Here is an interesting turn:
The Sears Grand in West Jordan, UT was converted last year to a standard Sears... along with the conversion a store remodel took place. I can't tell but it appears the store may have been downsized.
https://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/sears-w ... B48zc6XspQ
There still appears to be a full Sears Grand operating in Las Vegas. Where are the others?
Sears Grand- converted to standard Sears
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For now... It is always empty.storewanderer wrote: ↑June 2nd, 2018, 12:06 amThere still appears to be a full Sears Grand operating in Las Vegas.
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Looks like a decent store. If Sears and K-Mart started building stores like that 25 years ago and had not been acquired by Eddie Lampert they might be in less dire shape today.
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Sears Grand Stores (the ones built by Sears before the Kmart merger) were pretty nice. As with most things with Sears, a lot of good ideas, executed with precision at first, and then forgotten or scrapped for the next "new thing" and rinse and repeat that process over and over again. I never saw these Sears Grands with any customers. They were like big caves. I am surprised any are still open.rwsandiego wrote: ↑June 2nd, 2018, 10:17 am Looks like a decent store. If Sears and K-Mart started building stores like that 25 years ago and had not been acquired by Eddie Lampert they might be in less dire shape today.
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Everything with Sears fell apart post-Lampert. Sears Grand originally had a small dry foods section, but I don't think that really fit with the rest of the merchandise mix Sears was offering. They should've at least tried (with the Super Kmart to Sears Grand conversions) to have a few with full grocery departments. Maybe they did, and they fell apart within months. After all, they actually had a few Super Kmarts with produce departments not only in the front but with baby spotlights and hardwood floors.storewanderer wrote: ↑June 2nd, 2018, 10:29 amSears Grand Stores (the ones built by Sears before the Kmart merger) were pretty nice. As with most things with Sears, a lot of good ideas, executed with precision at first, and then forgotten or scrapped for the next "new thing" and rinse and repeat that process over and over again. I never saw these Sears Grands with any customers. They were like big caves. I am surprised any are still open.rwsandiego wrote: ↑June 2nd, 2018, 10:17 am Looks like a decent store. If Sears and K-Mart started building stores like that 25 years ago and had not been acquired by Eddie Lampert they might be in less dire shape today.
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Yes, the original Sears Grand had a small dry foods area with refrigeration. It also had drug, cleaning supplies, and pet. No idea how they sourced any of that stuff because this was pre-Kmart. Once under Kmart, they started to source that stuff through Kmart.pseudo3d wrote: ↑June 2nd, 2018, 10:55 amEverything with Sears fell apart post-Lampert. Sears Grand originally had a small dry foods section, but I don't think that really fit with the rest of the merchandise mix Sears was offering. They should've at least tried (with the Super Kmart to Sears Grand conversions) to have a few with full grocery departments. Maybe they did, and they fell apart within months. After all, they actually had a few Super Kmarts with produce departments not only in the front but with baby spotlights and hardwood floors.storewanderer wrote: ↑June 2nd, 2018, 10:29 amSears Grand Stores (the ones built by Sears before the Kmart merger) were pretty nice. As with most things with Sears, a lot of good ideas, executed with precision at first, and then forgotten or scrapped for the next "new thing" and rinse and repeat that process over and over again. I never saw these Sears Grands with any customers. They were like big caves. I am surprised any are still open.rwsandiego wrote: ↑June 2nd, 2018, 10:17 am Looks like a decent store. If Sears and K-Mart started building stores like that 25 years ago and had not been acquired by Eddie Lampert they might be in less dire shape today.
I think adding full grocery to the concept could have been very interesting. Maybe finding a grocery partner and co-branding would have been a better approach.
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Generally, supermarkets aren't willing to do "store-within-a-stores" with anybody else, especially under their own name, and complications in the deals usually lead to split paths anyway (Kmart and Bruno's, Wal-Mart and Cullum Cos.). If the rumors were true and Sears bought Safeway in 2005, then maybe that could've worked out. Frankly, I think that it would be interesting if they had used that to start phasing out the Super Kmart name, like instead of Super Kmart in Chicago it would be a Kmart with a Dominick's-branded grocery department.storewanderer wrote: ↑June 2nd, 2018, 10:59 am
I think adding full grocery to the concept could have been very interesting. Maybe finding a grocery partner and co-branding would have been a better approach.