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Goodbye Craftsman ..............
Can more store closings be far behind ?
http://www.philly.com/philly/busines...html?mobi=true I suspect Craftsman and Kenmore are all that have them afloat as of late ? |
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Dave.......Yep, and I saw yesterday that Macy's is closing 56 stores nationwide after dismal holiday sales. In the words of Bob Dylan, "The times they are a changing."
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Craftsman really started it's decline when they started making tools in China. You can now buy the same quality tools at Harbor Freight with the same lifetime Warranty. Plus they never did make British Whitworth tools. What about my poor Norton!
Last edited by The Lost Bears; 01-05-2017 at 01:39 PM. |
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Here is the (current) list of projected 2017 Sears store closings: and the list of K-Mart closings is considerably longer than the Sears list. Florence Mall, Florence, Alabama 1901 S. Caraway Road, Jonesboro, Arkansas Enfield Square, Enfield, Connecticut Eagle Ridge Mall, Lake Wales, Florida Albany Mall, Albany, Georgia Columbus Park Crossing, Columbus, Georgia 1235 S. Reed Road, Kokomo, Indiana 2259 S. 9th St., Salina, Kansas Kentucky Oaks Mall, Paducah, Kentucky 9001 Cortana Mall, Baton Rouge/Cortana, Louisiana 197 Westbank Expressway, Gretna, Louisiana 9605 Queens Blvd., Rego Park, New York Walden Galleria, Cheektowaga, New York Boulevard Mall, Amherst, New York 1 Galleria Drive, Middletown, New York 10 Whitten Road, Augusta, Maine Swansea Mall, Swansea, Massachusetts 3099 28th St. SE, Grand Rapids, Michigan 12737 Riverdale Blvd NW, Coon Rapids, Minnesota 1850 Adams St., Mankato, Minnesota 3600 Country Club Drive, Jefferson Cty, Missouri 3702 Frederick Ave., Saint Joseph, Missouri 3902 13th Ave., South Fargo, North Dakota 1000 S. Main St., Roswell, New Mexico 2000 Brittain Road, Akron, Ohio 1075 N. Bridge St., Chillicothe, Ohio 1701 River Valley Circle S, Lancaster, Ohio Richmond Mall, Richmond Heights, Ohio 1901 S. Yale Ave., Tulsa, Oklahoma 428 SW. C Ave, Lawton, Oklahoma Shenango Valley Mall, Hermitage, Pennsylvania 1 Susquehanna Valley Mall Drive, Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania 1500 Mall Run Road, Uniontown, Pennsylvania 3595 Capital City Mall, Camp Hill, Pennsylvania 1500 Diamond Hill Road, Woonsocket, Rhode Island 2701 David H. McLeod Blvd., Florence, South Carolina 2101 Fort Henry Drive, Kingsport, Tennessee 4101 E. 42nd St., Odessa, Texas 500 Gate City Highway, Bristol, Virginia Alderwood Mall, Lynnwood, Washington Town Center Mall, Charleston, West Virginia Meadowbrook Mall, Bridgeport, West Virginia Here's the list of Kmart stores that are closing: Jasper Mall, Jasper, Alabama 2003 US-280, Phenix City, Alabama 3600 Wilson Road, Bakersfield, California 3001 Iowa Ave., Riverside, California 25 West Polk St., Coalinga, California 333 Sierra St., Kingsburg, California 363 S. Broadway, Denver, Colorado 2809 North Ave., Grand Junction, Colorado 45 Shunpike Road, Cromwell, Connecticut 1801 NW US Highway 19, Crystal River, Florida 501 N. Beneva Road, Sarasota, Florida 19400 Cochran Blvd., Port Charlotte, Florida 2111 S. Federal Highway, Ft. Pierce, Florida 1501 Normandy Village Parkway, Jacksonville, Florida 2211 W. Irlo Bronson Memorial Highway, Kissimmee, Florida 4955 Golden Gate Parkway, Naples, Florida 111 Town and Country Drive, Palatka, Florida McGregor Point Shopping Center, Fort Myers, Florida 33 W. Montgomery Cross Road, Savannah, Georgia 3200 Macon Road, Columbus, Georgia 365 Habersham Village Circle, Cornelia, Georgia 1601 Highway 40 East, Kingsland, Georgia 4561 Salt Lake Blvd., Honolulu, Hawaii 2600 Dodge St., Dubuque, Iowa 5700 Gordon Drive, Sioux City, Iowa 3810 University Ave., Waterloo, Iowa 2851 Belt Line Parkway, Alton, Illinois 3655 Nameoki Road, Granite City, Illinois 750 Indian Boundary Road, Chesterton, Indiana 1460 West State Road 2, La Porte, Indiana 4820 S. 4th St., Leavenworth, Kansas 4200 W. Kellogg Dr., Wichita, Kansas 191 Outer Loop, Louisville, Kentucky 2815 West Parrish Ave., Owensboro, Kentucky 1501 Paris Pike, Georgetown, Kentucky 14662 N. US Highway 25 East, Corbin, Kentucky 1710 W. Highway 192, London, Kentucky 3010 Fort Campbell Blvd., Hopkinsville, Kentucky 2945 Scottsville Road, Bowling Green, Kentucky 115 South Airline Highway, Gonzales, Lousiana 1400 S. Clearview Parkway, New Orleans, Louisiana 688 Hogan Road, Bangor, Maine 222 North Point Blvd., Baltimore, Maryland 1130 Newport Ave., South Attleboro, Massachusetts 9 Plaza Way, Fairhaven, Massachusetts 29600 Ford Road, Garden City, Michigan 3555 O'Neill Drive, Jackson, Michigan 1396 South Main St., Adrian, Michigan 5400 S. Cedar St., Lansing, Michigan 1501 E. Apple Ave., Muskegon, Michigan 40855 Ann Arbor Road, Plymouth, Michigan 17580 Frazho Road, Roseville, Michigan 3541 Highland Road, Waterford, Michigan 165 Wayne Road, Westland, Michigan 6455 US 31 North, Acme Township, Michigan 1305 Highway 10 West, Detroit Lakes, Minnesota 1477 State Highway 248, Branson, Missouri 2304 Missouri Blvd., Jefferson City, Missouri 1003 S. Bishop Ave., Rolla, Missouri 3101 S. Glenstone Ave., Springfield, Missouri 6650 Manchester Ave., St Louis, Missouri Rio Mall, Rio Grande, New Jersey 1468 Clementon Road, Clementon, New Jersey 645 Highway 18, East Brunswick, New Jersey 800 Black Horse Pike, Pleasantville, New Jersey 4645 Commercial Drive, New Hartford, New York 10405 S. Eastern Ave., Henderson, Nevada 545 Concord Parkway North, Concord, North Carolina 1931 Skibo Road, Fayetteville, North Carolina 201 N. Berkeley Blvd., Goldsboro, North Carolina 102 New Market, Madison, North Carolina 815 S. College Road, Wilmington, North Carolina 1500 Coshocton Ave., Mount Vernon, Ohio 185 Upper River Road, Gallipolis, Ohio 1005 East Columbus St., Kenton, Ohio 225 West Avenue, New Boston, Ohio I-70 & Mall Road, St. Clairsville, Ohio 3515 N. Maple Ave., Zanesville, Ohio 1284 Brice Road, Reynoldsburg, Ohio 4 East Shawnee St., Muskogee, Oklahoma 5820 Shaffer Road, Dubois, Pennsylvania 1320 E. Grandview Blvd., Erie, Pennsylvania 1890 Fruitville Pike, Lancaster, Pennsylvania 5600 Carlisle Pike US 11, Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania 120 Mall Blvd., Monroeville, Pennsylvania 100 Crossroads Plaza, Mt. Pleasant, Pennsylvania 3801 Clemson Blvd., Anderson, South Carolina 254 Highway 72 Bypass, Greenwood, South Carolina 8571 Rivers Ave., North Charleston, South Carolina 3020 W. 12th St., Sioux Falls , South Dakota 305 W. Economy Road, Morristown, Tennessee 1120 McRae Blvd., El Paso, Texas 9484 Dyer St., El Paso, Texas 1101 Fort Hood St., Killeen, Texas 3061 S. John Redditt Drive, Lufkin, Texas 1153 W. Highway 40, Vernal, Utah 2010 N. Main St., Layton, Utah 1419 Hershberger Road NW, Roanoke, Virginia 3655 Plank Road, Fredericksburg, Virginia 6101 N. Military Highway, Norfolk, Virginia 1355 West Main St., Salem, Virginia 5132 Sixth Ave., Tacoma, Washington 250 Three Springs Drive, Weirton, West Virginia 731 Beverly Pike, Elkins, West Virginia 1050 Division St., Parkersburg, West Virginia 1425 E. Highway 151, Platteville, Wisconsin 2211 S. Green Bay Road, Racine, Wisconsin 1840 Dell Range Blvd., Cheyenne, Wyoming
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I hope my local Macy's doesn't close or I will have to find another Jewelry shop for December 21-23 every year.
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To the best of my knowledge Craftsman doesn't mfg anything rather they market a product under their name (like Radio Shack). I agree the 'base' Craftsman tools as of late are pretty much junk (like Harbor Frt) but their 'professional' branded tools are actually quite good. I think they were being produced by Matco but that may have changed.
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Sears is toast
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It's up to whichever repairman I call to worry about where he buys his tools.
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In fact, Craftsman did make Whitworth. I bought several sets of Whitworth sockets and wrenches in the 60s to do repairs on my 1955 BSA A10. Unfortunately they were stolen along with multiple sets of "old" Craftsman SAE and metrics about 5 years ago. The quality of the recent Craftsman is not good, IMO. Steve |
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