16 Stores You Once Loved That Don't Exist Anymore
Holiday time is here and it's time to find your loved ones the best gifts on the planet. It was a lot easier back in the day when there were so many different department stores to chose from. Sure, buying from the internet makes purchases a million times faster, but there used to be excitement and child-like wonder entering big, sparkly department stores. K.B toys, Blockbuster and Radio Shack are just some of the stores from our past that we are reminiscing about. Keep reading this list to see which stores make you feel nostalgic.
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Blockbuster
In 1992, Blockbuster acquired the Sound Warehouse and Music Plus music chains and created Blockbuster Music. The chain was sold to Wherehouse entertainment in 1998 before closing for good.
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Tower Records
Tower Records was one of the largest record stores in the 1990s, but it couldn't keep up with the rise of digital music. All Tower Records stores in the US were closed in 2006.
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Teavana
Teavana's 379 locations were closed by its parent company Starbucks in 2018.
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Radio Shack
Radio Shack closed more than 1,000 stores after filing for bankruptcy in March 2017.
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K-B Toys
K·B Toys operated over 1,300 stores across all 50 states. The chain announced it would be going out of business in 2008, and by early 2009 all locations were closed.
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Borders Books & Music
Borders Books & Music stores also all closed shortly after the company was forced to liquidate in 2011.
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Circuit City
Circuit City was an electronics company that had 567 stores in 2008. By 2009, they were all closed.
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Ames Department Store
Ames Department Store had more than 700 locations, but debt and poor sales forced it into bankruptcy twice. In 2002, the remaining Ames stores closed.
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Tweeter
Tweeter was an electronics chain that started in 1972, but all of its stores were closed by the end of 2008.
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Limited Too
Limited Too, The Limited's children's store, launched in 1987. Its success began dwindling in the early 2000s, and all Limited Too stores were eventually rebranded as Justice by 2008.
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Virgin Records
Virgin Megastores stopped operating in the US in 2017, mostly because of the rapidly declining CD market.
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Sharper Image
Sharper Image declared bankruptcy in 2008. But the company still sells merchandise through its website, catalog, and third-party retail partners.
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Sports Authority
Sports Authority had more than 200 locations in the US, but competition drove the company into bankruptcy in 2016, when it closed all its stores and sold its website to competing brand Dick's Sporting Goods.
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Wet Seal
Wet Seal, a teen clothing store, filed for bankruptcy in 2015 and closed for good in 2017. Even though its stores are closed, you can still shop online.
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Filene's Department Store
Filene's Department Store, a Boston-based department store, went bankrupt in 2009, and there are no more brick-and-mortar locations left.
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Papyrus
Papyrus, a stationary and greeting card retailer, filed for bankruptcy and confirmed it would close all its stores on January 23, 2020, but Papyrus greeting cards are still available at retailers like Target.
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