Good afternoon,
The local Sears store at the Gateway Mall in Lincoln, NE has been added to the latest list of Sears and Kmart stores to close, not that I am surprised. I figured that the whole chain would be closed down after another subpar holiday season but the company's desire to stretch out the inevitable....
I have thought about all the things that I have bought at that store: Tools, clothes, paint, appliances etc. I attended the grand opening back in the early 1970's back when a store open was a big deal, sometime during the closing sale I'll stop by, maybe buy a screwdriver or two and remember when the store had a candy counter selling penny candy and when over many years I bought Christmas gifts when Sears had the Big Toy Box on the first floor.
Sure, this all nostalgia on my part, I once shopped at Grants, Woolworths/Woolco, Wards and others. I had an indestructable Schwinn from Chicago too.
It still is a shame that Sears had to fail.
Jeff T.
The local Sears store at the Gateway Mall in Lincoln, NE has been added to the latest list of Sears and Kmart stores to close, not that I am surprised. I figured that the whole chain would be closed down after another subpar holiday season but the company's desire to stretch out the inevitable....
I have thought about all the things that I have bought at that store: Tools, clothes, paint, appliances etc. I attended the grand opening back in the early 1970's back when a store open was a big deal, sometime during the closing sale I'll stop by, maybe buy a screwdriver or two and remember when the store had a candy counter selling penny candy and when over many years I bought Christmas gifts when Sears had the Big Toy Box on the first floor.
Sure, this all nostalgia on my part, I once shopped at Grants, Woolworths/Woolco, Wards and others. I had an indestructable Schwinn from Chicago too.
It still is a shame that Sears had to fail.
Jeff T.
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