forgotten retail stores that no longer exist

[Cleavy]

just a follow up on Timezone, they're expanding. I guess Bartronica is proof there's still a market for video game arcades.

http://www.news.com.au/technology/h...a/news-story/c4d6c3f3bf8a25c8e8a34309f3e10e16

 

[brucetiki]

just a follow up on Timezone, they're expanding. I guess Bartronica is proof there's still a market for video game arcades.

http://www.news.com.au/technology/h...a/news-story/c4d6c3f3bf8a25c8e8a34309f3e10e16

In Adelaide we have GameRoom Essentials, which is predominantly a collection of original retro arcade games, and some of the retro consoles (also has some Xbox 360 consoles too). Originally was in a disused factory office, but the local council shut him down (a few stories circling around about the council's motive for closing it down). Moved to a former Blockbuster (albeit much smaller) for a few months, then spent a few months in a disused bowling alley before Aldi snapped up the space and is back at the ex-Blockbuster.

https://www.facebook.com/GameRoomEssentials/?fref=ts

 

[Spongebob]

Allphones hanging up on their business.


http://www.theage.com.au/business/1...goes-into-administration-20170206-gu6lo2.html

 

[cartel]

Was thinking the other day that nobody really goes to crazy johns or a local insependent shop, most people I know go in store to buy a phone from a shop owned by a network. Or a few online.

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[MrNatural]

McEwans hardware
Not a retail store, but i remember ads for it

 

[brucetiki]

McEwans hardware
Not a retail store, but i remember ads for it

Didn't Bunnings take them over.

Mustn't have had a good sausage sizzle...

 

[Cleavy]

Didn't Bunnings take them over.

Mustn't have had a good sausage sizzle...

but my local one used to have an ice cream van in the car park

 

[Bunk Moreland]

Didn't Bunnings take them over.

Mustn't have had a good sausage sizzle...

Yep Bunnings bought em.

Then bought BBC and Hardwarehouse, and now Homebase in the U.K.

 

[The_Reaper]

Feels like Red Rooster is starting to close down over here.

 

[Beerfish]

Feels like Red Rooster is starting to close down over here.

I just read last week they're going to be gunning for Dominos in the home delivery stakes.

 

[Plugger35]

Yeah I thought Red Rooster were expanding if anything, Chicken Treat seems to be the fast food chain that's dying out here.

 

[Beerfish]

Yeah I thought Red Rooster were expanding if anything, Chicken Treat seems to be the fast food chain that's dying out here.

Yep. That Chicken Treat on the corner of Stock and Marmion has become a RR.

 

[Plugger35]

Yep. That Chicken Treat on the corner of Stock and Marmion has become a RR.

Same with the Chicken Treat that was at the Innaloo shopping centre.

 

[Spongebob]

Chicken Treat and Red Rooster are part of the same company. Perhaps closing the brand.

RR is supposed to be renovating their stores as part of their growth strategy.

 

[brucetiki]

Yeah I thought Red Rooster were expanding if anything, Chicken Treat seems to be the fast food chain that's dying out here.

I thought that too but my local one just closed, and I haven't seen a new one open in years. I think Adelaide's down to single digit Red Rooster stores now.

 

[Maggie5]

Waltons department store
Guest furniture
The famous Georges of Collins street
I used to love McEwans that someone has already mentioned.
Sorry if already mentioned.

 

[BORK]

Red Rooster..

 

[Cleavy]

Barnacle Bill's seafood restaurant

 

[MarcusP2]

Barnacle Bill's seafood restaurant

Going strong in SA.

 

[MWPP]

I miss Borders

 

[Gough]

I miss Borders

The Borders in Adelaide was a real mixed bag, some sections were superb, and really well curated. The sports section was so bad that if I was in there I'd clean it up.

 

[MWPP]

The Borders in Adelaide was a real mixed bag, some sections were superb, and really well curated. The sports section was so bad that if I was in there I'd clean it up.

The only (Aussie) Borders I went to was the Perth one - and I loved it
The chairs were so comfy to curl up into (with a book)
I was always more into Fiction (Young Adult, Classics , Fantasy) , but I still read my fair share of non-fiction (mostly autobiographies )
Boffins has helped fill the void (has books that are hard to find at Dymocks etc ) , but it's not the same

 

[RedmanWasHere]

I miss Borders at Chaddy.

Magazines, CD's, cassettes, magazines and a cafe.

Felt more like a library than anything else.

 

[Smeg Head]

There was one at Southlands in Willetton last time I checked.. which admittedly was probably almost 10 years ago now. Used to be at Carousel too before Donut King took over but that was a long time ago in a Carousel far, far away now.

Its my local, and there hasnt been one there for over a decade. Those talking about Action a little while back, the Woolies in Southlands was a big Action before all the little supermarkets got eaten up into IGA, with some of the biggest sites (like this) going to the big 2.

Edit: Caught up to this page, I went away for a few weeks in 2013 and came back to the horror that the Southlands CT had closed down.

 

[Xtreme]

I miss Borders at Chaddy.

Magazines, CD's, cassettes, magazines and a cafe.

Felt more like a library than anything else.

Borders was great, I get my hard to find cds from amazon and hard to find books from bookdepository these days.