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Best Products
1957–1997
“The catalog showroom with the trick buildings.”
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A catalog showroom like Service Merchandise — browse the display, fill out a slip, collect your box — but best remembered for its wild "de-architecture" stores, with facades that looked like they were crumbling or peeling away. It liquidated in 1997.
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Woolworth's
1879–1997
“The five-and-dime with the lunch counter.”
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Service Merchandise
1934–2002
“Fill out the slip, wait for the conveyor.”
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Circuit City
1949–2009
“The big-box electronics trip.”
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RadioShack
1921–2015
“The store with a part for everything.”
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