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Retail News => Stores Shutting Down This Year....2024 => Topic started by: retailisking on June 09, 2018, 05:44:54 PM

Title: Up to 100 Sears Hometown Stores to close
Post by: retailisking on June 09, 2018, 05:44:54 PM
The Hometown Stores were supposed to be a bright spot for Sears. I can't imagine having your store name associated with a dying department store chain is a good long-term business strategy.
(https://www.gannett-cdn.com/-mm-/7e5d809993d2c094fe6ed85703c6ddb383705d1d/c=99-0-1651-1167&r=x404&c=534x401/local/-/media/2018/06/07/TXGroup/Wichita/636639866424973614-Sears-Hometown-Closed-1.jpg)
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/sears-hometown-to-close-up-to-100-stores-2018-06-09
Title: Re: Up to 100 Sears Hometown Stores to close
Post by: buzz86us on June 09, 2018, 06:09:25 PM
well these stores are franchised and it makes sense when they realize that the franchise is pretty worthless
Title: Re: Up to 100 Sears Hometown Stores to close
Post by: giantsfan2016 on June 09, 2018, 07:47:55 PM
Yes. All the hometown stores in Connecticut are gone. They are no longer listed on the locator on SEARS.COM - In Connecticut they were in Barkhamsted, Colchester, and I forget the other location.
Title: Re: Up to 100 Sears Hometown Stores to close
Post by: JJBers on June 09, 2018, 08:35:24 PM
Quote from: Brammy on June 09, 2018, 07:47:55 PM
Yes. All the hometown stores in Connecticut are gone. They are no longer listed on the locator on SEARS.COM - In Connecticut they were in Barkhamsted, Colchester, and I forget the other location.
I liked the Colchester one. Dang.
Here's a archive of when the store was open:
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4607/26378255878_bcf38a07af_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/GbXst9)
Sears (Colchester, Connecticut) (https://flic.kr/p/GbXst9) by JJBers (https://www.flickr.com/photos/jjbers/), on Flickr
Road Sign:
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4625/39539222894_41d5704b7d_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/23eWRry)
Sears (Colchester, Connecticut) (https://flic.kr/p/23eWRry) by JJBers (https://www.flickr.com/photos/jjbers/), on Flickr
Title: Re: Up to 100 Sears Hometown Stores to close
Post by: shore72 on June 11, 2018, 10:01:02 PM
Going along with the article, I have been hearing a lot of radio advertising for the local hometown stores and the "this is my store" theme. There was some potential with these places but the selling of the brand names took the oxygen right out of the room for these guys. I walked in Lowe's Saturday and was greeted, right at the entrance, by a big Craftsman tool chest display. I believe the Ace hardware store a couple miles down the road also sells the line. In between, with the weakest signage, sits the Hometown store. I shopped them this winter for a washer/dryer. Pricing was okay but delivery was extra & selection was poor, plus they told me I couldn't use my surprise points. (I instead bought from a locally owned independent appliance store.)
Title: Re: Up to 100 Sears Hometown Stores to close
Post by: retailisking on June 12, 2018, 04:48:31 PM
Quote from: shore72 on June 11, 2018, 10:01:02 PM
I shopped them this winter for a washer/dryer. Pricing was okay but delivery was extra & selection was poor, plus they told me I couldn't use my surprise points. (I instead bought from a locally owned independent appliance store.)
Around here Lowe's blows away the competition when it comes to price and selection - and delivery is free.
Title: Re: Up to 100 Sears Hometown Stores to close
Post by: giantsfan2016 on June 15, 2018, 07:25:53 AM
This ad was in today's Hartford Courant (6/15/18) Sears Hometown Barkhamsted, Connecticut Going out of Business.

Edit: I don't know why the photo is sideways. It was fine when I sent it from my phone to my laptop, but when I uploaded it to this stupid message board, it uploaded sideways.  >:( Fixing whatever is wrong with this stupid message board that caused the issue with the photo is above my pay grade. (Not that I get paid to run this board).
Title: Re: Up to 100 Sears Hometown Stores to close
Post by: TheFugitive on December 13, 2022, 01:17:54 PM
Sears Hometown has made a Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing in the state of Delaware.

https://www.chicagobusiness.com/retail/sears-hometown-files-bankruptcy-delaware