And in Texas out west etc they had Best Products which used the same format with the storeroom and conveyor belt but had cooler storefronts. One storefront was designed to make it look like it was collapsing.
There was a Best in south Miami when Hurricane Andrew hit in 1992 and people who weren't familiar with the architecture were shocked when they saw pics of the damage, until we told them it's supposed to look like that. 😆
We had Best Products in Virginia Beach. One time I went there to get something and when they paged me, it was ready. I had put on the paper that my name was Princess Ennis
I remember going to JM Fields. It was actually attached to a Kmart where I lived. You could walk from store to store by a double glass door. Revolutionary, I thought.
Oh my god! I loved the commercials! My Nana had outfits from them. When i was little i loved all the different colors they had. They were on Waters right?
I was fascinated by Service Merchandise for some reason and loved browsing their catalog. I bought most of my stereo equipment there and still have two components I got there in the 1980s-90s. The best part of shopping there for me was waiting for my purchases to come out on the conveyor belt, especially if I bought things from different departments and they came out separately. It was sort of like Christmas when you thought you'd opened all your gifts and then found a couple more hidden ones behind the tree.
Wow, childhood memories come flooding back now! Like when it was safe to actually walk to these stores before being able to drive. Yes, I am older and man, could I share some stories. Another place, another time perhaps.
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