Episode 134: I will be discussing Highland Superstores and Fretter Electronics Stores. Recap of Last Week’s Posts on Vanished Chicagoland.
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Vanished Chicagoland Stories
From Vanished Chicagoland's Facebook Page, I will write stories about my memories about businesses and events that happened while I was growing up in Chicago.
I listened to your podcast in its entirety. I can get used to this. I enjoy learning about the past, particularly about Chicago and the Suburbs. I’m from Elgin, Illinois.
It’s amazing that Sears was what Amazon is today. In 1969 a replica of the 1902 Sears Roebuck catalog was made. I bought one on Ebay. I went through those pages and spent hours looking at each page and reading the text. I wonder if Amazon will suffer the same fate about 120 years from now. It’s hard to fathom that Amazon could one day suffer the same fate. The only company that can possibly stand to Amazon could be Alibaba and they’re from China but they don’t have the logistics yet.