We are old......Grand Central and K-Mart were the places to shop.

Oct 18, 2024
9:17:01am

WJCougar Intervention Needed

I remember when Fred Meyer bought out Grand Central and that did not last very long either.

Now it seems our only choices are Target and Wal-Mart and even Target has gone downhill.

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The very last K-Mart closes this Sunday

Zenoch All-American

9:13am

Side note: my dad called Grand Central "Grand Swindle."

sethj250

9:15am

We called it K-Fart.

Soupie

9:23am

Brown Light Special

Jeff Spicoli

9:41am

I once worked for Grand Swindle..I learned retail is not a happy place to work

The Farm

9:57am

K-Mart didn't just fall prey to Walmart & Amazon, bad management was a big part

cougarmeister

9:15am

We are old......Grand Central and K-Mart were the places to shop.

WJCougar

9:17am

Yes we are!!

Zenoch

9:18am

K-Mart also opened the door for competitors by bullying their vendors. When

RebelScum

9:19am

Wow. I always thought WalMart would have been intomidating given the extreme

RoboKayne

9:36am

Yeah, anybody who thinks Walmart doesn't pressure their vendors is mistaken

cougarmeister

9:44am

While I have no facts on this, I do think that they do the same. Although,

RebelScum

9:50am

I just shipped my pants one last time in its memory

Ron Mexico

9:22am

gotta give it to them for one of the best commercials of all time.

EEcougar

9:25am

I had forgotten about this - so funny. Here's a link

HarlemCoug

9:36am

I hadn't seen that. I love that hug at the end. So funny.

RoboKayne

9:40am

I just shipped my bed!

scottfunkel

10:50am

If you want to find out what happens to those stores, watch this:

byujacob

9:30am

Adapt or die

BYU Sportz Fan

9:41am

The leaders of these companies, Blockbuster another example, sure are

Mitty

11:31am

still open here in Guam

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