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Another One Bites the Dust: The Final Days of Bob's Stores.

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Join me as I take a tour of the Bob's Stores in Manchester, Connecticut and Simsbury, Connecticut before they close forever.
** Update. The news sources I found indicated that the last day open would be July 14, 2024. However, this may be incorrect. **
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21 авг 2024

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@fleabittenadventures Месяц назад

UPDATE: The news sources I read indicated that Bob's Stores was closing for good on 07/14/2024. However, some people are telling me that this is not correct and it may not be closing until August or September 2024. I have not been able to confirm this one way or the other though. Sorry for any confusion. Thanks!

@toddgelineau6536 Месяц назад

They haven’t announced a closing date. July 14 was the last day for exchanges and for gift cards to be honored. I’m assuming they will announce closing dates when inventory gets low enough. That will also likely be when they start selling off fixtures. Liquidation companies are usually hired to handle these types of closures and they always follow the same pattern. I would think the liquidation companies are required to satisfy the bankruptcy court they are not hiding assets that could be used to pay back creditors.

@Nervous101 Месяц назад

well either way its closing

@druxpack8531 Месяц назад

Bob’s should merge with Dick’s…the meme’s that would result from the new name combinations would be epic.

@andyk192 Месяц назад

Oh wow, I didn't realize there was any more BOB's stores left at all. This will be an interesting one!

@michaelpalm2210 Месяц назад

still have one in Middleton,Massachusetts

@IamNiggler 29 дней назад

What's up Tim

@davoflatts7917 17 дней назад

@@michaelpalm2210I live literally a 2 minute walk from that one. That one’s closing too

@MichaelPeret Месяц назад

A Bob's Store moved into the former Christmas Tree Shops at the Holyoke Mall a couple years ago. Sad that it's going to be vacant again. Anchor stores are becoming harder and harder for malls to fill.

@sped3989 Месяц назад

It just opened last year actually. Lasted just over a year.

@TRJ2241987 18 дней назад

@@sped3989 yep it was a deadstock sports store two years ago. They had finally just put up actual signage for the Bob's Store (not just a banner) literally a couple months ago

@daewooparts Месяц назад

Watch the Bob's get replaced by a Bob's Discount furniture store 😄

@hypermarketed Месяц назад

I really wonder how many people actually even know about Bob's. Thanks for the video. Cheers!

@Avenue72nd Месяц назад

I heard the news and thought they meant Bob's Furniture cause I have never heard of Bob's Store. Thanks 4 that information.

@josephn.schneiderman8512 20 дней назад

Bob's Stores had been in Simsbury for 30 years. Before 1999, the plaza was the Farmington Valley Mall. Stop and Shop, Bradlees, D&L, KayBee Toys, and others were the main stores, along with a host of other small ones. Bradlees and D&L closed at about the same time (1992) and Bob's moved in afterwards, along with a renovated Super Stop and Shop. In 1994-1995, Avon Marketplace opened next door. 1999-2001, the plaza became Simsbury Commons. Bob's remained as an anchor store, along with Borders Bookstores, 3D Bed Bath (later Bed, Bath and Beyond), Stop and Shop, Chili's a renovated Walgreens (which used to be 24 hours until September 2017, it should be again) and others. I wonder if Simsbury Commons is starting to die. Thanks for sharing.

@davidjnichisti1108 Месяц назад

I remember Bob's Surplus, the original store in Middletown, back in the 80's. Mom used to take us there to buy us back to school cloths. Those were the days.

@gicedrat514 29 дней назад

I used to go to that store in the 70's

@dauwis1971 5 дней назад

Farmington Valley Mall ! I grew up in Simsbury and worked at Kay-Bee Toys back in the late 80s-early 90s. Good Times !

@AndyK6868 Месяц назад

Thanks for the video! I worked for Bob’s for many years. I worked in the Enfield and Manchester(originally on N. Main St.) stores and the corporate office in Meriden. Bob’s was very popular from the late 70s into the early 90s. The seasonal “flyer” sales were insanely busy. It was a great place to work with great people. Very sad for everyone that lost their jobs. The real decline was when key vendors like Nike started restricting which retailers carried their products and restricting discounting. Grateful for my time there.

@salem7699 6 дней назад

I have a weirdly distinct set of memories with Bob's. This was always my mom's favorite place to go for clothes since the coupons they used to give out offered weirdly deep discounts on entire transactions. Most of my school clothes growing up came from this store!

@joannereall2097 Месяц назад

I worked at the Bos's Stores in Enfield,CT in the 80's and early 90's when it was only 6 stores and it was great. We carried regular clothing and footwear in addition to sports wear and it was always busy, especially during our sales. Once the stores were sold to the Melville Corporation, they opened a lot more stores in a short time . I believe this may have been the beginning of their downfall. I hope all of those employees are able to find a job quickly. Good luck to everyone.

@shogun7664 Месяц назад

You should come and take a look at our Bobs in Waterbury Connecticut

@MooseBme 28 дней назад

Cool, THANKS!

@johnfronczek2658 Месяц назад

I’m originally from Connecticut and I remember Bob’s Stores.

@SHADOSTRYKR 2 часа назад

Both of them seem like pop up stores akin to a Spirit Halloween. Everything from the fixtures to the signage seems temporary, and I guess it was!

@Scrappy909 11 дней назад

My wife is a manager at BOBs and her last day is September 30th in Hamden CT.

@jerryabrowne Месяц назад

All those discounts and still there nobody in the store. Their sale prices were higher than competitors everyday prices. I remember Bob's Surplus in Middletown where we got the winter parkas with the furry fringe on the hood.

@7SMITE Месяц назад

I remember when the Bobs Store in Manchester just opened up back when I was 16 or 17. It felt like it had just been opened not too long ago and now they're going out of business. Sucks to see it go so soon.

@stephenarivers Месяц назад

Bob's was a CT institution and I'm sad to see it go. They never adjusted post-pandemic, and once they merged with Eastern Mountain Sports the prices on everything went up. I remember I would pick-up a hat and a t-shirt for my favorite sports teams each season and it would cost about $40. Post-pandemic it was $80. It's wasn't worth the trip when Amazon still had low prices.

@tdhawk167 14 дней назад

Oh, no, didnt realize. Love their Eastern Mountain

@DanknDerpyGamer Месяц назад

Jeez, I hadn't heard the name BOB'S in a long, long time! I didn't even know they were still in business (until now)!

@Ralphie224 Месяц назад

So.....sounds like their 40% off price is just a little below Amazon's....???...they are not then anxious to sell all their stock..perhaps they have another buyer to take it all....or to take a tax break for what is left over.......thanks .......

@jenniferinsalaco5790 Месяц назад

I'm from Connecticut, I'm going to miss this store

@Jonny4384 Месяц назад

We don't have a Bob's Store in Cansda (that I know of, but it reminds me a lot of Mark's Work Warehouse! Thanks for another great video!

@Buc_Stops_Here 8 дней назад

The one in Danbury closed about a year ago. We used to buy a lot of our athletic wear from these stores. Guess they just could not compete with Amazon and everything else online anymore.

@xschx1 Месяц назад

This is weird because the Manchester Bob's was next to Best Buy I'm the next Plaza. They went out of business then, had a complete sale selling all fixtures and everything. Then I see it open in the mall here at the old Dick's Sporting Goods. Weird it closed so quickly but it is a huge store and the mall isn't busy. I used to go to Bob's as a kid in Manchester when it was in a much smaller store, the shoes were in the basement, when you could get converse for $20 or less a pair.

@frauwolftherehorse Месяц назад

IMPRACTICAL JOKERS: " Rob slobbed on Bob's Cobb. Rob slobbed on Bob's cobb. Bob's cobb! Bob's cobb!"..... LMBO

@itjonesy 29 дней назад

In southington we had a bobs that opened this year. by years end it closes 😭

@TheTinybubbles1 27 дней назад

wow i have not been to bobs manchester since i worked buckland hills mall ty

@myatypicalworld Месяц назад

Great channel! What do you use to film with? I saw both of your hands pick up the pack of undershirts. GoPro?

@fleabittenadventures Месяц назад

Yes, GoPro attached to my chest with a Snap Mount. Thanks for watching!

@sped6954 28 дней назад

I had no idea they came back. The last I saw of Bob's Stores was that location at Buckland Hills Dr and Slater St, across Slater from Best Buy and next door in the same plaza as PC Richard, which is where Circuit City was. When did Dick's move down to Tolland Tpke? I'm trying to remember where Dick's was before this, but I do remeber them relocating the store from wherever it was to the Buckland Mall, so they've been in three different locations in Manchester in just the last 20 years. When the Bob's at Buckland Hills and Slater closed several years ago, I thought that was it, the end, no more, buh-bye now, see ya wouldn't wanna be ya, we're out. That sucks that they weren't able to make it work this time around.

@clintonmccool2330 4 дня назад

Never shopped there. Their prices always seemed to be crazy high.

@MoonwolfeConsulting Месяц назад

Definitely no great loss. Prices at their "Going Out of Business Sale," were grossly inflated. Even with their "deep" discounts, prices were far higher than normal.

@xschx1 Месяц назад

Most of the time a liquidation company takes over and basically owns and controls the merchandise. They usually set all the prices back to normal from any sale prices, so they are all the inflated ticket prices, and then just do weekly percentage off hikes. Like how Sears always played the game where clothes were on sale 1/2 price from day one to make it seem like you were getting a deal, they just inflated the price tags. JC penny played the same game, and look what happened to all of them. When the other Bob's Manchester location closed, the last day everything was 90-95% off and they still had jeans left which was a steal at a few dollars each for Levi's. I grabbed some and then some guy came in with a cart and grabbed the entire rack and the store was officially sold out

@toddgelineau6536 Месяц назад

Bobs lost its way over the years. They were originally a discount/close out store offering really low prices. They gradually became a lot like EbLens aside from the more elaborate store decor at EbLens. It’s not a surprise that both EbLens and Bob’s are going out of business.

@Glitteringmoonstone2022 27 дней назад

I have seen Bob's maybe went into twice and I always wondered how the h*ll they stayed in business. When they closed the one year me I was surprised when they moved it to the mall. It is an end of an era

@SwimminWitDaFishies 24 дня назад

Very sad ... can't believe that a store like this cannot make it. It's not like they're selling trendy stuff that no one wants.

@mrmellow77 Месяц назад

An interesting layout to that particular store with the vacant, unchanged lower level. Sad this store didn't even make it to two years. For most of my middle and high school years, Bob's was the store I'd mainly go to for back-to-school shopping. I stopped at the Hamden location last week. The vibe there was sad. Picked up a couple things for old time's sake.

@Foxonian Месяц назад

It's been years since I had a good pair of Chippewa boots. Normally, they are ridiculously expensive. Now I am kicking myself for not going down to check out Bob's during the closing sale.

@Clipeuh Месяц назад

oh no not bob's store. why is it that everytime i hear of a new store on youtube its bankruptcy videos

@e815usa 20 дней назад

For some reason I thought they all closed years ago. I think all the ones in NJ are long gone.

@deirdretaylor3105 17 дней назад

Our Bob’s Store closed either 2022 or 2023 maybe even 2021

@OriginalNethead Месяц назад

I never even tried shopping in Bob's. As a woman who wears size 12N sneaks, plus size bottoms and tall-sized shirts, there was never any point. Mens' shoes, if you're wondering, start at falling-off wide. The jacked up base prices are expected, and they probably brought in merch that was never in the store to begin with. Sears did that in West Hartford. Those stores look like they'll be open for a while yet. I don't see any liquidator merch in the store yet.

@qazmatron 9 дней назад

When I went to my local Bob's Store in close-out, it had many fine men's hiking shoes in stock, up to size 14.

@andrewdunn49ers Месяц назад

Wow. This was brand new location after Dick’s left for Burr Corners. An odd move to me because I’d prefer going to the mall location.

@jamesallen2985 Месяц назад

I live in Manchester and I thought Bob’s closed years ago.

@EDVERSiTY Месяц назад

I theorize they're dropping the brand to just be Eastern Mountain Sports instead of two companies.

@ScareFestTTV Месяц назад

I don't umderstand why you would be expanding into several new locations when you owe millions in creditors. You think youd try to make your existing stores profitable not expand with more expense into more 🤔🤔🤔

@madmerlot841 Месяц назад

All the Bob's Stores closed rather suddenly. I thought that was very weird. The source of their funding must have went belly up quick. The closest Bob's Store near me was in Franklin, MA. I never shopped at one. The chain seems to have a history of questionable capital management. The high interest rates must have been the final straw. Not many regional retail chains left. I used to work at The Fair many year ago.

@ajcap Месяц назад

We have one in Cranston RI, near me. I thought someone just bought them and they were just changing a bit?

@kylestraveljournal Месяц назад

I hate people have to lose jobs and another place goes out of business. Yet every time you go to one of these stores they either have low stock or nothing in your size. I can't feel bad for the companies, you put these places in hot water with understocked stories with bare bones crews. I can order online and have all sizes and get them in a few days while not leaving my house. It's turning into an easy choice, why waste the gas and time when you leave with nothing 80% of the time.