Sears Lufkin Mall, Lufkin Texas RIP January 2018

Here we are at the Lufkin Sears which is on the most recent store closure list, which will see 63 total stores closed in Jan 2018. This is the smallest Sears store I have been to with all of the departments that a major Sears store has. Not pictured is the home and mattress department. These photos are from earlier in 2017 and may be updated before the store closes. 

This Sears normally closed an hour before the mall did even on this Saturday night. 

The former electronics department was filled with odds and ends. A small selection of electronics still remained, but was later moved a few feet over into the Men's department.

As you can see that sign probably fell off the wall and was just left there behind the vacuums.

The selection of tools, appliances, and lawn equipment filled about 50% of the store space.

This store has an attached auto center and a few aisle of automotive items.

These are a good idea, but I hardly see anyone using them at Sears or Kmart. Missing a chair probably doesn't help this one to attract attention. 

Shoes and Mensware

A look at the rest of the store with Womensware and Children's clothing further down. The mall entrance is to the far left.

These were taken a few weeks later after the electronics were moved to the Men's department. 

More appliances filled the former electronics department a few weeks later as well.

RIP Parkdale Macy's Beaumont Texas

Here is a nice newer former Foleys store that closed in March of 2017. The store was formerly a Montgomery Ward that was extensively remodeled to become a Foleys store which opened in August 2002. The store had a second level that had been closed to the public not long after Macys took the store over. 

For more information about the store and how it was built click here.

The mall entrance to the store. The neighboring Ashley Furniture is also leaving the mall for a different space.

Looking at how nice this store was designed, it is hard to imagine how this store did not perform up to company standards. It did not even last 15 years, in a nearly full mall. The mall is in the main shopping district of town and doing well, why did this store not succeed? 

I had only visited this store maybe 5 times while it was open before and after the second floor was closed off. It was a typical Foley's and Macy's store nothing special about it. 

This is like a creepy version of build a bear workshops, build your own mannequin.

There were a ton of fixtures available at this store. I guess the closed off second floor became a dumping ground for old fixtures. 

It was hard to get a shot of the closed off second floor, so here is the best I could do. 

This was just too funny, a couple of mannequins looking like they are talking about something.

A view of the front cosmetics and jewelry areas at the mall entrance.