tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28521945.post7000361768869358166..comments2024-03-27T20:36:00.058-07:00Comments on Robert Dyer @ Bethesda Row: Bethesda Sears store in full closing mode (Photos)Robert Dyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01975969463714952623noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28521945.post-62333185158831144652018-11-21T07:24:13.278-08:002018-11-21T07:24:13.278-08:00It's kinda confounding that a company who way-...It's kinda confounding that a company who way-back-when got it's start as mail order, could completely miss the current parallels and not adapt to a business model they essentially originated.<br /><br />Lots of memories--<br />There's several Sears mail-order houses in my family's Kansas history. Most still standing. ;)<br />And I remember going to small towns across the country, each with their own little Sears catalog store.<br />Christmas jobs...usually product demonstrations.<br />I worked at Sears Credit Central approving/disapproving revolving-charge purchases.<br /><br />Sigh...of well. Onward and upward.<br /><br /><br />Annahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12863519287702677992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28521945.post-32541779147803249372018-11-19T09:08:06.229-08:002018-11-19T09:08:06.229-08:007:59
My point was that it is now cheaper and easi...7:59<br /><br />My point was that it is now cheaper and easier to order even a cheap staple like toilet paper, and have it delivered for free, than to go to a real store. Lazy perhaps, but it tells me that if this cheap commodity makes sense to buy online, how can any brick and mortar store survive. Sure a few things need to be tried one, or held and touched before purchasing, but with liberal return policies, almost everything will soon be cheaper and easier to buy on line. Perhaps only perishable food items won’t easily be delivered, but otherwise, why even bother opening a store that is doomed to fail. Not a good sign for local retailers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28521945.post-39698740164327785612018-11-19T08:52:05.394-08:002018-11-19T08:52:05.394-08:00Does Dyer know if the tire store on Elm will be of...Does Dyer know if the tire store on Elm will be offering Sears tires?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28521945.post-20429077284979456132018-11-19T08:27:19.915-08:002018-11-19T08:27:19.915-08:008:01 AM Dyer broke news with reporting on the rede...8:01 AM Dyer broke news with reporting on the redevelopment of the Sears site and will keep us updated on the rapidly changing mall!I remember Giffordsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28521945.post-63352059438385315972018-11-19T07:59:28.022-08:002018-11-19T07:59:28.022-08:00g:59 AM I do hope you are being scarcastic. If you...g:59 AM I do hope you are being scarcastic. If you depend on your TP by mail, I hope you never run short, especially during a snowstorm. You might want to add some Depends to that order if you do. The best B&M stores for your TP, ICYDK is the BM&TP grocery stores that all make a run to before a snowstorm. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28521945.post-25750954060721577702018-11-19T07:54:03.342-08:002018-11-19T07:54:03.342-08:00^6:26 AM There's good news on the tool front. ...^6:26 AM There's good news on the tool front. The legendary CRAFTSMAN brand has been bought by, and now advertised by, Lowe's. You can now play in tool time there. YAH!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28521945.post-60030046327798869662018-11-19T07:51:03.534-08:002018-11-19T07:51:03.534-08:00Change is good, but obviously not in the mind of o...Change is good, but obviously not in the mind of ol Eddie. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28521945.post-9309546401058556132018-11-19T07:49:14.134-08:002018-11-19T07:49:14.134-08:00"Store Closing" seems to be the sign of ..."Store Closing" seems to be the sign of our times!Maloney Concretenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28521945.post-57293301891095980862018-11-19T06:59:44.128-08:002018-11-19T06:59:44.128-08:00We just bought two packages of toilet paper on lin...We just bought two packages of toilet paper on line at Walmart. Free shipping, and a very low price, packed in a huge cardboard box, carefully packed and lined with several large pieces of crinkled up paper to “protect” the fragile toilet paper from damage and to keep it from shifting in the slightly larger box. About four pounds of packing and box for about two pounds of TP. At least the packing and box are recyclable. It was delivered to the concierge at our apartment building, who typically handles about 100 packages a day, and double that during the holidays. You can barely see the front desk in the early afternoon.<br /><br />Brick and mortar stores are doomed. At least those who sell toilet paper...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28521945.post-43842542584356994092018-11-19T06:38:48.758-08:002018-11-19T06:38:48.758-08:006:30 am Lampert would argue that Sears would have ...6:30 am Lampert would argue that Sears would have closed years ago without himAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28521945.post-83531164008650610032018-11-19T06:35:41.912-08:002018-11-19T06:35:41.912-08:00It is sad. What's worse, after this weekend, a...It is sad. What's worse, after this weekend, anything good and worth buying, will be gone. Always happens that way.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28521945.post-66621880617260365062018-11-19T06:34:06.983-08:002018-11-19T06:34:06.983-08:00With the lure of a "closing sale", the M...With the lure of a "closing sale", the Montgomery Mall Sears was very busy this weekend. It probably hasn't been this packed since the turn of the century.<br /><br />Unlike other Sears reports I've read from other places in the U.S., this store seemed well maintained and managed. Cleaner than Macy's.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28521945.post-87770008063157222082018-11-19T06:30:46.759-08:002018-11-19T06:30:46.759-08:00Eddie Lampert is a Republican who supports Trump.
...Eddie Lampert is a Republican who supports Trump.<br /><br />Steven Mnuchin, Trump's Secretary of the Treasury, previously was on Sears' board, and is a personal friend, and college roommate, of Lampert.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28521945.post-58540672662637673872018-11-19T06:26:13.953-08:002018-11-19T06:26:13.953-08:00@6:07
Lol.
The last few times I interacted with em...@6:07<br />Lol.<br />The last few times I interacted with employees at Sears were quite memorable, and not in a good way. From not knowing about the merchandise, trying to sell me things completely unrelated to the question I asked, to outright rudeness, this result seemed inevitable in this climate. I will miss their tool section (at least the tool section they used to have when they still actually stocked items), but at least we have the Home Depot across the street.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28521945.post-85023796535403243582018-11-19T06:24:55.132-08:002018-11-19T06:24:55.132-08:00You know what I will miss after the Sears site is ...You know what I will miss after the Sears site is redeveloped?<br /><br />All those empty parking spaces.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28521945.post-17650560025511543242018-11-19T06:23:56.579-08:002018-11-19T06:23:56.579-08:00What exactly was "legendary" about the T...What exactly was "legendary" about the Tenleytown Sears?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28521945.post-76242638336431287072018-11-19T06:07:40.221-08:002018-11-19T06:07:40.221-08:00A sad end indeed. We loose our good old 1970’s era...A sad end indeed. We loose our good old 1970’s era Sears store with sticky asbestos tile floors, yellowing ceiling tile, fluorescent lighting and a lousy selection of cheesy clothes. All we get in return is a stupid glass covered winter garden, dozens of new stores, cafes, and restaurants lining an exterior pedestrian plaza with shade trees, benches and artwork. We get a stupid new hotel, a multistory fitness center and several hundred multifamily housing units of top of underground parking, and adjacent to an expanded above ground parking deck with connection to a transit center for easy access to several bus lines and an shuttle to the Metro.<br /><br />You are right, I still wish we just had that good old Sears.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com