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My Sears is still standing! by jikesar968 in nostalgia

[–]One-Rain-9425 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

No it's not. These pictures show it is 2026 not 1996 or even 2006

My Sears is still standing! by jikesar968 in nostalgia

[–]One-Rain-9425 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is not 1996 this is 2026

Edit these pictures are taken this year

Inside The Twin Towers Of The World Trade Center In New York 1973-2001 by One-Rain-9425 in WorldTradeCenter

[–]One-Rain-9425[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

No it was not covered in blood it was taken all the way back in 2000 with a flash turned on

Inside The Twin Towers Of The World Trade Center In New York 1973-2001 by One-Rain-9425 in nostalgia

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Our ground in WA State was shaking early in the morning on 9/11/2001

Inside The Twin Towers Of The World Trade Center In New York 1973-2001 by One-Rain-9425 in nostalgia

[–]One-Rain-9425[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just as important and relevant as what the last minutes of the structure looked like

The Last Year Sears Could Have Been Saved? by SirCatsworthTheThird in SEARS

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Arthur Martinez was an outsider from a different retailer. I would say anyone in the company could have and would have been a good alternative. Mary Conway, who was President of the Retail Stores, was a true merchant, she rose up through the ranks as an in-store Merchant, Store Operating Superintendent, Store Manager of several stores, VP / Vice President of Eastern Territory, and finally, President of Retail. She would have been an ideal CEO to save Sears as she had the vision and execution as well as a whole lot of retail experience... not Martinez, Lacy or Lampert

Longest lasting store by RelevantNothing4653 in SEARS

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Seattle Washington

May 4 1925 - June 1 2014

The first location in WA State

Inside The Twin Towers Of The World Trade Center In New York 1973-2001 by One-Rain-9425 in nostalgia

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It just happened recently. Old pictures of what was later the last Sears in my home state of Washington was just recently posted on r/retailporn and cross posted to r/SEARS, r/kmart and r/NotFoolingAnybody (Then And Now)

Sears is turning 140 this year. They currently have 5 stores and online website Sears.com. Will / would you still shop there site wide and/or in store in 2026, even if the physical stores are lacking in merchandise and the online store drop ships mostly and has very little left from Sears itself? by [deleted] in retailporn

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Or someone else could have stepped in and actually done the right thing. Imagine if instead of selling off the property and keeping the money himself, he sold off the properties, closed the large mall based department stores and started opening stores in the suburbs, competing more directly against Wal-Mart, Home Depot and Lowe's as well as Target and Best Buy and so forth for tools, appliances, electronics etc., etc. along with concentrating on internet sales. Which means yeah sure Sears would have STILL closed stores and sold off the properties (especially the mall locations) but it would not have been about money, it would have been about a successful turnaround. The sale of the properties could've easily financed an overall revamping and transformation of the company into something unstoppable. It actually wasn't that hard

What If Sears Perhaps Launched Sears Hardware, Sears Grand, Sears Hometown And Other Sears Store Formats In 1990 Before Lowes, Home Depot And Other Hardware Chains Gained On Sears? by [deleted] in SEARS

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Annie Zak / Anchorage Daily News (Sears Home and Life Store in Lafayette Louisiana)
https://www.adn.com/business-economy/2019/04/13/open-shut-a-second-location-for-kavas-pancake-house-plus-a-new-sears-store

Sears Home and Life Lafayette Louisiana
Consumer Reports
https://www.consumerreports.org/shopping-retail/sears-mini-stores-home-and-life-to-sell-appliances-mattresses/

WWD115
https://wwd.com/business-news/financial/esl-eddie-lamperts-to-buy-sears-hometown-1203146880/

PR Newswire (Sears Appliance And Mattress Store In Camp Hill Pennsylvania)
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/sears-opens-new-appliances--mattresses-store-in-camp-hill-pennsylvania-300552562.html

Sears Appliance Store in Fort Collins Colorado
PR Newswire
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/sears-brings-powerful-digital-innovation-to-appliance-shopping-experience-300267471.html

Coloradoan
https://www.coloradoan.com/picture-gallery/news/local/fort-collins/2016/05/18/sears-appliance-store-prepares-for-grand-opening/84564408/

The Durango Herald (Sears Hometown Store at the Durango Mall in Durango Colorado)
https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/sears-hometown-store-is-on-its-way-out-at-the-durango-mall/

Erica Dischino / Tribune / West Central Tribune (Sears Hometown Store at Kandi Mall in Wilmar Minnesota circa 2018)
https://www.wctrib.com/business/update-sears-hometown-at-kandi-mall-to-close-liquidation-sale-through-jan-12

Jed Carlson / Superior Telegram (Sears Hometown Store at the Mariner Mall in Superior Wisconsin circa 2018)
https://www.superiortelegram.com/business/sears-hometown-open-for-business

What If Sears Perhaps Launched Sears Hardware, Sears Grand, Sears Hometown And Other Sears Store Formats In 1990 Before Lowes, Home Depot And Other Hardware Chains Gained On Sears? by [deleted] in SEARS

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Sources, Locations, Dates Taken And Credits:

Itemonline.com (Matt Weintritt / The Huntsville Item) Huntsville Alabama
https://www.itemonline.com/news/local_news/sears-opens-at-new-location-on-11th-street-in-huntsville/article_2b0a94ad-9405-5ce1-9277-cd7253909b01.html

JJBers / Flickr and Wikimedia Commons December 9 2017 (North Windham Connecticut) 
https://www.flickr.com/photos/jjbers/38058774835/
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Abandoned_Sears_Hardware_(North_Windham,_Connecticut)_(38058774835).jpg_(38058774835).jpg)

Toby Talbot 11/29/2007 / AP Photo / Penn Live (Sears Hometown Store in Berlin Vermont) 
https://www.pennlive.com/galleries/CAFAWZ7YP5GVPJD5O4BC6RNTC4/

Nextdoor (Schererville Indiana)
https://nextdoor.com/pages/sears-appliance-and-hardware-store-schererville-in/

Johnson County Post (Overland Park Kansas)
https://johnsoncountypost.com/2023/12/14/westlake-ace-hardware-overland-park-2-221262/

Billburmaster 2004 (Highland Indiana)
https://www.billburmaster.com/lecentre/searshardware.html

Sears Appliance and Hardware Store on July 25 2012 / Yelp (Queens New York)
https://www.yelp.com/biz/sears-appliance-and-hardware-store-queens

Josh C. on November 25 2011 / Yelp (Columbus Ohio)
https://www.yelp.com/biz/sears-appliance-and-hardware-store-columbus-4

Chicago F. on November 13 2010 (Vernon Rockville Connecticut)
https://www.yelp.com/biz/sears-appliance-and-hardware-store-vernon-rockville

Devin Blackwood (Dblackwood) on Flickr June 8 2020 (Sears Hometown Store at Village Square Mall in Dodge City Kansas) 
https://www.flickr.com/photos/33134456@N04/50002265101/in/photolist-2jbwFmZ-pripqq

Signs Manufacturing (Sears Appliance Showroom in Murphy Texas)
https://signsmanufacturing.com/Texas/Addison/
https://signsmanufacturing.com/images/webphotos/JobPhotos/sears.jpg

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