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Office max never relly been to one befor hears a pic i hope is not to big i'll get to resizing my pics soon

(edited: Sorry, board rules... please keep pic 640 x 480)

Here's an exterior pic of one of the Albany, New York locations, in the same plaza as the Kohl's, which used to be Builders Square(see the Kohl's thread) :)

Office Max isn't doing so well it looks like. They recently closed a store up by our mall, due to increased competition from Best Buy, Circuit City, Office Depot, and Wal-Mart.

I really couldn't tell a difference between Office Depot and Office Max. I know Office Max stopped selling computers after awhile, due to sluggish sales. They tried teaming with Gateway Computers, but that quickly went down the hole!

who took my picture off? I resized it!! :mad:

never mind, I put it back up..It was 640 X 480 the whole time..

^Hechinger carts were blue...at least the ones at the stores around me.

My local Office Max closed...they couldn't compete with Staples (2 and soon to be 3 in the area) and the building has been empty since March 03. I wish Office Depot would move in.

I like Office Max. They are always helpful there. I bought a mini frige there once. I always got there for any other stationary stuff too.:bounce:

QuoteOriginally posted by storehistoryguy
I like Office Max. They are always helpful there. I bought a mini frige there once. I always got there for any other stationary stuff too.:bounce:

I liked Office Max too, but they closed the Warminster store a year back, so now I have to drive to Willow Grove or Montgomeryville. Office Max has stuff Staples doesn't carry during the back-to-school time, thats about the only time I go there. I miss their Free after rebate CD-R's too.

QuoteOriginally posted by tokensafari
Office Max isn't doing so well it looks like. They recently closed a store up by our mall, due to increased competition from Best Buy, Circuit City, Office Depot, and Wal-Mart.

YA, they have downsized.

They closed the one in SAlem NH. IT ONLY LASTED 2 years.

I saw ones in Brighton and Somerville vacant last year. A few years ago I saw one in Danvers vacant. The one in SOuth Portland closed.

VERMONT IS THE ONLY STATE WITHOUT ONE. I SAW SPACE AVAILBE SUFF ON THE WEBSITE FOR THE ONES IN NEWINGTON CT AND DEDHAM MASS. THEY had 3 rounds of closings. Them closing in DAnvers and SOuth Portland are bad since they are certenly lucrative retail areas and If they cannot make it at those places they won't make it.

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My office max closed and is now a goodies

QuoteOriginally posted by tokensafari
My office max closed and is now a goodies

Goodies? What that? A goodies store? :insane:

Former South Portland, ME OfficeMax (logo has been removed)

QuoteOriginally posted by MBZ321
Former Warminster, PA OfficeMax (logo has been removed)

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I think the perfect store to put in the Warminster store would be a farmer's market. :yup:

QuoteOriginally posted by storehistoryguy

QuoteOriginally posted by MBZ321
Former Warminster, PA OfficeMax (logo has been removed)

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I think the perfect store to put in the Warminster store would be a farmer's market. :yup:

I wish OfficeMax would reopen there, or maybe Office Depot. There is no competition over Staples anymore unless you drive to Montgomeryville or Willow Grove (which has one of each store)

QuoteOriginally posted by MBZ321

QuoteOriginally posted by storehistoryguy

QuoteOriginally posted by MBZ321
Former Warminster, PA OfficeMax (logo has been removed)

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I think the perfect store to put in the Warminster store would be a farmer's market. :yup:

I wish OfficeMax would reopen there, or maybe Office Depot. There is no competition over Staples anymore unless you drive to Montgomeryville or Willow Grove (which has one of each store)

It seems to me that those two shopping centers lately haven't been good luck for stores. Ames closed because business was down at that location. So did Red, White and Black Furniture, Burlington Coat Factory, Eckerd and Office Max.

The one in Newington CT closed down a year ago. Building still empty, but man did they close that store quick and without notice, lol

I think Office Max is on there way down. Staples is getting bigger. There aren't many Office Depots near me. I only know one they opened this year in Willow Grove Pa. in a former Kids "R" Us, but I haven't been inside. I perfer Office Max though.

How are these places doing anyway? The one in Seekonk Mass closed awhile ago and is now a NAMCO store (sells seasonal items, pool tables and such) They even changed the name of the plaza from Office Max Plaza to NAMCO plaza. Going into one is like going into a Staples. No difference at all.

QuoteOriginally posted by Crawford
How are these places doing anyway? The one in Seekonk Mass closed awhile ago and is now a NAMCO store (sells seasonal items, pool tables and such) They even changed the name of the plaza from Office Max Plaza to NAMCO plaza. Going into one is like going into a Staples. No difference at all.

they have closed many officemaxs and when did seekonk close? They even closed on major shopping strips and that is not a good sign.

QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife

QuoteOriginally posted by Crawford
How are these places doing anyway? The one in Seekonk Mass closed awhile ago and is now a NAMCO store (sells seasonal items, pool tables and such) They even changed the name of the plaza from Office Max Plaza to NAMCO plaza. Going into one is like going into a Staples. No difference at all.

they have closed many officemaxs and when did seekonk close? They even closed on major shopping strips and that is not a good sign.

I just think Office Max is to underrated. I usually always go to them for my offic supplies. I even worked at one part-time for five months in 2003 when my wife was between jobs. I like it their.

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http://arm-a-dor.com/office.html

Lemont, IL.

http://www.angelfire.com/rnb/lecentre/officemax.html

Downers Grove, IL.

http://www.angelfire.com/rnb/lecentre/officemax.html

this DSW shoe warehouse was originally the officemax in south portland maine! it closed march 2004. auburn maine one is left. it is on maine mall road in mallside plaza.

Warm up those digital camera as I'm hearing that OfficeMax will be exiting New England by March of this year.  A 110 store nation wide will close.

QuoteOriginally posted by greg8370
Warm up those digital camera as I'm hearing that OfficeMax will be exiting New England by March of this year.  A 110 store nation wide will close.

IS THIS TRUE!!!!!!!!!!!!! there is another thread that says OFFICE MAX.

Looks like more closings are on the way:

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Office products retailer OfficeMax Inc. (OMX) on Tuesday said it would close 110 U.S. stores by the end of March and would take total charges of $187 million over the fourth quarter of 2005 and the current quarter. ... The company said it would also close five stores in Canada ... Still, OfficeMax expects to open up to 70 new stores in 2006.


I don't think Office Max will be around too much longer. (The last time they did a round of closings, the stores were also gone by the end of March). Staples is pretty much killing them.

QuoteOriginally posted by MBZ321
Looks like more closings are on the way:

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Office products retailer OfficeMax Inc. (OMX) on Tuesday said it would close 110 U.S. stores by the end of March and would take total charges of $187 million over the fourth quarter of 2005 and the current quarter. ... The company said it would also close five stores in Canada ... Still, OfficeMax expects to open up to 70 new stores in 2006.


I don't think Office Max will be around too much longer. (The last time they did a round of closings, the stores were also gone by the end of March). Staples is pretty much killing them.

I Agree with that statement. they have had now 4 rounds of closings, in 2001 wth 50 stores, in 2002 with 50 stores and in 2004 with 50 stores and now 110 stores!!! I Agree they closed in shopping strips with a lot of stores and that is a bad sign.

they are building a brand new Office max in the old Marketplace mall Cicero NY

so all the office max stores in New Englad are closing? The retail world is getting shaken up, first TRU, and now Office Max, closing mad stores. Burlington Coat is being bought out by a privaye investment firm.

anyone got the skinny on the store closings.  I still hearing all the CT stores are history by April, 2006

http://www.officemaxrealestate.com/ExcessRealEstate/Index.aspx?StateID=0

Check this website out. it has all the stores that office max had but closed them all. their trying to sell the stores. Seems that their closing all the CT stores. i dont know if this is all the 110 stores their clsoing, but it seems to be.

QuoteOriginally posted by TRU7536
http://www.officemaxrealestate.com/ExcessRealEstate/Index.aspx?StateID=0

Check this website out. it has all the stores that office max had but closed them all. their trying to sell the stores. Seems that their closing all the CT stores. i dont know if this is all the 110 stores their clsoing, but it seems to be.

OFFICEMAX WILL JUST GO OUT. THEY STARTd in 1988. ALL IN NEW HAMPSHIRE ARE CLOSIGN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! middletown RI is closing. the ones in mass closing are in attleboro, saugus, brockton and west springfield not all will close as the ones in framingham, dartmouth leominster and shrewsbury and hanover will remain. why all in NH. all in connecticut are going. They will miight as well go out. the only one left in RI is in cranston.

the ones in neew york closing are in binghampton, poughkeepsie, white plains, syracuse, huntinton, naunet. But i saw 2 in albany within a couple miles of each other and none will close!

QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife

QuoteOriginally posted by TRU7536
http://www.officemaxrealestate.com/ExcessRealEstate/Index.aspx?StateID=0

Check this website out. it has all the stores that office max had but closed them all. their trying to sell the stores. Seems that their closing all the CT stores. i dont know if this is all the 110 stores their clsoing, but it seems to be.

OFFICEMAX WILL JUST GO OUT. THEY STARTd in 1988. ALL IN NEW HAMPSHIRE ARE CLOSIGN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! middletown RI is closing. the ones in mass closing are in attleboro, saugus, brockton and west springfield not all will close as the ones in framingham, dartmouth leominster and shrewsbury and hanover will remain. why all in NH. all in connecticut are going. They will miight as well go out. the only one left in RI is in cranston.

the ones in neew york closing are in binghampton, poughkeepsie, white plains, syracuse, huntinton, naunet. But i saw 2 in albany within a couple miles of each other and none will close!

hmm maby they will stay around u never know

CT stores are not officially closing. The Office Max corporate page states that no official word on any stores were made.

QuoteOriginally posted by AmesNewington
CT stores are not officially closing. The Office Max corporate page states that no official word on any stores were made.

they are under excess real estate.

here is the officemax in melrose park ill that is one of the 110 stores closing!!!!.


from JEff Robinson of http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/060110/480/iljr10101101949

QuoteOriginally posted by TRU7536
The one in Newington CT closed down a year ago. Building still empty, but man did they close that store quick and without notice, lol

actually the one in waterbury CT is not on the closing thing. but why all in NH!!! The one in billerica mass will stay. everett mass will stay. braintree will stay

:info:Office Max is closing 110 stores! Hurry! Post them in the Closed Chains thread!:info:

here is the officemax in the white plains westchester pavilion

from http://www.siteride.com/srpl/p_snapshot.pl?lm=listing&resbox=1140393834&subNum=10214000763

here is officemax in huntington ny

from http://www.siteride.com/srpl/p_snapshot.pl?lm=listing&resbox=1140399718&subNum=10211000616

here is the officemax in hanover mass
from www.hanovermall.com/ vrtour/vexterst.htm

here is the officemax in bridgewater nj

from http://www.siteride.com/srpl/p_snapshot.pl?lm=listing&resbox=1141427458&subNum=10215001342

here is the officemax in east brunswick nj in 18 central

from http://www.siteride.com/srpl/p_snapshot.pl?lm=listing&resbox=1141428180&subNum=10215000369

here is officemax in auburn maine

This is the OfficeMax on Wolf Road in Albany.  This store was another office supply place before being taken over by Office Max (can't remember the name, but not one of the other 2 chains - they had green decor.  I believe it was something else prior to that (the building was not built for the office place), but don't know what it was.

here is the officemax in oneonta new york.

there already doing anouther round of closing i believe im just gussing cause i passed by a office max that was clsoing

here is a coming soon officemax in cicero ny (AS of may 25, 2006), but there is one in the former pen cann mall.

whats going on with them cause all the ones near me closed even some of the ones just just opendlike  afew years ago

here is the officemax in cicero where sears was and in the former pen cann mall

here is the coming soon officemax in cicero as of March 22, 2006

here is the former manchester CT location:

what is now the newington CT location:

(other officemax posts before january 10, 2006 are here: http://69.93.241.194/~amesfan/forum/viewthread.php?tid=70#pid15494)

here is the officemax closed in new britain / west hartford / farmington ct

QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
here is the officemax closed in new britain / west hartford / farmington ct

closed officemax in new britain

here is one of the few officemax left in CT and new england (man officemax is on their way out with closing stores like this). this one is in waterbury CT in the brass center common

officemax in danbury / brookfield CT (one of the few left in CT)

officemax in mohegan lake ny (peekskill and cortlandt) in the new plaza and I was there at like 8:45 am.

the closing one in the south hills mall in poughkeepsie ny as of march 25, 2006

QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
here is the former manchester CT location:

      I worked there when it was OfficeMax. About 6 months later -- they transferred me to the New Britian Store and then to Newington after a year.
     The manager in Newington was from CVS and he used to get angry when he asked me a uestion about computers - so instead of talking to him to tell the customer -- I told the customer the answers to the question.
     The  plaza in Newington had Petco, Michael's, Media Play and Shaw's and Pizzeria Uno -- and my favorite place across the street, DQ. In the summer -- I walked to DQ or ate in Shaw's.

Any Pics of the plaza?

QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
what is now the newington CT location:

(other officemax posts before january 10, 2006 are here: http://69.93.241.194/~amesfan/forum/viewthread.php?tid=70#pid15494)

Wow...Bob's in where Media Play was?? What happened to Media Play??

JimS

the one in victor ny

officemax in mentor oh near great lakes mall

officemax in ashtabula oh near the mall.

officemax in erie pa around the mall

strongsville ohio one (near the southpark mall and not far from cleveland)

officemax headquarters in shaker heights ohio (not far from cleveland)

officemax in jamestown / lakewood ny in chataqua mall

Do you know what type of store this location was housing before it was an Office Max.  Does anyone have any suggestions?

Heres the OfficeMax in Turnersville, NJ.

A farmers market I went to had black and yellow OfficeMax carts. Ames carts too, that said "Ames Ames Ames".

Quote from: TRU7536 on July 23, 2005, 10:11:06 AM
The one in Newington CT closed down a year ago. Building still empty, but man did they close that store quick and without notice, lol

This location became Office Depot and it too has since closed!!! Ha ha both chains with "Office" in their name failed in the same location.

The one in Greece, NY just closed. Also included is a picture I personally took that is not part of the article.

https://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/2019/05/22/elm-ridge-plaza-greece-ny-officemax-closes-sams-club-walmart-payless-vacant-shopping-malls-abandoned/3762707002/