Sears Burbank, CA reopening 10/22

[babs]

They would probably make more money turning it into a Sears museum. Charge admission to see what retail was like in the old days. Come check out the paper version of the internet that some called a catalog. Your grandpa probably wore these Roebuck's jeans. You might be living in a Sears house. Your parents might have done business with the Sears Financial Network. The list could go on and on!

[jamcool]

You might have signed up for “Prodigy”!

[Super S]

Sounds like people weren't impressed. https://ktla.com/news/local-news/sears- ... -thoughts/

By the pictures, I am not impressed either. A store that looked at all serious about a comeback would be fully stocked, and should have a current logo on the signs.

It sounds as impressive as the Sears at Southcenter, which has also closed its third floor off.

[storewanderer]

They would probably make more money turning it into a Sears museum. Charge admission to see what retail was like in the old days. Come check out the paper version of the internet that some called a catalog. Your grandpa probably wore these Roebuck's jeans. You might be living in a Sears house. Your parents might have done business with the Sears Financial Network. The list could go on and on!

It is easier to do what they are doing than go to the trouble of making a Sears Museum..

[storewanderer]

Sounds like people weren't impressed. https://ktla.com/news/local-news/sears- ... -thoughts/

By the pictures, I am not impressed either. A store that looked at all serious about a comeback would be fully stocked, and should have a current logo on the signs.

It sounds as impressive as the Sears at Southcenter, which has also closed its third floor off.

They just reopened what they had before... nothing more nothing less.

We see this sort of thing with restaurants all the time. Odd for a department store but may as well be open. Maybe they can be of some use, employ some people, etc.

[babs]

They would probably make more money turning it into a Sears museum. Charge admission to see what retail was like in the old days. Come check out the paper version of the internet that some called a catalog. Your grandpa probably wore these Roebuck's jeans. You might be living in a Sears house. Your parents might have done business with the Sears Financial Network. The list could go on and on!

It is easier to do what they are doing than go to the trouble of making a Sears Museum..

It already is a Sears museum, they just won't admit it. Sears isn't modern retailing. Offer up free coffee.and this might be where the retired mall walking crowd might end up. The teenage mall rats aren't stopping here unless they 3ed to go to bathroom.

[J-Man]

CNN Business article (with photos) about Sears' "comeback"

[storewanderer]

CNN Business article (with photos) about Sears' "comeback"

Looking at those photos of Burbank while the store is very lacking it definitely looks better merchandised and to have more merchandise (not saying it is the right merchandise at the right prices) than the past few Sears I've been into. It may be about at the level of Sears 4-5 years ago...

I'm confused why they also don't try to get more inventory into the other still open stores at the same time.