’t that be sears 😂
Bright Sun Films next do Abandoned: Corpus Christi Dollar Cinema
Do the Hawthorne Works or Fiesta Mall. Also love the vids.
Bright Sun Films ss United States I guess
Bright Sun Films can’t wait for it brother so wish you could do videos every day !!!!
This is so sad as a Canadian, I grew up with Sears just being there, it's going to be odd without it.
katou89611 I grew up with a sears and every time you would park there you're car would have a smashed window when you returned to the car
Sears USA is surviving (for now).
katou89611 I remember how weird it felt when Zellers left lol
Ryan Thistle same, i had too many good memories with Zellers
The Queen of Whatever Yeah me too. I remember I used to always go to the one in Cole Harbour, Nova Scotia
Up next, Sears and Kmart USA.
Linda from SEA AT TULL What about Australia?
The Australia Kmart is a different company then the one in the USA and so they have nothing to do with Sears Holdings in the USA.
yup, they've been dead for years. Sears tried to revived Kmart
Chloe I love his twisted videos. Plus I'm the star if the Hawaii saga. Lol
Actually it was Kmart that bought sears usa believe it or not!!
There was a song they used to play over the PA system at the end of each day. Super melancholic piano followed by a bilingual announcement about the store being closed, we will reopen for your convenience the following morning. I always wondered if there was a customer who was there at closing and then so eager they came back at 9 the next morning. If anyone has a copy of the song I'd love to have it.
Sears was truly a remarkable retailer in its time. The 70s to 2000s with their private labels was their peak.
That mall has a vacant Target *and* Sears? Wow, retail is not doing good today.
Sears has been in decline long before target even thought of coming here though.....
Metrotown in BC has the same situation haha
Sowon Impersonator I still wonder what’s gonna replace it, if anything
Gmx Gmx no hbc is still everywhere
Canada's problem is it's sheer low population density overall IMO
Too many retail outlets for too little a population, even when counting the major cities
Great video, and I also got a chuckle out of the "You're fired" announcements on the PA.
I'm glad the Sears employees had a bit of fun at the end there haha I'd do the same
Yes I hope so, Many Sears employees after 20 to 30 years + getting screwed out of their pensions & bonuses have it go to high up executives.
Another amazing video brother!!! Can’t wait for the new video always know it’s gonna be a good day when there’s a new BSF video definitely looking forward to it !!!
Thanks for filming this, Jake. So weird to see my childhood Sears looking like that.
Pre-abandoned
Rip sears Canada
SEARS turned its back on its employees and customers. Ive never seen Sears look modern in Canada. The Marlbrough mall Sears was neglected and left to die in the 90's. Such a shame.
It seems like Sears is doing everything they can do to stay alive here in the states..
not sure if that'll work to be honest.
Dom Nagovski thier objective right now is to hold on for as long as possible to squeeze every last done of profit. They know they are dying and accept it, they just want to see how much they can milk it. Thier CEO said something like that, I can find the interview if I look hard enough.
I remember when I was younger, I normally would shop at sears at the Eaton centre and at yorkdale where i saw the slow decline of both stores. RIP Sears Canada you will be missed
The "today only" carpet did not lie!
Watching this on a monitor I bought on the last day of Circuit City. It was a crazy crazy day, got a great deal on a good LG monitor though.
I remember that specific Sears in Erin Mills. Ah the times my mom would drag me around
I’m sad Sears is gone I remember looking thought the Christmas catalog
It was sad to watch this. The Sears near me closed late last year and going there during the last months was depressing. Seeing all the usable space slowly shrink with vast unused areas like in this video. I remember when the store opened with great fanfare, it was the first store open in a new mall and was always crowded. My wife worked there for 20 years and retired while the store was still healthy.
Reminds me when Sears left Brazil in late 80's. They had the coolest computer section in town and you could touch and try almost everything. Good times.
Robin Sparkles must feel so sad! Today, Jan 28th, was the final day of Sears at the now closed Fiesta Mall, here in Mesa, AZ (where so many of your grandparents stay in the winter). It's my childhood Sears and mall during the 80s. Went yesterday to such a bare store. They had apparel upstairs and what's left of other stuff downstairs with the escalators still operating. Since they also liquidated the fixtures during the liquidation sale, it was cool on these visits to see small businesses buying up the fixtures. They even come back with UHAUL truck rentals to haul them away. They've been able to benefit.
My Aunt Janette worked at the Sears Headquarters in downtown Toronto. 🍁
Love your video's Jake. Keep em coming.
I work at UPS and my bosses always tell me I’m fired but then again they say that to everyone lol
The local sears at promenade mall got the rebranding (one of the first I believe) and Reno, at the time I thought “why now? This is a waste of time and money should’ve done this 15 years ago” And I also made a prediction it’d be the last to close...... and sure enough it was ....
They slowly lost focus of their in-store experience for customers.
When a sears by me closed, they player “Nearer My God to Thee” (Titanic) over the PA.
Jesus Christ. Am I not the only one who heard someone at 6:05 say
"You're Fired?"
Owoshi lol it was obviously a joke. Well sort of, the employees did technically lose their jobs but they weren't fired and their friends were probably just making light of the situation.
Owoshi Jake clearly pointed it out in the video that someone got on the PA system and started joking around on it.
Yeah but I doubt they were kids who hijacked the PA though. More likely the employees trying to have fun on their last day of work. I'd do the exact same thing if I were there as a staff. Glad they made the best out of the situation haha.
It was some employees joking around. Obviously they knew it was their last day anyway. You can't blame them too much since they weren't saying anything crude.
Well, in these cases, all you can do is laugh.
Sears Employees on The Last Day of Operation: Screw it, do whatever you want its our last day anyway
Actually here in the US Sears isn't doing so well either, last time I went there, which was in November of 2017, basically the entire place looked like something out of a disaster movie before the disaster happens
I've been to that sears, crazy to see it in that state...
My father work in sears during Kmart bought them in 2003. He was the warehouse loading Delvery. He left in 2005. Couldn't handle it anymore
this makes me really emotional because my parents met when they both worked at sears 😢
Most of the Sears Stores in Canada that were under reno, never actually got finished... The announcement of closer happened in the middle of the reno of most stores.
I don't live in Canada, but R.I.P. Sears Canada 1950's-2018
Sears near where I live also was renovated.
The Disney Store and Starbucks at my Wolfchase Galleria closed in the same week last week. None of our anchors have been put on any bucket lists yet, but I won't be surprised if Sears is the first to go this year. The mall's dying fast.
hannah What stores took place of Disney Store and Starbucks at the Wolfchase Galleria in Memphis, Tennessee, United States.
Frig I remember not even that long ago in 2013 when we booked our vacation to Jamaica through Sears Travel...
It's crazy how Target left Canada. It's my favorite store in the US. What's not surprising is that Sears closed, they are garbage.
ReviewsTechNow target came to Canada too late in the game. Wal mart had already had a major footprint for decades and on top of that the target stores in Canada were poorly stocked. Whoever they hired to run Target Canada wasn't too bright lol
My favorite store my last childhood store closing for ever very sad and depressing
I love your channel. I have a suggestion for your new series Bankrupt, can you do a video on Gander Mountain, Yonker/ Herbergers, and Toys R Us. I think these would be very interesting and awesome videos to watch!
I live in London (canada) and was quite sad to see sears go, so I was tryna finna go to sears on monday cause I thought it closed on monday but it closed on sunday so that was jus the confidence boost I needed
Can i ask u a question about london?
yea
When did this Sears got renovated ?
During the summer of 2017, right before Sears declared bankruptcy in the fall.
You should have recorded the Sears is now closing recording
It's sureal how fast it cleared up the last time you shown us
Used to go to that EXACT sears for clothing each year. Sucks to see such history go.
Abandoned Bathroom Selfie Daddy confirmed @3:12 😍😏 🤳 heh heh. Great video my dude. So interesting and sad. Retail as an whole is really changing. Foot traffic in malls has decreased by double digits in most areas of North America. People rather stay home and click to buy. I’ve seen an insane amount of stores close at my local mall in the last two years. Companies have to adapt or die.
Reminds me of BHS here in the UK. They sold everything up to the last day including the mannequins and shelving.
Our store was selling everything from the racks, mannequins, and the giant Craftsman Tools sign hanging from the ceiling.
I am sad about Sears US and CA. The whole company is based 45 minutes away from me and is really popular around me, it makes me sad due to its decline.
Just like me you had a very specific interest (you - abandoned Disney, me - dead malls) and has since expanded to all abandoned things. I remember when the abandoned PA turnpike popped up in my recommendations and I was like this is gonna be stupid, then I watched the whole hour long video of people vlogging their hike and looked up more. Then route 66, abandoned motels, factories, houses, DISNEY, there's always more. I just like learning the history and wondering what occurred that people would suddenly leave. Anyway, if there's anyway you could get into a closed sears location I'd love to see that video too.
Which mall is this?
Our mall just lost our sears last week. It’s expensive so I’m not too sad that it’s gone.
And so we say goodbye to a Canadian great. We'll miss you Sears. 😢
I was there the day before they closed in the location you filmed for the Abandoned video. It was a very sad day 😭 they were still open past the 14th but only for fixtures and pickups
Hey! Could you do Hershey park (Hershey) there are some rides that have been abandoned... or Williams Grove amusement park.... I have lots of photos if you need 🙂
I was a sales associate there for 4 years and it was my first job as a Canadian. Sad news. 🤤😢
Sears. I’m 61. It came to are town when l was about 7. So it’s been around a long time. Way before it came to are small town.
Why does Canada put a maple leaf in the logo of (seemingly) every company that expands to their country? I noticed that all over the place when I went to Vancouver.
Probably so they can differentiate the Company from its American counterparts
actually I think that's an American thing - they do it at all American stores that have come into Canada.....maybe to not piss off potential shoppers?
ayee oakville name drop, representtttt
AYE I LIVE IN OAKVILLE I USED TO LIVE NEAR THIS MALL
Rat Kid AYYYE LETS BE FRIENDS XD
sarahtheghostgirl hell yeah boi, do you have Twitter or Instagram?
Rat Kid sarahtheghostgirl on insta, sarahghostbaby on twitter 🤙🏻🤙🏻
I'm human rat on twitter
love the vids keep it up i love sears cant belive it
The "PA Firings" at the end were hilarious! What happened to the Sears locations at West Edmonton Mall? What were they replaced with, if anything?
Sears Canada was founded in 1952 and ceased operations in 2018 (approx 60-70 yrs old)
it kind of sucks to see sears all over the world slowly but surely dying off ;-; its like bits of my childhood disappearing. there's only one sears open near me and it's an appliance store, i pass it every so often wondering when that'll eventually shut down.
How long until Walmart goes belly up?
I saw my last local Sears in Vancouver and I really wanted to go in but I was in too much of a rush.... It just seems so sad!
It was really sad I saw the one visiting my sister in the west Edmonton mall
"The latest Sears re-brand didn't work, but hey, it deserves a $500 million 'special dividend' payout for our shareholders!"
Sadly Jake, few days after Sears Canada closed, the Dollar Cinema at Sunrise Mall here in Corpus Christi closed too. Please do a Abandoned: Corpus Christi Cinemark Dollar Cinema at Sunrise Mall.
I would say Hudson's Bay is next every time I go through the place it's full of old people with canes, when they die the store will too.
Sadly, the hudsons bay corperation is next in line for its death. The one at the pen centre looks so depressing.
Very true about the pen
Kind of sad to say but I'm sure by the end of the 2020's we'll have to say goodbye to Hudson's Bay.
Why you have a second channel?
It’s so weird to see all the shelves empty. It’s almost surreal
Danm so many childhood memories of Sears. We had a Sears 2.0 here in Hamilton too. Not far from this one
They closed the one locally and it cuts off the north end of the mall. There's currently no north end mall access.
I wasn't there on the final day but I did get there on the day just before and they still had a fair bit for sale. But even at 80% off,much of what was left would still would cost $15 or $20. And for at least a week it was hard to find any pants that weren't larger than size 32 or smaller than size 46. I did pick up a few things at really good price but it wasn't worth getting something you weren't actually in need of.
I'm curious as to whether they had a blowout final hour sale the same way Zellers did.
Do you want to come with me or go to your stores in Mississauga and go around and look at some store closing and abandoned stores,I would love to tag along with your adventures!!!!!
Our Sears store closed down last year and was turned into a Heart department store.
At 1:48 when you take the peek into the communications closet, you will see two computers on the floor by the desk, the beige bog standard IBM GL-300 series windows 2000/XP box and a black PC with a large 220 L6-30 power connector, that is an IBM iSeries computer and collects data from and updates all the registers, The beige PC runs a terminal emulator for logging into the iSeries machine.
Damn I was there too that day at the Erin Mills location! Lol I remember at one point they were blasting Gucci Gang over the intercom loudly
There was some news (that I don’t clearly remember) that Sears was gouging prices before they went belly up and there was one person where they bought a jacket or something (idk what it was) and once they brought it home they peeled the price sticker off to reveal a lower price.
Once it got media attention, Sears canada said “no, you can’t tamper with the prices, you’re lying, we raised prices beforehand, etc.”
Edit: cbc article
www.cbc.ca/news/business/sears-canada-liquidation-sale-higher-prices-1.4373270
Can you do a video about abandoned Hollywood video
It's sad to see the demise of an iconic retailer. Sears Holding in the USA isn't doing well either. They are closing more Sears and Kmarts in early 2018. Could Sears Holdings be gone by 2019?
"This music is intollerable, come to the office, your fired" Lmao. The sears in my city closed back in june, and we thought it was because they lost so many employees after the Giant Tiger opened. Because our manager took about 9 employees from the store and they were left with about 5, so yeah
I went to the one in Barrie with 3 days left... was able to grab 2-10 packs of highlighters and 2 pairs of dress pants for $35 bucks. Also went on the last day- the cash was lined up 20 people deep with 6 ladies on cash in the back corner. And now i walk by it and the lights are still on.
Courtney Pearce Any ideas on what will replace the Sears store at the Georgian mall Sears Store?
i was there a few weeks earlier liquidators were trying to sell fake LV hand bags, purses, and wallets, and jewellery out of the sears store
In 2000 Sears bought Eaton's now Sears folded up to.
I was the 17,000th sub! woo!
Snap bro this is my Sears! I work at that mall 😂 Some Sauga pride
Do they still have the Muzack going? Crazy... I worked part-time at Circuit City up until the very last day of my store being open. Employees didn't really care anymore for the most part... Corporate hired on the Clearance Company and left the stores alone for the most part after that. Crazy to watch a store go from full to nothing...
What’s for sale lol
Jake, fascinating series. So sad. Long history of Sears. Kenmore still lives in USA. But 4 how long?
Mike Lamprecht it does. Kenmore is made by Whirlpool. Someone will buy the name.
I've been there and it was packed
Dammit where am I going to buy my vacuum bags now
Exactly same for me. Think I got mine at London Drugs, of course after buying the wrong style out of desperation which just ripped easily.
Without people ...........its just a empty shell.......like death ,the soul has abandoned its home
The Sears at Oakville Place was seemingly on their last day for months and months.
Erin Mills is like two minutes from me. Really should’ve taken the time to check them out.
how is Sears 2.0 different from before? interesting that they missed the washrooms.
you live in sauga?
Yes
"Today Only" on the carpet, lol. That has never been more true
*when you live near this mall*
But wow, I thought the store closed a long time ago. Well, rest in peace Sears and thanks for the horrible memories of being dragged there against my will. :)
it's really bizarre to think of.