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Kodiak01 t1_j23xq8d wrote

Reply to comment by yahabbibi in Remember Ames? The department store is returning to New England by nebirah

Then Caldor, Service Merchandise and Steigers.

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sightlab t1_j25iir8 wrote

I never fully understood Service Merchandise's sales model. Was it cheaper to have a showroom in the mall and a big stockroom elsewhere...in the mall?

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Kodiak01 t1_j25lemq wrote

Back then it was. The stockroom was not always in the building however, in some cases things were shipped direct to the customer. The Green Stamps redemption store was the same way.

My father actually belonged to a membership version of one of these clubs in the 90s. You would pay this huge membership fee, then go into a location that was nothing but hundreds of catalogs on the walls. You'd pick out what you wanted, filled out an order form, and it was shipped to you.

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