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May 20, 2019 · The defunct electronics retailer Fretter has roots going back to the 1950s, but it collapsed in the face of heated competition and went out of business in 1996. Source: Crain's. At its peak ...
- Saundra Latham
- The Retail Apocalypse. Whether from changing consumer habits, the pandemic, or financial mismanagement, many well-known retailers have been forced to shut their doors in recent years.
- Lord & Taylor. It was the beginning of the end for Lord & Taylor when the nation's oldest department store sold its historic New York City flagship store for $850 million in 2017.
- Kaufmann's Department Store. Kaufmann's was once "one of the most important department stores in the United States," as one newspaper put it in the early 20th century.
- Pier 1 Imports. Pier 1 declared bankruptcy in 2020, right before the pandemic had fully taken hold, and the company hoped to find a buyer to breathe life into the struggling chain of home-goods stores.
Just for Feet – bankrupt in 1999, acquired by Footstar, final stores closed in 2004. MC Sports – filed for bankruptcy and closed in 2017. Modell's Sporting Goods – first store opened in 1889. On March 11, 2020, the company filed for bankruptcy, and announced it would close all 115 stores.
- Madison Troyer
- Ames. - Category: Department store. - Year founded: 1958. - Year defunct: 2002. - Lifetime: 44 years. Before there was Walmart—four years before, to be exact—there was Ames.
- Anchor Blue. - Category: Clothing. - Year founded: 1972. - Year defunct: 2011. - Lifetime: 39 years. Anchor Blue, a teen clothing chain launched in 1972, filed for bankruptcy in 2011 after 39 years of business.
- BI-LO. - Category: Grocery stores and supermarkets. - Year founded: 1961. - Year defunct: 2021. - Lifetime: 60 years. A former Winn-Dixie executive, Frank Outlaw, started the BI-LO supermarket chain in 1961 when he purchased four grocery stores in the Greenville, South Carolina area.
- Blockbuster. - Category: Video rental. - Year founded: 1985. - Year defunct: 2014. - Lifetime: 29 years. Founded in 1985, Blockbuster was once the entertainment giant of the world, with more than 65 million registered customers and more than 9,000 stores in the United States alone.
- Computer City. Once a computer store chain, Computer City was sometimes affectionately referred to as a ‘more pleasant clone of CompUSA,’ and from its interior setup, you could certainly see why.
- Circuit City. Yes, Circuit City is technically back, but it did also, at one point, die. A casualty of the early 2000s recession, Circuit City was at one point one of the most recognizable and successful consumer electronic retailers thanks to its stellar service and iconic storefronts.
- Tweeter. The rise and fall of Tweeter has been well-documented on CE Pro, and while website transfers and updates has led to some of the older articles being lost to time, our retrospective on the matter still lingers.
- Radio Shack. This one’s a wild ride. Radio Shack (now RadioShack but we’ll get to that) originally started off selling small components and parts for radios.
Dec 29, 2019 · Electronics and appliance retailer HHGregg filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in March 2017 and had initially planed to close 88 stores in 15 states. It ended up closing all of its 220 ...
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Feb 24, 2021 · 01:10. See More Videos. New York CNN Business —. Fry’s Electronics suddenly closed all of its stores overnight, ending a nearly four-decade run in business. The company, which had 31 stores ...
