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@devingiles6597

10 ай бұрын

Honorable mentions: Levitz Furniture Mervyn's Wicks Furniture Service Merchandise HomeBase (a now defunct hardware store) Sports Chalet

@tsar_gustav

10 ай бұрын

Better to learn some facts more before mentioning some companies like KMart, for example 😊

@phatman1843

10 ай бұрын

Ur incorrect about suncoast. Maybe need more research on what’s opened and closed

@brandongaming1049

10 ай бұрын

Kmart, and Modell's is my favorite store!

@erzaender

10 ай бұрын

Virgin Megastore, suncoast motion picture company and kmart

What surprised me the most was how recent Bed, Bath, and Beyond actually closed all it's doors. Every store on this list was part of my everyday life. It's like...after 2020...the World closed.

@dreamguardian8320

9 ай бұрын

I know how you feel.

@moonmikuuu

4 ай бұрын

That's because 2020 was about survival of the fittest for companies

@marycrawley3293

4 ай бұрын

also Tuesday Mornings closed as well. Loved that store !

Suncoast was one of the mall stores I loved. Along with the Warner Brothers studio store

@SlipperySoap

10 ай бұрын

I have been to one, a few times! And found the original Blue's Clues on DVD 📀 !

I spent so much time in Walden's and Suncoast videos. The memories!!!

Toys R Us and Hot topic were staples of my childhood and I miss them!

@victoriabardsley8097

2 ай бұрын

Hot Topic still exists :)

I miss Waldenbooks and Borders 💔 I worked at a K-Mart for a brief period in 2011. Even back then I could tell that K-Mart was on its metaphorical life support. It was really only a matter of time.

@lilZman4112

9 ай бұрын

yo came to nz we still have kmart stores lost of them

@BigSuzpekt

9 ай бұрын

Kmart was on life support since 2002 after they filed for bankruptcy. The executives were just milking the company. I worked in kmart and sears for a few years. In 2018, when sears filed for bankruptcy the executives gave themselves a 25 million bonus lol. They've all known it's been dying, so they are just paying themselves as much as they can. I only feel bad for the employees that had to work there. I worked with a lot of good people when i worked there.

@dreamguardian8320

9 ай бұрын

At least we still have Barnes & Noble.

I really miss Hastings. I used to go there for all my books and they had an awesome coffee shop...😢

I was surprised there was no mention of Sears after you mentioned Kmart. I was sad to lose both of them. I was shocked you never mentioned Woolworth's, they were around practically forever, and Border's went bye-bye because they refused to adapt to the internet and then only sold their books through Amazon. Also, I really miss Laneco. I haven't seen them since the 90's, but they sold just about everything Walmart style before Walmart was the place to go for that, but the stores were at least half the size.

@nothembajozi2862

10 ай бұрын

Woolworths still exist in South Africa. I bought there last Thursday. They have the best rainbow cakes.

@maggiemay-ip8ls

10 ай бұрын

​@@nothembajozi2862Woolworth is the largest retail chain in Australia and New Zealand too. But for the USA which this is most applicable to obviously they closed 17 July 1997..

@ghostchaser1631

10 ай бұрын

They went over Woolworth's in part 1 and I miss it too. Mom liked to shop there once in a while because if there was something we needed for home but had trouble finding it, we could always rely on Woolworth's to have it. Plus, they had a cool toy section for me to browse in the meantime. 😉

@edermartinez3619

10 ай бұрын

Sears still exist in Mexico

@hydrolito

10 ай бұрын

@@nothembajozi2862 What flavors are a rainbow cake?

I miss Kmart 😢

@nintenjoe8630

10 ай бұрын

I like how Watchmojo Liked this comment, but didn't acknowledge the Australian commenters saying there's still a bunch around them. Despite what they said in that reuploaded Content from 2022.

@namenlosNamenlos

10 ай бұрын

The fallen soldier.

@SlipperySoap

10 ай бұрын

So do I!

@funwithdollsandmore2426

9 ай бұрын

Same

@Frixx420

9 ай бұрын

Only one still exists tbh

Pier 1, KMart, Bed Bath and Beyond and The Limited going down are crazy because those stores dominated the Midwest.

@strawberrysoulforever8336

10 ай бұрын

Bed, Bath and Beyond isn't going anywhere in New Zealand. There's so many!

@SS4Luxray

10 ай бұрын

@@strawberrysoulforever8336 New Zealand is a made up place used only for Hollywood films.

@tiffanymharris2986

9 ай бұрын

I miss Kmart. The clothes, appliances, electronics, and music were there when I first went inside. I saw... One Direction, Up All Night: Limited yearbook edition and Little Mix, DNA The Deluxe Edition. The store is gone for now, but I won't forget and remember the memories.

I loved Walden's ❤ Nothing like going to a book store!!!!

@dreamguardian8320

9 ай бұрын

At least we still have Barnes & Noble.

At least other stores are still around to this day, such as Hot Topic, Spencer's, Macy's, Dillard's, FYE, Best Buy, Target, etc.

@maggiemay-ip8ls

10 ай бұрын

Spencer's went out of business in my area several years ago and Bed Bath & Beyond is now out too. Target never made it to my area. Hope Best Buy save up and running...

@michigangirl5072

10 ай бұрын

Sadly, Macy's are closing for good.

@NihilisticSnake

10 ай бұрын

@@michigangirl5072 where the hell'd you get that from?

@eileensmiller8041

10 ай бұрын

​@@NihilisticSnakeOnly some Macy's locations are closing. The one in my area though will remain open

@ricklane7075

10 ай бұрын

Best Buy is on its way out soon. Faster in the states than in Canada.

I totally remember Club Libby Lu!!!! My old friend, her mom, and me went there, when we were at the mall. It was a tween dreamworld!!!!

Can we talk about how the real "Hot Topic" doesn't exist anymore

@lisagibson2975

10 ай бұрын

Delia's too (I think)

@CrimsonNineTail

10 ай бұрын

Back when it catered to the edgelord and goth community?

@kiminowak8295

10 ай бұрын

...... You're kidding, right?😐

@federicalawall

10 ай бұрын

Hot topic is literally made to cater to new trends, back then it was emo and Gothic and now it’s like fandoms and anime, because those are trending now

KB Toys was my favorite store as a kid. Mainly because I could afford the toys there myself.

Sadly Eddie Lambert ran Kmart & Sears to the ground. Kmart made the mistake of buying Sears

@ladykoiwolfe

10 ай бұрын

Sears was a good place, I wouldn't blame it for either stores demise. I will join you in blaming Lambert though.

@jfwfreo

10 ай бұрын

Leveraged buyouts and other similar tactics used by Wall Street scumbags to ruin otherwise great companies shouldn't be legal. They ruined Sears/K-Mart, they ruined Toys R Us and they probably ruined others as well.

1899!? I had no idea The K-Mart brand was that old. 🤯

9 Kmarts left in the world seems wrong, I live in Australia and there are like 20 within driving distance

@D2RCR

10 ай бұрын

The Australian version of Kmart is owned by a different company (the same one that owns the Australian Target). Even though they share branding, it’s a completely separate chain.

@price5647

10 ай бұрын

And in new Zealand

I miss Service Merchandise! They were a wonderful and great department store started in 1934 and ended in 2002. They provided prizes for The Price Is Right game show and they had a catalog to buy from! They were great and I miss them!

Stores, Restaurants and other places I would like to bring back…, Toys R Us, K.B. Toys, Discovery Zone, McDonald’s PlayPlace, Burger King PlayPlace, Nickelodeon Store, Blockbuster Video, Hollywood Video, Suncoast, K-Mart, etc.!❤️📺🎶👍🏻

I remember going to Suncoast for all of my anime DVDs

Filene's wasn't the only store that got rebrand to Macy's. Other regional stores like Foley's, Strawbridge's, Famous Barr, Marshall Fields, Kauffman's, LS Ayres, The Jones Store, Robinson-May, Meier & Frank, and Hechts also suffer the rebrand too.

Kmart was always a tough sell where I'm at. Had to compete with Pamida, shopko, sears, walmart, and target. Walmart kinda took them all out.

@lilZman4112

9 ай бұрын

yo in new zealand we do a thing called a kmart run

That Suncoast video one hit hard. Feeling old today

It's not just Kmart and Walden Books that I had to say goodbye to over the years. A lot of retailers came and went in my state, mall based or otherwise.

@lilZman4112

9 ай бұрын

yo came to nz we still have kmart stores lost of them

we still have Kmarts in Australia

You forgot Ames that went out of business in 2002 and Circuit City in 2009

@pooky-changaming4089

10 ай бұрын

Those were in the previous list.

Sam Goody & Media Play back in the day they were the only places you could buy Anime.

The Disney Store, it was my favorite store to go to in the mall, also Gordonman was a good store cause they have a tv for kids, parent would drop off their kids there at the tv

Surprised Value City Furniture didn't make the cut. It was founded in 1991 and until 2008, was a pretty big retail furniture chain. They filed for bankruptcy in 2008 and announced they would close all locations by the early 2010's. But here's the kicker, they're still around. In fact, most locations have since reopened. They made some kind of comeback but I don't know. Saw a commercial earlier this year and thought "They're still around?!". So yeah, they had some kind of revival even though bigger chains like Ashley Furniture, Big Lots and La-Z-Boy are still around and thriving.

I worked at Zany Brainy right after high school, and we had so much fun working there. For years after myself and the rest of my coworkers talked about how much fun we used to have while working there, and that we would've gladly gone back to work part-time. We used to have some pretty wild parties every weekend, and it pretty much formed how I thought retail should be. At the time we called it the Nordstrom of toy stores.

Interestingly, at one time Retail Ventures owned Filene's Basement. Retail Ventures incorporated Schottenstein's/Value City Stores (a Columbus OH based off-price retailer that began in 1916), American Eagle Outfitters and DSW (a major shoe retailer). Ultimately Schottenstein's South (the original store I worked at) closed in March 2, 2005 along with two VC/Grampa's locations in St. Louis, then the rest of the chain closed in Dec. 2008. Hilariously, Retail ventures itself was folded into DSW in 2011. I knew a woman who ran Schottenstein's South's shoe department. She had come to us via the DSW merger and I think if she were still alive, she'd have had a hearty laugh to find DSW is the "last man standing", so to speak.

{ I'm watching from Sydney Australia 🇦🇺 } There used to be where I live/lived a Chinese owned grocery company store called Franklins and then in the mid 90s they expanded into premium fresh produce to compete with Woolworths Australia calling their subsidiary store Franklins Big Fresh . That secondary grocery store was an attempt at combining the grocery shopping experience with a theme park experience ( for the kids ) . Both stores no longer exist ( in Australia ) and haven't for a very long time . ♑️✍️🇸🇯

@strawberrysoulforever8336

10 ай бұрын

We had Big Fresh! Two of them in Auckland. Did you have the dancing fruit and the monkey at checkout?

I live in Sydney and there is a Kmart anywhere you go, even 24 hour Kmarts.

my sister worked as a server for a Zellers restaurant when Zellers shut down most of their stores. on their last day they gave out free meals to anyone who came in to eat. at first, they only did it for the old man who came in EVERY day but then the restaurant manager decided to make it a thing for anyone/everyone to try and empty out their food inventory instead of it going to waste. word got around and people flocked there. the food there was so good. the same kind of food/meals you can get at a mom and pop restaurant/chip stand. the best kind of food that puts 5 star restaurants to shame. their tips were mad crazy that day. food trucks also have amazing food

@bluebear1985

10 ай бұрын

I miss Zellers myself. Around the time they closed, there were three of them in Thunder Bay. Two of them were converted to Wal-Mart stores, while the other became part of the ill-fated Target experiment in Canada.

Sanity here in Australia, recently pivoted to an online only store after trying to diversify from just DVD, Blu-ray and CD’s to puzzles, clothes, pop vinyl etc

Miss em days cashing checks for a $1 there and when a kmart had a Little Ceasars pizza inside it was way better and fresher 😭

@maggiemay-ip8ls

10 ай бұрын

And the blue line specials, those was always pretty darn good if you happen to be in the store and catch one.. remember those?

Never even heard of most of these stores. Kmart, pier 1, bed bath and beyond, and virgin are the only exceptions.

One place I remember from childhood was kb toys. Don't think they existed outside of malls and malls are dying.

@pooky-changaming4089

3 ай бұрын

The mall my family and family-friends frequent is still going-and thriving!

You can add Target to that list. The same exec that ran Sears into the ground, got hired by Kmart and ran that into the ground, and now have moved on to Target...😂😅

@WarriorsWay780

6 ай бұрын

Good to know! Then that reminds me I should probably spend that gift card I have for target before the store goes down the drain. ( again just saying it as a part joke, not getting mad at you sorry.

Modell's was featured on the CBS show Undercover Boss, but 2 years later they would go out of business

before starting the list: Stores I never see any more even if they are still around 1. Jamesway 2.Rickles 4. Toys R Us 5. Block Buster 6. Hollywood Video 7. Suncoast 8. Kmart 9. Roy Rodgers 10. Funco Land 11. Electronics Bootique 12 KB Toys 13 Sears 14 Radio Shack 15 Curit City 16 Bradly's 17 Crazy Ed's 18 genardies 19 7-11 20 Jesters Playhouse 21 Payless 22 Westcoast 23 OP 24 Bonazza 25 Disney Store 26 Build a Bear 27 Air Circus 28 FAO Schwarz 29 Woolworth 30 Five Guys 31 Howard Johnson's 32 AC More 33 B. Dalton books 34 Borders 35 Edmund Scientific? Well I forget its name but it was an educational and learning l toys store near Pizza Hutt 36 Townie Movie Theater 37 Model Railroad store 38 The Australian hat store 39. The Native American store 40 The Calipso 41 etc Lots of smeller comic book and used video game, used DVD, used CD, video rental, book, antique and collectables stores 42 Office deepo 43 Babies R Us 44. Kids R Us 45 Princess dress shop 46. Dakin stuffed animals 47 Zeus 48 Foot Locker 49 Pier One

I miss Borders. It wasn’t in Canada, but had great selection of VHS tapes back in the day, and good prices on books.

Kmart is alive and well in Australia

@laugh-cry-n-think_

10 ай бұрын

Kmart just closer upstate ny not too long ago

@D2RCR

10 ай бұрын

It’s a completely different and unrelated chain despite the branding. From what I can tell your Kmarts are way better than ours ever were, too.

@charliejoson9145

10 ай бұрын

It might be the same brand but a company in Australia might have bought the rights just like how Toys R Us is thriving in the Philippines even after a Filipino-Chinese company bought the rights

@D2RCR

10 ай бұрын

@@charliejoson9145 It was actually co-founded by the same company who founded the original American Kmart, so both Kmarts have the same origin, but they are different companies.

@amazingcars1324

8 ай бұрын

​​@@charliejoson9145Toy R US is still up and going in Canada by the way too!! That's because it's one of the biggest toy shops in that country. I'm still unsure why that one is open in Canada to this day.

I LOVED Steve and Barry's! They had great quality, super cheap jeans and every college shirt you could ever want!!!

Loved virgin megastore! Love listening to previews of new releases.

The majority of these stores, I don't even remember existing. Others, I remember very well. I mourned a little when Hollywood Video went under. Some of those mall brands were staples of my teenage years in the 80s, like Chess King, Suncoast, and others that as far as I know only existed in malls, but seemed to be in every mall. Now, malls themselves are shutting down across the country.

I recognized Kmart (barely) and Bed, Bath, and Beyond.

A different K Mart is actually a thriving brand in Australia and New Zealand, they have 323 stores and lots of loyal fans.

@lilZman4112

9 ай бұрын

yo new Zealand here i love k mart

@starmnsixty1209

4 ай бұрын

​@@lilZman4112 Don't kid yourself. You don't matter.

To the tune of "Electric Avenue": 🎶 We gonna walk down to KMART and buy some shoes. They keep them in a barrel 🎶

8:46 GAWD! I miss Suncoast. That place expanded my taste for anime.😢😢😢

No radioshack, kb toys anymore either

@pooky-changaming4089

10 ай бұрын

Those were in the first list.

Man, I still have things of Kmart, Bath Bed and Beyond and Pier 1 must be treasured!!!!

Had a Suncoast in the Westroads Mall in Omaha, NE but it closed about 3 months ago. I liked the place, but the prices were way too high. Hastings is the store I truly miss.

@davecomstock6209

10 ай бұрын

I used to lose time in Hastings stores starting when I was in college.

@JustinAnthony-vl2kf

10 ай бұрын

@davecomstock6209 loved the place and you're not kidding, I'm sure I spent countless days worth of time in there. Between looking at magazines, going through the movies, cds, books, video games, toys, etc. , they had it all.

GOD, I miss the Disney Store!!! Loved going in there as a kid!!!

Suncoast Motion Picture Company is down to three stores. The Omaha, Nebraska location closed as of May of this year.

Great video! One correction…Federated bought May Company, not the other way around. Macy’s was Federated’s flagship brand. Federated was renamed to Macy’s Corp.

@WatchMojo

10 ай бұрын

Thanks for letting us know of the error! Much appreciated!

Toys R Us, Sears, Warner Brothers Studio Store, Borders, the list goes on.

Sad our Mall had folded yrs ago and I'll never forget taking my last walk through, although memories fluttered, I will never forget that sadness that suddenly came over me. This place I spent shopping and meeting friends and all the great times with my nana, soon to be demolished within minutes. America, I seen and enjoyed its growth, now days this country just keeps falling and I don't see it getting back up! I hate this Millennium generation.. Circle of life isn't pleasurable!

Many of these stores made many of the same mistakes.. which are not a surprise at all. Waldonbooks and B. Dalton introduced me to Dungeons & Dragons... and I will never forget them for that.

I'm surprised I didn't hear Woolworth's in here, B. Dalton or Sports Authority. Here in St. Louis May Department Stores owned high-end Famous-Barr and discount chain Venture, which was very similar to Target.

@Terahnee

10 ай бұрын

I believe those have been covered in a past video.

Kmart was my favorite store from my childhood when I saw the the closing sign I so sad the my childhood store is gone:(

I remember buying Hot Wheels from K-Mart, back when I began to collect Hot Wheels.

Kmart was my childhood, where I would end up going there like every week until age 8 or 9 in 2013, still occasionally going until 2016 when it closed, Such a happy memory!

Whatever the store you miss....it's the memories and anything your still have that matters. But still 💔😢 Many of us also miss local shops, that never were national, old family businesses, some of them little department stores. Again 💔😢

Kmart still don't exist anymore and yet we still don't miss it

I forgot about Walden books and Suncoast, if I remember right Suncoast was always over priced.

Sadly it seems every year for the past 5 years, we see retailers going out of business

My husband misses Suncoast Videos cuz they had an awesome selection of Anime.

I worked at Loehmanns in Philly for a few years. Had some memories in that place. Got some good stuff from there too.

The thumbnail looks like the Kmart I used to work for.

Loved the Discovery Channel Store. And Pier One.

I used to love going to Kmart when I was a kid because it was the only store that was close by that had Dragon Ball Z or Godzilla toys

Thank you for the update, WatchMojo..!! In Canada, there was a big electronics retailer giant named Future Shop (1982 - 2015).

I miss the Virgin Megastore. I used to go to the one at Union Square, NYC. Great place to discover new music.

I worked at a Movie Gallery in 2002, at that time they had started to offer DVD rentals along with the regular VHS. I had been going to that store for many years already, back when it was a Front Row Video. Along with Home Vision and Sounds Easy, all three were bought up by the MG company. Like this video said, they went under in 2010. And then so did Blockbuster in 2013!

The WB Store I remember getting my very first wallet from there.

I Remember Suncoast, i bought lots of vhs tapes there, they were cheaper than Disney store. It was located in Denver. I remember Mega Play Store too in Denver. Do you know what happened to this store? Thanks for Sharing. I really miss Sears. ❤❤❤❤😊😊😊😊😊

I had a Hollywood video within walking distance of where i live , i loved walking over to rent movies on the weekend

I didn’t know Crazy Eddie’s was a real store! I had always just assumed that commercial was made for Splash😂😅😅

I really miss Suncoast, it was my favorite store as a kid. Hopefully I can make it to one of the last locations before they close. I also really miss Movie Gallery and Family Video. I remember when they were competing with each other across the street in my hometown and I spent a lot of time in both.

I FORGOT ABOUT MOVIE GALLERY!! I used to go there all the time

13:49 AYO! I know that shopping center! I used to live in that town and my old work place was right behind it

9:35 it’s 3 suncoat store left 1 in Beaumont, Texas where I live. 2. Omaha, Nebraska and 3. Jacksonville, North Carolina

I remember knowing that Kmart was closing I went to the Kmart near my home and start crying as i wonder around the empty stalls 😢💔 it used to be my auntie's favorite store and she dies 5 years ago before Kmart closed...

some of these may be a little more NYC metro area centric, but they were huge and are now gone: The Wiz, Funco Land, Software Etc, Babbages, Incredible Universe, Computer City, J&R Music World, Electronics Boutique, B Dalton, TSS, Sterns, A&S, Hollywood Video, Disney Store, Hermans Sporting Goods, Caldor, Alexanders, Sears, and Petland Discounts

Shuttering Lord and Taylor is effectively erasing history. The online store now doesn't count as part of its predecessor. These stores need to reopen in a manner that maintains connections to their past. Also, Ludwig von Beethoven was alive when Lord and Taylor began.

@miquon4717

10 ай бұрын

At least they didn't get killed off by Macy's. Have they not spun off before the May-Federated merger they would have been the victim of the Macy's rebrand.

Man, you don't realize what these videos will do to you by just the thumbnails and descriptions, but once you start watching them the nostalgia flood gates open wide, don't they? It was sad to watch a lot of these stores die too, but that's the price we pay (no pun intended) for starting online shopping. As for personal requests, I'm surprised that you never mentioned Service Merchandise. It was apretty nice store with a decent toy section for younger me and mom enjoyed browsing their jewelry department. Best of all, everything was marked with reasonable prices. I also remember the conveyer line at the front of the store, behind the front counter, with boxed goods coming down from the upper level and trying to peek up there in my childhood wonder to find out where all of those boxes were coming from. * sigh * Good memories.

My dad and I mourned Steve & Barry's like they were family 😂❤

Kmart is your savings store, where your dollar buys you more! We give your dreams a helping hand, at Kmart stores we understand!

I remember going to this indoor amusement pizza park called jeepers! those were the days!

Loved the Crazy Eddie commercials as a kid in the 70s, never knew he was a crook and conman, wow!!!! And I always loved going into Walden Books at the mall or B. Dalton or any book store actually, miss it a lot. I remember a lot of these stores from the mall. Shame so many are gone now.

Ahhh I remember Libby Lu my friends had birthday parties there! Also there’s still a Bed Bath and Beyond in my stated nearish where I live

@Terahnee

10 ай бұрын

Yes, but I'm willing to bet it's closing. With everything on clearance. Some stores just closed earlier than others.

I worked at movie gallery for a short time in 2004, was fun and became very good friends with the assistant manager

The one's i miss the most are circuit city & kmart, they were awesome.

FYE you couldn't go to a mall without seeing one.

I still shed a tear when passing by the nalon salon that use to be our Movie Gallery 😭😄

Have heard it said that bed bath and beyond is still around in New Zealand a quick Google search says yes it's still around in New Zealand

@maggiemay-ip8ls

10 ай бұрын

Bed Bath & Beyond in the United States filed chapter 11 bankruptcy Sunday with plans to wind down its entire business...that was announced 26th April 2023.. I loved Bed Bath & Beyond.. definitely said the local one in my area has been gone for a minute...

I am glad to see Kmart in here. I am glad the clothing stores of here are gone. It's a list apart from the other video of 20 stores gone for good now.

0:46 They sound like they're saying Twitter lol 😂😂😂.