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Service Merchandise
1934–2002
“Fill out the slip, wait for the conveyor.”
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The catalog showroom — browse the display, fill out a little slip, and wait for your box to ride out on the conveyor belt. Liquidated in 2002.
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The drive, the dance, the heartbreak, the summer. Add a memory of Service Merchandise.
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Woolworth's
1879–1997
“The five-and-dime with the lunch counter.”
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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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Montgomery Ward
1872–2001
“The catalog and the department-store trip.”
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