10 Brands That May Disappear in 2011

[quote name='neocisco']Well, I'm confused. You seem to have some kind of insider knowledge T-Mobile has gone out of business since you're speaking in the past tense. Yet my T-Mobile phone is working just fine. How can this be?[/QUOTE]

Maybe he's from the future. I am as well. I can tell you this, at some point in the future Kirsty Alley will become fat again!
 
[quote name='2DMention']Not to mention when you order from places like Digikey, you have to order in bulk.

I don't think I've even set foot in a blockbuster for at least 3 years. :lol:[/QUOTE]

Exactly! I went to one a few months ago for the b1g1 sale on games. However, that was the first time I went there since the last b1g1. :lol:
 
[quote name='IAmTheCheapestGamer']A name change is right, as some companies from yesteryear simply switched gears and some even continued their operations they had in other countries under the same name.

Case in point: Woolworth's

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woolworth's_Department_Store

I know many on here who are younger will be like 'wtf is Woolworth's', but for those people who don't know it was a discount retail chain. Even Kmart came from Kresge's. Scary that I know all of this useless trivial info, but I remember many of these dying/dead chains from when I was a kid.

Anyway, Woolworth's did close down as a chain, but they came back as the Venator Group. What's the Venator Group you might ask?

Two words: Foot Locker

So not every chain dies out completely, as has already been covered in this thread.[/QUOTE]

If you read Sam Walton's book, the Woolworth generation "trained" the Walmart generation. Sam and other Walmart-competitor founders started their careers at Woolworth and the other 5&Dime stores of that era. Woolworth failed to change with the times, and got left behind.
 
[quote name='IAmTheCheapestGamer']
Anyway, Woolworth's did close down as a chain, but they came back as the Venator Group. What's the Venator Group you might ask?

Two words: Foot Locker

So not every chain dies out completely, as has already been covered in this thread.[/QUOTE]

Where I used to live, there was a Woolworth's right across from a new Foot Locker. After Woolworth went away 100%, their store turned into a... FOOT LOCKER! One day I'll take a picture of them. 2 of the same fucking store across the street from each other.
 
[quote name='rp71284'] One day I'll take a picture of them. 2 of the same fucking store across the street from each other.[/QUOTE]

Lewis Black is gonna be pissed.
 
[quote name='Strell']Lewis Black is gonna be pissed.[/QUOTE]


I turn around and what do I see, ANOTHER fucking STARBUCKS!!!!!!!! :bomb:
 
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There are three Gamestops in this area within just a couple of miles, two are within walking distance of each other. Gamestop is the Starbucks of game retailers.
 
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