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Post by Deleted on Aug 2, 2018 18:25:51 GMT
money.cnn.com/2018/08/02/news/companies/brookstone-bankruptcy/index.html"The mall and airport seller, best known for massage chairs, quirky gadgets, and travel luggage, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in federal court on Thursday. It was Brookstone's second bankruptcy round in four years.... Unabated traffic losses at malls have plagued brick-and-mortar sellers. Mall vacancies reached a six-year high last quarter as a wave of stores closed, including Walgreens, Bon-Ton, Sears and Kmart, Best Buy, Kay and Jared, Matress Firm, and GNC." Life is change. We don't communicate largely by letter anymore. We don't transport ourselves largely by animal power anymore. And now the way we acquire things is changing. But change is bad when you're stilling on billions in retail real estate and too afraid to envision a different (and likely less profitable) future for that space and would rather moan and groan that change happens and can we please all go back to using Blockbuster and Borders and writing letters and buying carriage lanterns?
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Post by MichyM on Aug 2, 2018 18:30:51 GMT
Brookstone doesn't surprise me at all, and in fact I thought they were already out of retail. They were such a fun place to stop into "back in the day." Those who are not actively trying to make the transition out of brick and mortar are behind the 8 ball in a big way.
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Post by katlady on Aug 2, 2018 18:31:59 GMT
I thought they were gone awhile ago. Still sad to see stores closing up.
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Post by chances on Aug 2, 2018 18:47:41 GMT
I'm sad to hear that. I always enjoyed this store and usually bought small gifts around Christmas. I always planned to save up one day for a massage chair, but alas.
I think the desire for change from the consumer side is a little over stated. I LOVE bookstores and spend my money when I can. However, selection has become more and more limited at the remaining stores--so I buy online. People spend where they have options even if they'd prefer brick and mortar.
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Post by smartypants71 on Aug 2, 2018 19:10:58 GMT
That's too bad. I guess now everyone will need to buy their "back massagers" off the internet LOL!
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Post by deekaye on Aug 2, 2018 19:15:08 GMT
Awww, I used to love Brookstone. I would buy my Dad's Christmas gifts there every year. He loved gadgets (the engineer in him, I think!) and Brookstone always had fun stuff. I miss him...
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Post by pierkiss on Aug 2, 2018 20:01:01 GMT
That’s a bummer.
And for the record, I STILL miss Borders bookstore.
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Post by annabella on Aug 2, 2018 20:11:21 GMT
I just watched When Harry Met Sally and they went to a Sharper Image store. Remember those? I thought they were out of business but their website is still up and says they have no retail locations.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 2, 2018 20:19:04 GMT
I don’t have cable/satellite/ or streaming. It is too expensive, so we rent movies.
I hate redbox, they don’t get movies until the movie has been out for a month.
But Hastings got movies in as soon as they were release, plus I could rent tv shows.
I miss Hastings.
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Post by magenta on Aug 2, 2018 20:20:24 GMT
I am sad about this too. We loved going into the store whenever we were at the mall and have bought Christmas presents from there almost every year. I'll miss it.
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Post by cadoodlebug on Aug 2, 2018 20:20:54 GMT
money.cnn.com/2018/08/02/news/companies/brookstone-bankruptcy/index.html"The mall and airport seller, best known for massage chairs, quirky gadgets, and travel luggage, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in federal court on Thursday. It was Brookstone's second bankruptcy round in four years.... Unabated traffic losses at malls have plagued brick-and-mortar sellers. Mall vacancies reached a six-year high last quarter as a wave of stores closed, including Walgreens, Bon-Ton, Sears and Kmart, Best Buy, Kay and Jared, Matress Firm, and GNC." Life is change. We don't communicate largely by letter anymore. We don't transport ourselves largely by animal power anymore. And now the way we acquire things is changing. But change is bad when you're stilling on billions in retail real estate and too afraid to envision a different (and likely less profitable) future for that space and would rather moan and groan that change happens and can we please all go back to using Blockbuster and Borders and writing letters and buying carriage lanterns? I am confused by this as we still have those brick and mortar stores in our area. Does that mean they just aren't in big shopping malls? I don't remember those stores ever being in any malls I frequented. They are in the more common strip shopping malls that have popped up all over the place. |
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Post by not2peased on Aug 2, 2018 20:42:19 GMT
they have gone out of business several times already
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Post by Belle on Aug 2, 2018 20:45:37 GMT
I don’t have cable/satellite/ or streaming. It is too expensive, so we rent movies. I hate redbox, they don’t get movies until the movie has been out for a month. But Hastings got movies in as soon as they were release, plus I could rent tv shows. I miss Hastings. Have you checked your local library for tv shoes and movies? Ours even lets us reserve movies before they are released - still have to wait until they are released to check them out but at least we can reserve our spot early. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 2, 2018 21:13:42 GMT
BelleThe library does not have the same hours as Hastings did and not as convenient as Hastings was.
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Post by papersilly on Aug 2, 2018 21:33:52 GMT
I thought they were gone awhile ago. seriously! i remember when they bit the dust the first time. and then they came back as kiosks and pop up stores. i can't say i'm surprised but i'm sure it's hard to compete with the likes of Amazon and Wal Mart. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 2, 2018 22:40:26 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Aug 3, 2018 1:04:48 GMT
The one at our mall closed 6 months ago. Bummer! DD and I liked to go and sit in the massage chairs!
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Post by scrapnatya on Aug 3, 2018 1:26:39 GMT
There are 3 big malls by me and one in each. They are all on the closing list. (obviously)
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Post by Really Red on Aug 3, 2018 1:31:05 GMT
they have gone out of business several times already Filing for bankruptcy is not going out of business. Stores can continue and even grow through bankruptcy. Not sure this will happen this time, but it's not the same thing as closing, although they will likely close less profitable stores. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 3, 2018 2:29:52 GMT
That’s a bummer. And for the record, I STILL miss Borders bookstore. I miss Borders too. |
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Post by maryannscraps on Aug 3, 2018 11:23:46 GMT
they have gone out of business several times already Filing for bankruptcy is not going out of business. Stores can continue and even grow through bankruptcy. Not sure this will happen this time, but it's not the same thing as closing, although they will likely close less profitable stores. I read this morning that they are closing all their mall stores. Only the airport stores are staying open. I heard them described as that ubiquitous store full of cool products that nobody needs. |
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Post by jenjie on Aug 3, 2018 13:06:45 GMT
money.cnn.com/2018/08/02/news/companies/brookstone-bankruptcy/index.html"The mall and airport seller, best known for massage chairs, quirky gadgets, and travel luggage, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in federal court on Thursday. It was Brookstone's second bankruptcy round in four years.... Unabated traffic losses at malls have plagued brick-and-mortar sellers. Mall vacancies reached a six-year high last quarter as a wave of stores closed, including Walgreens, Bon-Ton, Sears and Kmart, Best Buy, Kay and Jared, Matress Firm, and GNC." Life is change. We don't communicate largely by letter anymore. We don't transport ourselves largely by animal power anymore. And now the way we acquire things is changing. But change is bad when you're stilling on billions in retail real estate and too afraid to envision a different (and likely less profitable) future for that space and would rather moan and groan that change happens and can we please all go back to using Blockbuster and Borders and writing letters and buying carriage lanterns? I am confused by this as we still have those brick and mortar stores in our area. Does that mean they just aren't in big shopping malls? I don't remember those stores ever being in any malls I frequented. They are in the more common strip shopping malls that have popped up all over the place. I don’t even know why I opened this thread bc I’ve never heard of Brookstone. But we were on the Atlantic City, NJ boardwalks yesterday. It’s a busy place. They have a 3 story mall. We used it a few times for the restrooms. Looking at the mall map, I’d say at least 80% of the stores were closed. So many empty spaces on that map. Also I recently went to a mall I used to go to, I was in the area and wanted saladworks. That place seemed dead too. |
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Post by peabrain on Aug 3, 2018 13:07:20 GMT
If that $4,000 massage chair goes on clearance....Ima get me one! LOL
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Post by cadoodlebug on Aug 3, 2018 14:55:33 GMT
I am confused by this as we still have those brick and mortar stores in our area. Does that mean they just aren't in big shopping malls? I don't remember those stores ever being in any malls I frequented. They are in the more common strip shopping malls that have popped up all over the place. I don’t even know why I opened this thread bc I’ve never heard of Brookstone. But we were on the Atlantic City, NJ boardwalks yesterday. It’s a busy place. They have a 3 story mall. We used it a few times for the restrooms. Looking at the mall map, I’d say at least 80% of the stores were closed. So many empty spaces on that map. Also I recently went to a mall I used to go to, I was in the area and wanted saladworks. That place seemed dead too. Interestingly, the mall in our old town and the one about 16 miles from us are thriving with new stores going in all the time. Wonder what the difference is. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 3, 2018 15:34:59 GMT
That's exactly how I'd describe Brookstone.  |
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Post by melissa on Aug 4, 2018 2:21:11 GMT
Looking at the mall map, I’d say at least 80% of the stores were closed. So many empty spaces on that map. I don't think that many of those stores lasted long at all there. I haven't been there in a few years and I remember most of the stores were closed even then. It just wasn't a good location in general I think. |
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