Retail Watchers

Here is a list of Sears and Kmart stores closing: https://www.businessinsider.com/sears-kmart-stores-closing-list-2018-10 A couple thoughts about some locations I am familiar with: Beaverton, Oregon: This store should have closed a long time ago as it is rundown inside and out. Worth noting is that...

But when Sears still owns Kenmore and Diehard, who will honor the warranty when Sears folds? The Hometown stores? (Which barely touch the automotive end of things) Keep in mind they have already closed most of their parts and service centers. I have had some difficulty at times obtaining Sears-spec...

I don't know if the long-range Kmart survival would've been gone even in 2003. They had lost a lot of ground in markets against Target and Wal-Mart (if not pulled out entirely) with too many stores that weren't getting any newer and too few Super Kmarts. Sears wasn't in the best positions either bu...

It isn't too hard to jazz up a stucco exterior by adding some rocks or bricks or something along the sides. Some different lighting can also really make or break the darkness appearance of the buildings. At least these are not 1970's Kmart buildings where short of a total re-do of the front there i...

I live in an area where I receive both Vons and Albertsons ads in the mail. I noticed this week that they have become virtually identical (at least on the first page) with two exceptions: Vons still has "Club Price" under all of the sale prices, and they have different liquor beer items a...