Posted on 02/23/2022 3:16:59 PM PST by algore
I miss Sears, I hated Computer City but still I miss them, even if I could get Frys instead
Kmart Guam is world famous.
If by “rivaled” they meant number of stores, sure. In terms of quality, layout, and service, not even close.
There’s a completely empty one with the store sign still there in West Chester PA.
KMart seemed to hit the skids after they were all cocky about supporting abortion or gays and wrre boycotted.
That’s the first thing I though of too.
Most Kmarts we’re dumps during the later years. They failed to keep up with their competition.
Shop smart. Shop S-Mart!
Fast Eddie Lampert destroyed the one great American icon Sears.
I think you are thinking about Target.
I met Harvey Kresge, founder and owner of K-Mart, decades ago. He was an old man then and told me he never put anything in his stores that his wife didn’t approve of.
Perhaps that very old woman’s choices contributed to the downfall of the stores.
I don’t think I ever shopped there. But went to Walmart the minute it opened in a Seattle suburb. Saved a lot of $$$. Now I have many choices of places to go in Spokane, go to Walmart a few times a year for certain items I can’t find anywhere else.
Still one Blockbuster Video store left, last I heard.
https://www.oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/last-blockbuster-video-store-in-the-us/
We spend a few months in North Alabama in 1973. When we received military orders back to Alabama we were thrilled. On our first evening back, we visited a K-Mart just to hear them announce “Bweu lit specal? The lady who did the announcement was Asian.
Happens. My brother-in-law won’t set foot in Target because men can use the women’s restrooms there. I like Target, and make sure I won’t need to use restroom before I go.
I miss blockbuster. Rented a ton of topnotch DVDs there. They were very close to my home, could walk over.
“Harvey Kresge”
—
Weren’t there Kresge dimestores or drugstores at one time - or am I thinking of something else?
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.