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@zerocooler72 жыл бұрын
I shopped at Caldor. I liked having more shopping choices than what are available today.
@billybarnett28463 жыл бұрын
I miss Caldor. Last thing I bought there was a weed eater a little while before it closed. Still using it today.
@m-tron59663 жыл бұрын
There was a Caldor in the Warwick Mall in Rhode Island, I would walk around that store every week for like 10 years
@lejf572 жыл бұрын
I worked in that Warwick Mall store for about ten years until they closed in 1999.
@bjv934 жыл бұрын
This seems like one of those stores that should have definitely still been around today. So unique looking and cool, I've never been but would totally go if I was around back then.
@PostMortar4 жыл бұрын
For sure. A similar chain was Zellers, a Canadian chain which went out of business in 2013, so Caldor definitely could have stuck around. Too many management changes, much like Venture, is my diagnosis.
@Charmedone98053 жыл бұрын
Had they stayed with May they could have lasted longer, they should have kept the discount division since dept stores are dying. Caldor stroes were like what Target is today.
@PostMortar3 жыл бұрын
I believe that Caldor would have suffered financial pressures with or without May. They would've just been afforded a little more time, before the inevitabilities of a bankruptcy due to competition. In unprecedented failure of prediction, May wanted to get out of discount and focus on their department stores.
@retailadventures63 жыл бұрын
Alex Nuelle Can you do ames and zayre?
@retailadventures63 жыл бұрын
Alex Nuelle and jamesway.
@bearsguy1902 жыл бұрын
I love this. Caldor was my first job in Poughkeepsie, NY
@Charmedone98053 жыл бұрын
caldor was target before target came to the northeast. Even during the end the stores were nice i wish they lasted longer vs bradlees and ames
@BearKlaw3 жыл бұрын
Lol plus their favorite color was red
@jamescampanaro37622 жыл бұрын
I have a Caldor tee!
@jetman80pops3 жыл бұрын
Caldor and Jamesway both bring back thoughts of childhood.
@LandoHitman3 жыл бұрын
Such a great video. I remember going to Caldors when I was a kid on Long Island
@OGSuki.3 жыл бұрын
Omg, I love this! I never knew the first store was opened in my area. I used to love visiting this store and riding the carousel, as a child. 🥰 Thank you!!
@jamescampanaro37622 жыл бұрын
Yes! I remember the carousel 🎠
@prestinahenderson29594 жыл бұрын
Well Done! 🍿
@invictus843 жыл бұрын
They had a really great toy section. Never any empty shelves
@jamescampanaro37622 жыл бұрын
There where a few stores in my area. I remember 2 on the Westside of Rochester, NY.
@JohnJones-oy3md2 жыл бұрын
RIP Carl Bennett - he just passed away in December 2021 at age 101.
@joeybaseball73522 жыл бұрын
It's kinda weird. Because he was a rich man, who lived a very long life. But it must've hurt to see his empire that he created from the ground up, crumble the way it did. But on the other hand, he was rich, and retired, and had many more years to live, so it's possible that he couldn't care less. He got his money, and got out while they were white hot.
@Gil-jw3om3 жыл бұрын
Shopped Caldor when I lived in Rhode Island in late 80's until 1991
@tvmattkc3 жыл бұрын
Caldor sounds like the name of a He-Man villain.
@IAmAnEvilTaco3 жыл бұрын
Ironically, when I was a kid we bought all of our he-man toys at caldor.
@TimurD19053 жыл бұрын
Hey Alex, thanks for doing this video! I really miss Caldor, they were my favorite retailer from back in the day and still is. It's a shame, they could have lasted longer if Carl Bennett didn't retire. The changing of new ownerships didn't make things any better and made it worse for them. I filmed an abandoned Caldor in Middletown, NY and I believe is the only one left that is abandoned, which is insane. I just wish someone bought them out again and revived the retail chain but obviously it's too late for that to happen, Walmart and Amazon have killed off a lot of these nice retail stores. Pretty sad situation
@jamescampanaro37622 жыл бұрын
There were too many of similar stores in areas in the 80’s/90’s. Especially in the northeast. Caldor, K-Mart, Walmart, Zayre, Ames, Hills etc.
@thegentleman90 Жыл бұрын
OMG Caldor, Ames, Zayres...I remember those stores back in the day.
@Melissa20873 жыл бұрын
I miss Caldor :-( I use to go there all the time with my mom
@joeybaseball73522 жыл бұрын
I grew up in Long Island, and I was very young when they shut down. But I remember loving the place because of all the coin operated rides and games they had up front. I don't remember the store layout whatsoever. But I remember always getting excited when my mom said we were going to Caldor, because it meant I got to ride the horsey. And to a little kid, that is so much fun.
@orbitalframe3484 жыл бұрын
well done!
@retailguy2473 жыл бұрын
I feel like Caldor would've lasted longer if they never got bought by May Co. They tried to turn a discount store into a department store
@bartman12383 жыл бұрын
Venture was started by mays
@davidw35343 жыл бұрын
Bradlees didn’t declare bankruptcy the same year as Caldor. Bradlees went chapter 11 in 1995 and then it’s second and final bankruptcy filing was in 2001. Caldor declared bankruptcy in 1999.
@ThisIsThePlanet3 жыл бұрын
Amazing research and production quality! Keep it up!
@PostMortar3 жыл бұрын
Thank you! Same to you!
@tarawilson38762 жыл бұрын
Caldor was the Store Wish they bring it back
@stevejohnson13212 жыл бұрын
I remember around 1987, Caldor phased out quite a few of their small electronics. I timed the markdowns and cleaned up, including a Sony radio for $3 I still use today. Here in northeast we also had the Fair, which carried similar product quality. I don't necessarily miss the stores, but we have fewer choices today.
@mymomsaysimcool96503 жыл бұрын
Had to look up what a Caldor was. Heard it at the beginning of Cinemassacre Rental Review vids.
@PostMortar3 жыл бұрын
That's too funny. Rental Reviews is one of the things that finally pushed me to make a video for the company. I hope James sees it sometime, then it would come full circle.
@IAmAnEvilTaco3 жыл бұрын
I feel like this is another channel I’m going to sub to, and look at in a month to notice it’s hit 500k subs. The quality here is way beyond the sub count.
@bigkahunaburger51853 жыл бұрын
Great work!! You will have plenty of material over the coming years. PE firms can’t wait to get their hands on struggling businesses so they can ruin them.
@jamescampanaro37622 жыл бұрын
I liked Caldor. My mom bought me a Flintstones beach towel when I was about 5/6. Similar to Ames or KMart.
@HackTheMovies4 жыл бұрын
YES
@jlovebirch3 жыл бұрын
Great docu. Caldor was a big part of my home town (Wilton, CT) since the early 60s. Was sorry to see it close down and reopen as (you guessed it) another Walmart.
@bellacat8183 жыл бұрын
I grew up in Waterbury, CT. My old Caldor is a gym.
@explorewithraynickomacands58963 жыл бұрын
Grew up in Meriden Ct. Our Wallingford Ct location is now a Kohls.
@TimurD19053 жыл бұрын
@@bellacat818 I heard part of that Caldor is still abandoned, is that true?
@undergroundretail3 жыл бұрын
🔥
@askiahuisar84053 жыл бұрын
These are really great videos I hope you keep making them
@PostMortar3 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much! I will! Hope you keep watching!
@thomdarling2 жыл бұрын
I remember Calder when I lived in CT 🥰
@walkingcontradiction2233 жыл бұрын
Wait... Caldor is an actual chain? I thought there was only the one in the Vorhees Memorial Shopping Center... Mind = Blown.
@PostMortar3 жыл бұрын
Seems like Vorhees Memorial has the last one in the country.
@rayray6490 Жыл бұрын
Caldor, Bradley’s, Woolworth….RIP
@irenebrophy3284 Жыл бұрын
Lechmere also!
@DMBisAwesome2 жыл бұрын
Your videos are way too high quality for your number of subscribers. Excellent editing, good research, great voice and cadence w/good mic quality. Please research how to increase your view count. Network w/anyone who will talk to you with experience and ask for advice. Implement tracking metrics, anything to get traction. All it takes is 1 big mainstream vid. Thanks for the content.
@PostMortar2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for the kind words!! You’re right. Knowing the right people and/or getting a hit video is really all it takes. Thank YOU for watching!
@speerrituall13 жыл бұрын
Caldor didn’t update with the times. The products sold didn’t reflect the diversity of the area of locations. Then along came Target, the death of them.
@chrislemaster26952 жыл бұрын
Caldor/Venture was supposed to be merged with May (Macy's) Company.
@PostMortar2 жыл бұрын
That definitely would’ve bought them some time. However, I’m sure Macy’s would’ve run them into the ground eventually, probably converting them over to their brand. We could’ve seen Macy’s superstores, like Kohl’s with more square footage.
@odetoheckxd.3 жыл бұрын
months later caldor became a name of a fire
@PostMortar3 жыл бұрын
It's even crazier because of the Caldor store that burned down. Yikes.
@kennethsouthard6042 Жыл бұрын
Kmart part of the Big 3? Yes it was, but Kmart was long dead when this video was put up.
@PostMortar Жыл бұрын
That’s kind of the whole point of this channel. Caldor was dead even earlier, yet this video is about them.
@thedude50102 жыл бұрын
Doesn’t Southeastern supermarket Publix have an oddly similar slogan to Calder.
@PostMortar2 жыл бұрын
In 1954, Publix’s slogan became “Where Shopping is a Pleasure.” Shortly after Caldor was founded. It’s possible it was the inspiration. Although, the Bennett’s probably never shopped at Publix.
@LBKidsGaming7 ай бұрын
They could have definitely survived & been the number 4 national chain & even entering new markets like Canada, Mexico & Australia. Starting with opening up in the rest of new England more majorly like Massachusetts, New Hampshire & Maine with "new concept" stores from the USA Fanon wiki (just tweaked) which would operate in bigger stores around the same size as Super Kmart Centers & include A Toy Department, Electronics Center, A Grocery area (Doesn't have to be that big since its a traditional discounter) but the Grocery ares should include a Deli, Bakery & Cremery aswell. Along with a food court of 3 - 6 restaurants that would mix between Caldor Discount Stores include: Dunkin’, McDonald's, Burger King, Tim Hortons, Popeyes, Wendy's, Subway, TCBY, Dairy Queen, Cinnabon, Taco Bell, KFC, Wayback Burgers, Charley's Philly Steaks, Shake Shack, Arby’s, Chick-fil-A, Sonic Jack in the Box, Hardee’s, Domino’s, Whataburger, Checkers, Krystal, Starbucks, Wetzels Pretzels, Culver’s & Pizza Hut Express. These food courts would be in the back of the stores like where the employees areas & the loading shipment docks are unlike the mini malls infront of the stores like Wal-Mart, TARGET & Kmart. Also differnt from theirs is they have no official 'Food Court' in those stores they are all like Shops that arent connected, in Caldor they would be more similar to a malls food court where all the restaurants are lined up & you can sit down in the middle with youre friends & family or by yourself. More convenient too since you can do youre traditional shopping & order off 3 - 6 different menus while not having to worry about all the downsides to malls. The new concept would also include a Photography Center, a Floral, Pharmacy, Customer Service & Return desk & whatever mini stores that wanna move in those lots where the mini malls in most stores are. The concept would also include a Caldor Rainbow Auto Center which uses its old rainbow over the newly created logo just instead of saying simply Caldor, it says Caldor Rainbow Auto Center. With a tire service & everything you expect from an Auto Center basically, a Garden Center which would bring the life of beatifil nature to their stores & bring things like Decor, Appliances, Cookware & more as a more prominent part of their stores. Half of their nee stires would also have an underground level/levels. This change would probably happen a little later since it didn't majorly start until they were years past from permanently closing but, getting a new logo & new storefront & inside design would definitely help their stores out. That's how I think Caldor could have majorly succeeded in the US & potential Markets today.
@JohnJones-oy3md2 жыл бұрын
7:26 - Chloë Sevigny before she was discovered
@joeybaseball73522 жыл бұрын
How do you know?
@markstrouse31012 жыл бұрын
Can you please do Bradlees, Kmart, Sears, clover, Ames, hills, jamesway Love your videos
@PostMortar2 жыл бұрын
Thanks!! Bradlees, Ames, Hills, and Jamesway have appeared in viewer polls. I’ll ask people if they want them again in the near future. So make sure you vote!
@markstrouse31012 жыл бұрын
@@PostMortar I forgot 1, two guys department store too
@trevonpernell0814 Жыл бұрын
If only Carl Bennett stayed on as Chairman at least...
@leeannfrohn882 жыл бұрын
Actually my mom's water broke at Caldor May 2nd 1997 LOL
@vernonharley3 жыл бұрын
Sears set Caldor on fire!!!!!! loljk
@jasondiaz8431 Жыл бұрын
Does anyone remember Pergament
@lil_lyrix3 жыл бұрын
Remember me when your famous lmfao
@scottburton97017 ай бұрын
There was a Caldor in my hometown of Fairfield,CT-Sorry that franchise no longer exists.