Visited the Pontiac Mall. Or where it was, at least.

I miss driving in this very drive way to the corner of the mall that had the Sears doors with those incredibly interesting "vents" above them. They towered over me when I was a child.

On a side note, does anyone know what the purpose of these were? Or were they just a design choice?

So, if corporations such as SEARS and KMart were to put 'someone' (EX. You.) in charge of creatively (re)-making tech services and online websites such as Prodigy in order to compete with other corporations such as Amazon and Amazon Prime, then how would you definitely go about not only constructively (re)-buildiing Prodigy, but how would you also go about differin' Prodigy from its rival(s) as well actively?.

This Sears was 3 levels and this building has a 1947 logo still intact to this day. They had all of the hardlines departments on the 1st floor, softlines on the 2nd floor, and the children's apparel and the entire home department on the 3rd floor. This store closed on April 15th-16th of 2017. Confirmed by pictures on Yelp.

Credits:

Phil R (September 15 2008), JG W (October 29 2009), Mark P (January 17 2010), Danny A (August 19 2011), Kristin Leigh M (December 29 2011), Jason L (March 3 2012), Margarette F (Black Friday 2013, November 29 2013), Elvis P (August 25 2014), Beatriz X (November 9 2014), My A (February 28 2015), Joseph K (December 1 2016), Sharen E (January 28 2017), Jim P (April 13-15 2017)

https://www.yelp.com/biz/sears-santa-monica

As of the day of this post, there are 5 Sears left, and the last open Sears in California, at the Sun Valley Shopping Center in Concord (store opened October 19th of 1966 with mall opening in 1967), is 338 miles away. They still also have the online store Sears.com and a few distribution centers as well. As for the other 4 stores in the United States of America, the Coral Gables location in Miami is the last freestanding Sears and one of 2 left in the state of Florida, with the other one being located at The Florida Mall in Orlando, and the Cielo Vista Mall in El Paso, the last in Texas and the South Shore Plaza in Braintree, the last one in the entire Boston Metropolitan Area, the state of Massachusetts, New England and even in the entire Northeastern United States, are still open

r/retail

r/retailporn

Edit: the first picture was the auto shop

Not sure where to post.

New mattresses and they’re really cheap! Also saw a bunch of new inventory on the bottom floor! Even inside the blocked off section!

Sears and Roebuck, Hayward, CA branch!

Then Sears Outlet, as of the end of 2024, the division that was acquired by Franchise Group in 2019 and converted to American Freight in 2020 closed up shop at its first run die to the bankruptcy of its parent company.

Taken on June 23rd of 2019. [Credit to Houston Historic Retail] (https://houstonhistoricretail.com/electronics/compusa/)

Sears Outlet was originally established by Sears Roebuck and Company in 1968 as Sears Surplus

Way back when Sears had gotten into e-commerce well over 25-30 years ago before the merger (Kmart acquired Sears in 2004 and Sears Holdings was formed in 2005) and before Edward Lampert entered the picture. The online experience was pretty good. We could even apply for a Sears Credit Card and even book appointments for Sears Home services / SHS and buy parts from Sears Parts Direct site wide as well. This is how we remember pre merger Sears... before Lampert entered the picture in 2004 and had since destroyed the company. Sears.com basically ceased being reliable in the past decade under Lampert

Each department (primarily the top 4 hardlines departments that made Sears unique among competitors) will be posted on here soon (probably sometime this week or next week) with pictures of what the webpage looked like in the 2000s (and probably even the early 2010s) and some pictures (some of which pre 2010s) inside various Sears locations, some of which are still open to this day and some of which were one of the last open Sears that eventually shut down in the 2021-2025 period.

Source
The Wayback Machine

Sears.com Commercial (2000)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0xX-NfPiCk

1997
Sears Card
https://web.archive.org/web/19970122000226fw_/http://www.sears.com/prod/scard/index.htm
https://web.archive.org/web/19970121235747/http://www.sears.com/storeloc/floc.htm
1998
https://web.archive.org/web/19980201130330/http://www.sears.com/prod/fprod.htm
https://web.archive.org/web/19980708045554/http://www.sears.com/about/fabo.htm
https://web.archive.org/web/19980708060541/http://www.sears.com/craftsman/
https://web.archive.org/web/19980520003104/http://shop.sears.com/store/craftsman/
Craftsman Shop Online
https://web.archive.org/web/19980520003158fw_/http://shop.sears.com/store/craftsman/wdvacs.htm
https://web.archive.org/web/19980708040118/http://www.sears.com/company/company.htm
1999
The Sears Card -- No forms, no fuss
https://web.archive.org/web/19990424023156/http://www.sears.com/prod/scard/page2.htm
Sears - The card that's all about you
https://web.archive.org/web/19990429130234/http://www.sears.com/prod/scard/index.htm
2001
https://web.archive.org/web/20010801155558/http://sears.com/sr/homepages/sears_homepage.jsp
2002
https://web.archive.org/web/20021012225024/http://www.sears.com/sr/homepages/sears_homepage_cm.jsp
2003
https://web.archive.org/web/20030401082436/http://www.sears.com/sr/homepages/sears_homepage.jsp
2004
Appliances at sears.com
https://web.archive.org/web/20040407014352/http://www.sears.com/sr/javasr/vertical.do?vertical=APPL
Electronics at sears.com
https://web.archive.org/web/20040225023810/http://www.sears.com/sr/javasr/vertical.do?vertical=ELEC
Sony consumer electronics guide: Authorized Internet Dealer Information
https://web.archive.org/web/20040226074424/http://www.sel.sony.com/SEL/consumer/ss5/dealers/dealerinfo/sears.html
Lawn & Garden at sears.com
https://web.archive.org/web/20040612034624/http://www.sears.com/sr/javasr/vertical.do?vertical=LAWN

The online store is still in operation even today

Previous posts
https://www.reddit.com/r/SEARS/comments/1npt8w9/sears_credit_card/
https://www.reddit.com/r/SEARS/comments/1p4f9v8/searscom_merchandise_aka_also_known_as_products/
https://www.reddit.com/r/SEARS/comments/1r58cww/sears_online_in_the_90s_and_2000s_back_when_they/
https://www.reddit.com/r/SEARS/comments/1sofgz5/sears_shop_at_home_sears_catalog_and_specialty_web_pages/
https://www.reddit.com/r/SEARS/comments/1sns9q8/sears_home_services_and_sears_parts_direct_right_before_lampert/
https://www.reddit.com/r/SEARS/comments/1t1h48m/more_of_what_searscom_looked_like_right_back_in_the_2000s/
https://www.reddit.com/r/SEARS/comments/1tsnnac/kenmore_website_in_the_2000s/
https://www.reddit.com/r/SEARS/comments/1u4le4c/then_and_now_sears_parts_and_service_online_in_the_2000s/

Edit: I am only redoing this post because every single previous post about this from late 2025 and this year was just effectively gone from public view.
Apologies for any inconvenience

I'm sure you all know I'm a regular at the Concord location. Well, I'm happy to announce that I'll be visiting Miami next month so I'll have the unique chance to directly compare the Concord and Coral Gables stores. Of course I'll be checking out the nearby Kmart as well.

I'm debating on taking my Sears branded paper bags and receipts from Concord with me as a conversation starter haha. I don't think any other location ever used paper bags, did they? Concord switched to them early this year due to a new law in California. Maybe I should buy something in Concord and try to return it in Coral Gables? lol

This beauty sits in the dying Concord Mall in Wilmington, Delaware.

I have $27 in my wallet, and I'm willing to make Transformco an offer. The ball is in your court now, Lampert.

This is from a Facebook group called Burnaby Nostalgia. These pictures were taken when Sears closed permanently.

It may give you chills if you have watched Kane Pixels' The Oldest View web series.

Was driving to my friends house and saw a sears with cars parked outside went to see what the deal was, i was pleasantly suprised that i saw it was open. Sadly its so empty and dystopian (and ngl the workers all very rude except 1 )