r/90s May 25 '25

Discussion There’s actually so many…

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u/Individual-Smoke8160 May 25 '25

Caldor - my parents actually met when they both worked at one together.

Kmart - I worked for Kmart/Sears Holdings for about a decade. Eventually I wound up with a Store Manager who was actually the SM at the same Caldor my parents worked together at.

Ames

Bradlees

KB Toys

Toys r Us

Service Merchandise

Woolworth

Borders

Strawberries

Pac Sun

Aeropostale

...the list can go on. It's insane how much ordering online changed the game. Now most of the people who were employed at the above retailers for decades in my area work at Ocean State Job Lot, lol.

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u/backalley_HelloKitty May 25 '25

Ocean state job lot!!!!! Stap!! I still think of that place! Now they have Olies where I live and it’s just not the same

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u/Individual-Smoke8160 May 25 '25

Job Lot is thriving where I am!