Brands that were once popular....
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I bought my first copy of Spaceballs on VHS at a local Suncoast, only paid $15 for it. What a deal!
Altavista. Outpost.com. Geocities. Pets.com. CompuServe. Aldus.
UPN, the WB, DuMont
Amoco, Woolworth's, MCI, Rex TV and Appliance, A&P Groceries.
Coming soon: Nokia
Anyone else remember their electronics focused sub-chain, Electric Avenue and More? I bought a component stereo system and a couple of recliners from them, back in the day - and I still have the recliners.
^ Both an explanation for what happened to those stores, and, another three more brands that fit the thread topic. (Also, you left out Musicland.)
UPN, the WB, DuMont
Amoco, Woolworth's, MCI, Rex TV and Appliance, A&P Groceries.
Coming soon: Nokia
2000 - which is technically part of the 90s decade, since there is no year 0. So yes.Catarina said:
Anyone else remember their electronics focused sub-chain, Electric Avenue and More? I bought a component stereo system and a couple of recliners from them, back in the day - and I still have the recliners.
Napster, Kazaa, Limewire
^ Both an explanation for what happened to those stores, and, another three more brands that fit the thread topic.
(Also, you left out Musicland.)
Best job I ever had was with them. Fortunately, I got laid off and cashed all my accumulated stock before there was the corporate shakeup, scandal, and demise.
Sorry, I have to say something....
No. The year 2000 is definitely not in the 1990s. That's not even a question that depends upon whether 2000 is considered the last year of the 20th century (this) or the first year of the 21st (not this; but that ship is definitely setting sail, look at it go!).
What you were looking for is the tenth decade of the 20th century, something that, alas, basically no one thinks in terms of. But Catarina had said "90s" so, no.
Sorry, I'm done!
*insert "The More You Know" meme*
2000 - which is technically part of the 90s decade, since there is no year 0. So yes.
No. The year 2000 is definitely not in the 1990s. That's not even a question that depends upon whether 2000 is considered the last year of the 20th century (this) or the first year of the 21st (not this; but that ship is definitely setting sail, look at it go!).
What you were looking for is the tenth decade of the 20th century, something that, alas, basically no one thinks in terms of. But Catarina had said "90s" so, no.
Sorry, I'm done!
*insert "The More You Know" meme*
2000 - which is technically part of the 90s decade, since there is no year 0. So yes.
No. The year 2000 is definitely not in the 1990s.
Indeed. To claim otherwise would make no practical sense!
(The concept of "1990's" is simply "All years that have a variant of '1990' in them." So logically speaking, 2000 can't be part of the 90's, since there is no 90 in it!
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Confession: I only said that to git some of yer goats. Worked, too. 
That said, if the first decade AD was 1-10, then following from there....
That said, if the first decade AD was 1-10, then following from there....
I miss the Starlog stores, they were in a couple of malls in New Jersey and else where. It was a comic book store and they sold collectables and a whole lot more.
And The Bon Marche! Macy's, you
I think we used to have one of those here. They sold these dragon figurines and stuff. Oh, they labeled a Bat'leth " Alien sword". :lol :
And The Bon Marche! Macy's, you
And Joslin's (Denver area) and Bacon's (Louisville). Taken over by Dillard's. I love Dillard's, though. Also, Ganto's. I think that might have been southwest only.
I loved Broadway Southwest. I got my junior prom dress there!
Gimbel's, Alexander's, Abraham and Strauss, Orbach's. All great New York/East Coast department stores, all gone.
Food: Bennigan's. I know there are a few individually owned restaurants out there, but I haven't seen any in my area. Also Arthur Treacher's- once there were thousands of them nationwide, now there are only about 80 and most are tied to Nathan's hot dogs.
^Very much so. There's three within 30 minutes of my house.
KMart has been gone from Canada since the late 90's, most of them sold to Zellers, which in turn itself disappeared after selling most of its stores to Target Canada, which itself disappeared after only a year of being established.
Makes me wonder how long Best Buy is going to last now that they've gutted and destroyed Future Shop. I worked for FS for 13 years and by and large it was a good place to work. But after BB took over things would get fucked every now and then until they saw that the culture in FS was different than BB and many customers expected something different.
As it is BB is one of the last places I'd go to shop electronics.
Assholes.
As it is BB is one of the last places I'd go to shop electronics.
Assholes.
I swore off Best Buy completely, because I don't like the fact that they're onboard with "CurrentC" which is a competing mobile payment system to Apple Pay. I will not shop anywhere that uses CurrentC.
I'm thinking that Best Buy will eventually be nothing but larger appliances and electronics, and then will slowly go the way of Radio Shack.
Ahh, Futureshop. Another brand that has disappeared. To be honest, BB had owned them for a long time. By the time BB stores had started opening in Canada, FS was still the dominant brand, with BB only having a minimal presence. But I'm surprised they hadn't gone forward sooner as the two were largely competing between themselves. It made more sense from a business standpoint to streamline operations by removing one brand from the equation, as BB is the more global brand.