Top 20 Companies That Went BANKRUPT
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- These companies went the way of the dodo bird. For this list, we’ll be looking at the most prolific businesses and firms that have declared bankruptcy. Our countdown of companies that went bankrupt includes The Weinstein Company, DeLorean Motor Company, Marvel, Blockbuster, Enron, and more! What do you make of these companies and their stories? Let us know in the comments below!
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Honorable mentions:
Service Merchandise
A&P (The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company)
Radio Shack
Jenny Craig
Montgomery Ward (Wards)
David's Bridal
Acclaim Entertainment
Midway Games
Carolco Pictures
Linens N' Things
THQ
Soup Plantation
Forever 21
H. H. Gregg
blockbuster and circuit city
How you guys going to not include Atari? The fastest company in American history to make 1 billion dollars. #fail 👎
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As a former Bed Bath & Beyond employee, I was so disappointed when I found it was going out of business. Thankfully my coworkers and I were able to get severance pay before our store closed. I don’t always miss working there, but I do miss my coworkers. They were really good people.
Yes I like working there too but only because my co workers made it interesting to work.
Staring down the barrel of the bankruptcy gun myself, I'm hoping that we get some sort of severance too. There's just nothing like how it felt to save up for years for an expensive vacation and just days after returning you learn that you've got maybe one more paycheck coming in before it's all over.
@@CBrown I wish you all the best my friend
All those 20% coupons screwed you and your coworkers. Be glad you don’t work there anymore.
@@imranetic Bollocks - What screwed the employees was the super aggressive stock buybacks that took place even as the company was failing.
They spent almost $12B over the past two decades to enrich the C-Suite rather than using that money to improve the company. I cannot believe they didn't even mention that in the video - "Covid hit the company hard"? Really? Because continuing to spend hundreds of millions on buybacks hit way, way, way harder.
Bookstores going out of business is just sad in general. I don't care how many inventions come about there's nothing like walking around a massive bookstore/entertainment store and picking out actual books.
That is I how feel too, walking through a bookstore is nice
Nothing like putting the bibles in the fiction section
@@beanbean78upset with myself that I never thought of this.
Underrated comment
I’ve always told myself that when I retire, I’ll work at Barnes & Noble to keep myself busy because it’s always the quietest and most relaxing store in any shopping center. It’s sad that that won’t be a reality when I retire because of the downfall of physical bookstores
If your town still has a Mall, you'll usually see an empty Sears taking up an entire side.
That was the case in Meadowood Mall in Reno, Nevada. The spot would eventually become an arcade.
I'm in NJ, the state with the most shopping malls per capita. I'm about 15 miles from Woodbridge Center Mall; they once had a SEARS in there. It's been vacant for 3 years. There was another SEARS just down the road from me. They tore that one down & put up a super world class ShopRite supermarket. I miss SEARS...
Sears was the first store in the mall, long before Target... JC Penny too.
Alderwood in Lynnwood WA had a Sears. They tore it down, and there are condos there now.
Same with Waycross Mall it’s literally a shell of their former self that and JCPenney both I’ll be shedding tears for.
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Sears was the one thing every child looked forward to to every christmas.. that Huge Christmas Catolag was the best way kids could make their Christmas lists for their parents every year. I miss it so much.
Wish. Book. Every year before the holidays, like clockwork, man. That and holiday store windows. Before malls.
You could buy nearly anything at Sears. Tires. Refrigerators. Shoes. Clothes. Camping gear.
And the huge SouthRidge Mall store always had big Christmas/ holiday displays. You could get fresh cut Christmas trees & wreaths..
My grandfather worked in Sears in the 1930s and 40s. He worked in the printing Department
@@aaronhumphrey2009and houses
The Sears Wish Book-and that super-thick holiday catalog from JCPenney…
My sister and I would always circle or check-mark the toys we wanted so our mama, aunts/uncles, and grandparents would know what to buy us for Christmas-and so Santa Claus would know what we wanted too!
I worked for Circuit City when they closed their doors. Our GM made the effort to ensure we landed somewhere, and I am grateful for that.
That's a good GM.
It was Downdown Disney’s number one favorite.
The demise of retail hurts my heart. Such a big part of society and bringing people together in one place. Also was fun to work retail, mostly. I miss the old days.
Other hobbies exist besides consumerism
@@Sthanisnfr
@@Sthanisn Hobbies? I never considered retail (working or shopping) a hobby. Maybe for the rich.
Retails fall wasn’t from internet shopping, it’s from shady financial practices (toys r us, kb toys), incompetent and shady owners(sears, Kmart), big box stores operating at a loss to tank other companies (Walmart, Sam’s club ), and people always working and not having enough free time because the work more and make less to go shopping even when they need to
Grew up lookinging forward to Sears catalog. The Christmas edition was a breath of fresh air in the mid summer when it usually arrived. My mom and dad bought things from Sears that were not easily available locally … and on credit(no credit cards then.) paid monthly. I took a last walk through our local mall location to simply say goodby and thanks for memories.
-toys R us
- blockbuster
- borders
-Sears
- Kmart
- Kodak
- RadioShack
Those define my childhood and will never forget them since their the best of my life.
Just watch, Target’s gonna be the new KMart
Plus KB Toys
I Miss Some of Companies their were part of a lot of People Life's. 😢 Great Time's 😃👍
Broder and Toy R US was my two that I miss, mostly TOY R US
There are Toys R Us stores inside at least two Macy's locations.
As long the last Blockbuster still stands, there's hope!!! 😊😊😊😊
Yes!, please
They need to make a streaming service!!
@@jobrakai9395Blockbuster's very capable of doing so.
Actually the collapse of Sears holdings is all on Eddie Lampert. He was CEO of Sears and became CEO of Kmart while they were in bankruptcy so had Sears buy a number of closing Kmart locations in crap areas for top dollar
Which he funneled into his own hedge fund company
He also sold many proprietary brands and stripped the company of any assets so the company would be easy for his hedge fund and property companies to buy the remaining parts and use them for other ventures
That and he implemented policies that forced divisions of the company to compete with each other. This was the reason LG began to be emphasized over Kenmore in showrooms and sales: the internal pricing to move Kenmore stock between the divisions was so inflated that the margins on LG sales were better for the division.
That dude is shady AF. He’s a terrible businessman and killed an iconic brand. It baffles me that no one ever sees him in public. What’s he got to be afraid of? 🤔
@@jobrakai9395 he isn't a "businessman" but a hedge fund manager
He literally buys companies, sells off the good pieces, then let's it crash and burn
In the case of Sears/Kmart with a few exceptions they owned the property the stores were on ao there was a huge amount of money to be made in selling a number of them
Family Guy depicted Sears in a way Lampert effectively turned it into.
Seriously they're destroying America for profit
I remember going to BlackBuster every weekend with my dad and renting the max amount of movies
And there’s also:
- K-Mart
- Radio Shack
- Sprint
- Sports Authority
- American Apparel
- Payless Shoe Stores
- Pier 1
- Detroit, MI
Theranos, Atari...
Justice (a girls only store) also counts as well.
Sprint..really?! I really miss Radio Shack 😢.
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Exactly. If Carter’s/OshKosh B’Gosh goes into bankrupt mode, another store might possibly take its place.
Chi-Chi's
How ironic!...the movie "You Got Mail" is based on a big corporate book store putting mom and pop bookstores out of business. Now, Borders is the one out of business and Barnes and Nobles is barely hanging on.
Barnes & Noble is doing better than you’d think-the one I frequent is thriving!
I found the failure of Sears to be ironic. Sears started as a mail order company and then branched out into brick and mortar stores. Then when internet came along an more people started buying online, they weren't able to pivot back into mail order.
You should do a list about companies that closed because of Wal-mart.
My step dad worked for Enron - He knew something was up in 1998 he was told there was fraud being committed - when he came home one day he told us and he was actually really mad that the people conspiring to create fraudulent documents were putting thousands of peoples livelihood at risk.
Yea I wouldn't blame him. That's high profile crimes when you Do that
The sad thing is that when these companies go bankrupt, the workers suffer the most. The owners and stockholders either don’t lose or lose minimal money.
They gain more and more money having their vaults hidden..Whilst the foot-people either play even or in long term get in debt.
@@AdminLookCherries exactly
I’ll never forget Circuit City. Every time I hear Just What I Needed by The Cars I think of that store. That song could be heard in some of their commercials.
Toys R Us was my first real job and I was actually happy that they shutdown, some of the worst bosses I have ever worked for were at that store
As a former Sears employee this hurts I wasn't with the company for very long it was almost like a second home to me. I met a lot of great people on that job
It exists at the mall once,but not anymore.
@@Lemuel928 I know
It's sad the greed of some of these companies. Companies like Circuit City, Toysrus, Sears and Blockbuster didn't need to close. Toysrus The big problem was the hedge fund company that bought them never paid off the debt that was taken on. Blockbuster we all know thought netflix was stupid but they also could have gone the Redbox route.
Described why every other company fell out of favor but did a brisk explanation of why Toys R Us flopped. Tells you it's pretty much the fact that kids are stuck to electronic devices nowadays.
Toys R Us....seeing a staple of my childhood going under was hard to watch. 😔
Toys R Us in my Asian country is still alive and there are in selected malls
At least some of Toys R Us stores are still around in other places.
Like there's one in Macy's
Toys “R” Us was a staple of my childhood too! We have a few stores that have a small section of Toys “R” Us, but it’s nothing like the bigger stores. So many people miss that store.
When the one near me closed, I bought one of the handbaskets that they were selling off for $5 but at first, the employee wouldn't let me take it because the store was still open. The manager overheard and told the employee to let me have it because the others had already been stolen anyway.
Circuit City🔴 was awesome, I use to buy a lot of my movies & CD’s there, but it was too darn expensive. They had CD’s for $22.99 (plus tax) while other places had them much lower.
I feel Best Buy isn't too far behind.
I feel the same way-and I also feel that Circuit City will someday make a triumphant comeback!
I still miss Circuit City.
Circuit City was where my family bought our first computer.
Test, test, test.
Still missing Borders so much. Went there so many times as a kid.
Almost every single company you have on this list was shorted to death by Wallstreet. Specifically Blackrock. Toys R Us deserves better!!
I used to love Toy R US
Toys R Us stores still exist in at least two Macy's locations.
@@bigverybadtom They are trying to make a comeback. We'll see how it goes.
If we wanted batteries we went to Circuit City. All of our back to school clothes shopping was done at the Sears Outlet Store! We had a Peppermint Music instead of a Towers
We had one of the last Sears outlet stores in Canada. It was across the street from where Target came to Canada and flamed out in less than 2 years. We also had a mall with a Radio Shack/Circuit City that's now a ghost town.
What happened to Tower Records happened to HMV in the UK, it's just the technology catching up with them, like Blockbuster. Decades ago in the UK we used to have shops that rented television sets, because before video recorders existed, they were as expensive for people to buy as new cars still are. Then the sets got cheaper in the eighties and the shops went bust.
Nobody gives af about the UK..
By some miracle, Tower Records still thrives in Japan, if you should decide to visit one day.
Yeah Dixon, Rumbelows and Radio Rentals were letting people rent tv’s and video recorders also their windows used to be busy with men watching the football results come in on tv’s in their windows and also Tower Records in Piccadilly Circus used to sell Laserdiscs from America and they got raided and fined a couple of times, shame they went bust as I used to my heavy metal t-shirts and albums from there and they used to have more choice than HMV but I did buy from both
@@alexrose3504 My late parents rented from DER and I always remember people watching the television sets in the window. 😁
There is a phone shop near where that shop was now.
“HMV”? “DER”?
I started working for RadioShack in the early 2000's, starting as a salesman and working up to store management. I had a front-row seat and watched as RadioShack went from one of the go-to places for home electronics and DIY parts to a cellphone store that has some other shit in the back. On one side of the store was an 18' foot wall of TVs, VCRs, DVD Players, Cassette and CD players, amplifiers and speakers. On the other side was 18' feet of home telephones. Continuing back, you could find car audio, home peripherals, computers, radios and electronic parts and components along with toys, which became a much more robust section during the holidays.
Near the end of the company, the first half of the store down both sides were dedicated to cellphones and cellphone accessories. The TV and home entertainment section which was the first 18' of the store prominently displayed up front, was shrunk to 4' in the back.
The companies focus shifted from being a go-to electronics store to cellphones. The operation policy was changed to require every store to sell at least two cellphones per day. The busy stores could accomplish this, others could not. Employees who failed to sell cellphones were terminated. With cellular carriers opening their own stores, they became a direct competition to the new business model. RadioShack executives failed to read the customers needs and wants and it ultimately caused the complete failure of the company.
I will be extremely sad when Barnes & Noble goes out of business because of Amazon. 😢
I've ordered at most 20 things from Amazon in my life. They're the new sweatshops of the world. Ask anyone who remembers when Seattle was a nice place to live and they'll tell you it was before Amazon ruined an entire city.
@@dicksonfranssen I live north of Seattle. I avoid it like the plague.
@@Jeff98177 When we were kids going to Seattle was a big thrill. Rode the monorail, went up the Space Needle. We get a cable feed from Seattle and last year watched a locally made doc called Is Seattle Broken? We moved from downtown Toronto because tiny 1 bedroom condos go for nearly a million, homeless people camped under the freeways, everyday someone gets shot. Just 20 years ago my wife was perfectly safe in the subway at midnight, last year 2 people got shoved on the tracks and a woman was set on fire. We both grew up on gravel roads and that's where we're retiring. It can't be fixed. Stay safe.
@@dicksonfranssenHere in NYC, people say Rep. AOC (of whom I am no fan) cost us the Amazon deal. She did not act alone. But even she did, the way I see it, she didn’t cost us Amazon; she SAVED us from Amazon.
@@jaimerosado3896 Some small cities beg Walmart to come to their town. We did (not me) and now every shoe store, toy store and half our decrepit mall is gone. Because they sell too many things it's not a monopoly so there's not much that can be done. I shop local not out of pity but because I get a better deal.
Some companies I didn't think about would be on here, but most weren't a surprise when I saw them. Great list!
BlockBuster 😢😢... my family and I when I was young go to BlockBuster video every weekend... good memories
rip to these companies
It’s never a good time when an awesome company goes bankrupt
@@chasehedges6775Facts. I miss K.B Toys.
Agree
Except the Winestein Company... Good riddance
Press “F” to pay respects
I am very saddened that the digital age has made the music industry being very hit very hard, there is something wonderful about going into record stores buying CDs vinyl and cassette and there’s something wonderful about buying a new box set and listening to it not just looking at the liner notes but all of the contents as well.
Long live physical media!
I miss the older era of circuit city,blockbuster etc..society has changed for the worst now! Truly sad.
To all the Brits out there ... Woolworths....RIP Woolies...I have so many things from you, including Christmas decorations. 😢💔
Australia has Woolworths still. It is not owned by Woolies any more though.
@@suzyfarnham3165 But it's a supermarket and ours was a general store with toys, chart records and pick n mix sweets and chocolates. They also sold make up and electrical goods, clothes and at one time tools and fishing gear, and so many other things. Go and look at their old television adverts and their history on TH-cam. 😢
@@suzyfarnham3165 That's a supermarket, ours was a homeware and other goods shop including the legendary pic 'n' mix sweets and chocolates, and chart singles, albums and videos.
I miss Borders, they were my go to store to get my books and manga.
I also miss Borders, but there is one in Fort Worth, TX
Condolences to those who lost their jobs at these companies
Hey, WatchMojo. You forgot to mention the Japanese based video game company, SNK a.k.a. Shin Nihon Kikaku. They still exist today despite they had filed for bankruptcy twice. An example of this was back in 2001 due to their financial troubles, like the commercial failure of the Hyper Neo Geo 64 arcade system for example.
They missed one, Suncoast movie store. My brother and I loved going there. 😢
So much nostalgia in this video.
Sears Roebuck should’ve been at #1. It was, at one time, one of the largest companies on planet Earth. You could do an entire year’s shopping from Sears. My mom bought a ton of things from Sears in the late 80’s and early 90’s. I still have a few catalogs saved in a bookshelf that’s in my basement, just for nostalgia sake, even though I was a little kid throughout the 90’s.
Thank you for the update, WatchMojo..!! I'm worried by the news of big companies going bankrupt during these financially tumultuous times, as it's not only affecting their employees but also has ripple effects on the economy as a whole.
I miss CIRCUIT CITY, HH GREGG, ELECTRONICS AVENUE AND MORE…nothing lasts forever sadly but these stores will be missed
That image of the empty Borders with three monitors and The End up on the wall was kinda apocalyptic.
There's one Blockbuster still in operation in Bend Oregon.
In a twist of irony, Kodak actually created the digital camera but film sales was their money maker and they just sat on the technology until rivals broke through with better equipment
There is nothing like going into a record store looking at CDs and vinyl records and even cassette tapes which I love doing perusing the storefront and getting some great deals.
I grew up in Rochester Kodak and employed my grandfathers, my father, my friends' fathers, and mothers. It was the biggest employer in the area. I remember my grandfafher complaining in the 80s that Kodak should be adopting digital photography. They didnt also they failed to protect their patents. The result of the mismanagement left the city of Rochester a shell.
i miss Circit City,this was my favorite electronic store
Man I absolutely miss some of these stores since Fry's closed I kinda miss them.
I feel like it will not be long before we start seeing Big Box stores all over these kinds of lists.
Walmart still outranks Amazon as the #1 grocery chain in the US.
Japanese Media Studio, Xebec (Anime producers), and French Media Company, Moonscoop (producers of Code Lyoko), also filed for bankruptcy; in 2018 and 2014 respectively. Xebec's shows are now owned by Sunrise, and Moonscoop's shows are owned by Splash Entertainment.
I liked most of those stores and dont even get me started about going over to my gmas house and looking at the sears catalog, good times I miss them.
I wonder how many small mom and pop stores have died due to Amazon and other online companies.
You forgot Kmart, are there any old country buffet around, Nichols, Two Guys and Woolworths and W.T. Grant stores!😮😊
I have seen Leap! (Ballerina if outside the United States) in movie theaters at least once. I still have the Blu-ray Disc release with me. The original logo of The Weinstein Company was cut off and replaced with the logo of Gaumont Animation.
I used to work for bed bath beyond I like working there with my coworkers but the store itself was very outdated. When I first started working there the computers were ms dos 😮 and it made learning the registers harder and the screens were tiny. Cut to 2015 they started to invest in new technologies but it was simply too late. Plus the new owner got rid of everything that made BBB what it was like the coffee, and the coupons once he got rid of that it tanked fast. It also didn't help that the top bigwigs were stealing money from the company and thought offing himself will stop the government to get their money
My former managers insisting I need to work harder, faster and better to keep my job assured me that these companies on this list would outlive me.
Lucent Technologies where my late husband had worked for four years
Radio Shack
Burger Chef
B. Dalton Booksellers
Waldenbooks
Kmart
Made me proud and warmed my heart that when Chrysler was failing in the early '80s, they hired Lee Iococca away from Ford.
Lucent was big in Naperville il people lost a lot of money from them
7:47 two things I remember about Bed Bath and Beyond: 1. The beautiful smell in the store and 2. The low quality of their products like the piece of trash iRobot my dad and I got for my mother that had to be replaced by another one (my mother hardly use it for something that was $300) and 2 separate sets of cookie baking sheets. Second set was far worse and after owning it for about three years, I doubt it would even be good as scrap metal. My point is: they’re in-store appearance (at least where I lived) was most desirable, but was slightly better then the products themselves
Should do a top 10 or 20 streaming sites with their ad-free prices
If they're available in multiple countries
I really miss the bookstores! I once in awhile shop atBooks-A-Million at a local mall but I will ot go to any mall anymore so I shop around BAM online
11:53...you missed to mention the fact that Kodak developed the digital print format but scrubbed the project for fear of losing out of the conventional film/paper/chemical sales.
I remember circuit city, borders bed bath and beyond, fry’s electronics. Circuit city close in 2008 years before Amazon prime came in and Amazon became popular
If it wasn't for Eddie Lampert; Sears and Kmart could have still been large and successful behind Walmart and Amazon.
I miss Toys R Us and Blockbuster 💔
My daughter worked for Lehman Brothers. She left not too long before it went under.
You guys forgot to mention Fry's Electronics
More financial lists please. Do a list on the internet bubble in the 90’s.
John liked coke more than cars and I don’t mean the pop drink
The last time I went to Bed Bath and Beyond I walked out with two candles for $60. I was so stunned in my head. I didn’t know what to do so I bought them, I can see why they filed for bankruptcy.
I saw a Sony Trinitron GDM-FW900 in a Circuit City and have wanted one since.
God, I can remember hanging out in tower records with my friends. Good times.
It's almost like paying your CEO enough to be a billionaire isn't the greatest business decision.
Some of the companies mentioned also spent too much money on being "flashy", like CiT basically renting a whole skyscraper/ highrise building. I feel that many of these companies could have existed today if it wasn't for the CEOs getting multi-million dollar payments regardeless of how the company was doing, not following the obvious move to online purchasing/ dealing, and also spending waaaaaaaay too much money in the short periods when they were at the top.
Also, this video doesn't mention the severance packages that the CEOs and leaderships received, which often was the reason for filing for bankruptcy (ie: the leadership payments was so high that no capital was left to keep the companies running. Campitalism at is best..)
I can't find the story/name at the moment, but there was a story about a japanese CEO who decided to waive his exceytive salary and start helping "on the floor" with a worker's salary to keep his company afloat. This would of course (with some exceptions) be unthinkable in most companies. CEOs always get their money, and then move on to a new job where they still can make millions by running another company to the ground.
7:15 Crazy thing is, there’s still a Sears in Braintree, Massachusetts. That one hasn’t died yet.
Good afternoon: Never heard of Nortel. I forgot there was even a Borders 😂...!! I miss Bed Bath & Beyond. I literally said I bet Blockbuster or Payless "..maybe both. I totally forgot General Motors even existed..!!
Some of these companies failed because they lacked the foresight to understand what kind of impact better technology and marketing would have on their products. I mean did ppl really think we were going to have video stores forever? What happens when someone eventually invents something better than the VCR? If u don’t change with the times u’ll get left behind.
Yes they were replaced by DVDs, who were then supposed to become obsolete when mini discs came out but they never took off…they blu ray discs came out which also flopped. By now Lovefilm and the early version of Netflix was out on the market
Tower Records still has physical stores in Ireland. And the Japanese branch is also aliove and kicking, though that was bought out in 2002 and has operated indepedently since then anyeway
Ah, to think that Blockbuster had the opportunity to buy Netflix but declined.
One factor that hurt Pan Am that is heavily overlooked is all the 747s the airline purchased. With the energy crisis that took place in the 70s, Pan Am had to raise ticket prices to cover rising fuel costs. And…. due to the financial crisis of that same decade many of those planes flew with too many empty seats.
Here’s an interesting tidbit of trivia-when Best Buy was starting out, Circuit City actually had the opportunity to buy it-but they (Circuit City) refused, insisting that they could just drive the fledgling company (that being Best Buy) out of business.
As for Pan Am, the financial and energy crises of the ‘70s did hit the airline hard, but it was the tragedy of the Lockerbie bombing of 1988 (or was it ‘89? I can never remember for sure) that sealed their fate.
Loved Birders, there's so few bookstores anymore, sad. I had a few bad dealings with Washington Mutual over the years, so I'm not sorry for their demise.
I miss circuit city 😢 Best Buy is the McDonald’s of the electronics world
Doc definitely fixed the car before turning it into a Time Machine
There's still a Sears in Colorado. I miss quite a few of these stores though. Kinda surprised JC Penneys is still around, thought they went under around 2012
JCPis barely around anymore in many places. Where I live I’d have to drive at least 50 miles to find one he’s when we visit our family in Aurora, CO I only have to drive a few miles - and I do!!!
Its scary how many people i know that lost their jobs with these companies
I used to go to Sears, when it was at the Gadsden Mall.
I worked at one, plumbing and heating in the basement. My first ever clip-on tie. Then I got a job at the record store in the mall, got paid just to have fun.
Bookstores aren't going anywhere for a long time. Compare e-book sales to physical book sales. Physical sales are still going strong. Majority of people still want a physical book to have.
I definitely prefer holding a real book, even though I do download digital ones! Nit sure why as I do t like reading this way!!!
@@sandybruce9092 Granted, e-books make it easier to take books on the go. But I prefer real books.
I loved the Tower Records on South St in Philadelphia
Ah, Tower Records, you made so many of my Goth dreams come true!
Northwestern Airlines should be on this list. My Aunt and Uncle worked for the company until it was about to go belly up.
Im willing to bet many misses circuit city and radio shack type of stores now
I know that the Sears in one of my town's malls has become a Scheels. I've never been there before, but I've heard things about its uniqueness. It even has an aquarium! I'd probably think that would definitely be enough to give it a try-and-go, that is maybe if it isn't too crowded! Heh-heh!
“Scheels”?
@@pooky-changaming4089 Scheels is sporting goods store with a unique flare. It has an aquarium near the entrance, and some stores (not the one in my town, Wichita) even have a Ferris wheel! They also have a mountain of taxidermized wildlife, a small arcade, and even a candy store!
Besides Chevrolet, General Motors is still making Cadillac, GMC and Buick. BTW, there are other companies that are still around, such as Ford Motor Company, Coca-Cola, Pepsi, Chrysler Group, Hot Topic, Spencer's, etc.
I just clicked to see where Blockbuster would sit. They were offered the chance to buy Netflix for $5 million and refused LOL