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Did you hear that the last Sears store in the world closes today?


This was the last one in Toledo. It closed in September 2017.

Posted - November 14, 2021
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  • 13260
    So what? Lots of chains no longer exist.
      November 14, 2021 12:06 PM MST
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  • 44238
    Sears was kind of an icon. I worked at the one in the pic before I joined the Navy.
      November 14, 2021 12:18 PM MST
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  • 13260
    How can the last one close today if, as you posted above, it closed in 2017? And newsflash: Amazon is a much bigger icon than Sears ever was. The Internet guarantees that.
      November 14, 2021 12:33 PM MST
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  • 44238
    I guess that was misleading. I should have said the last one in the world. I'll change it.
      November 14, 2021 12:47 PM MST
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  • 13260
    That's OK. Sears has become increasingly irrelevant over the last 25 years, so I doubt anybody cares.
      November 14, 2021 12:55 PM MST
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  • 44238
    True, but I did like their tool stores. We had one in the neighborhood.
      November 14, 2021 1:31 PM MST
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  • 13260
    I remember those. But now we have Home Depot and Lowes.
      November 14, 2021 1:57 PM MST
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  • 7405
    Mr. Bromide must be so sad today, extra sad. 
      November 14, 2021 2:32 PM MST
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  • 19942
    Sears has been going out of business for 25 years.  Surprised it took them this long to close the last store.  
      November 14, 2021 3:08 PM MST
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  • 2706
    I know that Sears has been having financial problems for years, but I wasn't aware that they had closed their last store. I realize that companies come and go, but the Sears stores in my area were almost always the favorite places to go for pretty much anything you wanted or needed. It's a shame. Whenever I see the name Sears, I get a shot of nostalgia. :)
      November 14, 2021 3:56 PM MST
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  • 44238
    Do you remember when Sears owned Allstate Insurance?
      November 15, 2021 8:55 AM MST
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  • 2706
    I sure do. I also remember many years ago when my neighbor used to let me take his Sears Allstate motorcycle for a ride. That gave me the motorcycle bug for sure. :)
      November 15, 2021 9:05 AM MST
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  • 44238
    Dang. I had a friend who had one. It was a piece of crap. The two of us worked at the local Sears gas pumps. That was 1969.
      November 15, 2021 9:09 AM MST
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  • 32700
    Their website it still up. Says I can order and pick up in store??? I wonder how that works. 

    The location is hours away or I would try it to see. 
      November 15, 2021 7:00 AM MST
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  • 7776
    Oh well. They got themselves to blame.
      November 15, 2021 9:21 AM MST
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  • 13260
    Now that I think of it, Walmart has basically replaced Sears.
      November 15, 2021 11:05 AM MST
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  • There are still a few Sears left in California. There is one in San Jose. 

    I'm not sure if there are any K-Marts here left. The last one I knew was in South Lake Tahoe and it finally closed last year. 
      November 17, 2021 11:49 AM MST
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