artbabe
Pearl Clutcher
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Jun 26, 2014 1:59:10 GMT
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Post by artbabe on Sept 5, 2022 15:32:05 GMT
- Music stores (that sell music, not instruments). Even the CD section at my local Target has shrunk considerably. I noticed Barnes & Noble got rid of their music section. The music sections in big box stores are pretty much non-existent in Central Ohio but we have nine vinyl record stores. My ex is a huge record fan and my two oldest nephews also go to them often. A lot of the mid-century type antique shops have a record section. If you are into vinyl, there are a lot of options but CDs are pretty much gone. We used to have eight scrapbook stores, including Archivers, but those are all long gone and I'm very sad about it. Also gone are the stamping stores and most of the beading stores. I hate that. Breweries go in and out of business but a lot of that is because they don't start with enough capital. So many people try to brew without having a good business plan. For every brewery that closes around here another one opens. We lost two of our Tuesday Mornings. Also a lot of the chain stores already mentioned. A lot of restaurants have shut down, both chains and independents. Covid really crushed them.
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Post by katlady on Sept 5, 2022 16:39:18 GMT
It has become a lot more difficult to do anything but order online, which is mostly fine, but inconvenient if a good fit matters and/or if you aren't 100% sure of shoe size (or if your kid is particular about how the shoes feel on their feet) or if you need something immediately. Yes! I wear a size 5 shoe. It is very hard to find in a store nowadays. The only one I know that carries a size 5 is Nordstrom. I have to try on shoes before I buy them. They don't all feel or fit the same. I don't like to feel the inside seams of a shoe, and I have a low tolerance for foot pain.
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twinsmomfla99
Pearl Clutcher
Posts: 4,013
Jun 26, 2014 13:42:47 GMT
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Post by twinsmomfla99 on Sept 5, 2022 18:07:08 GMT
Payless shoes is the store closure that hurts the most. You can’t find good cute affordable shoes anymore. Agree. My feet splay funny when I walk, so I always wear down the outer heels of my shoes first. They get to a point where if you put the shoes on a table, they flop to the sides because of how uneven the wear is. But this means I can't really buy shoes for the long haul because the unevenness eventually starts messing with my hips and back. It sucks to spend over $50 on shoes that are only good for 6 months. Anyway, I've found some success with various skechers slip ons... by shopping QVC's clearance section. I wear down my heels unevenly, too. If you can find somewhere to do shoe repair, sometimes they can replace the heel. Some can’t be repaired, like my Danskos, but I get shoe taps put on where I tend to wear them down. They used to cost me $2/pair every few months, but they extended the life of my shoes by years. I haven’t been wearing them lately since we have gone to a pretty casual workplace since COVID, and I get by with a pair of black New Balance athletic shoes. I don’t know how much the shoe repair shop would charge me now. Oh, and be creative when looking for a place to do taps. My shoe repair place didn’t advertise—it’s actually a leather shop that sticks high-end boots. They carry the shoe taps due to high demand from their customers.
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