Vanishing Business

[FarmerChick]

What business do you see vanishing now?

I know around me there a ton of closed video stores. Why go to the store to get a video when it is on computers, cable movies, pay per view and Netflix in the mail.

That biz is gone. Went the way of the 8 track LOL


What else do you see vanishing?

 

[curly_kate]

Video stores are disappearing around here, too. The Movie Gallery was replaced by a liquor store, if that tells you anything. There's not really one type of store that's going, but a lot of the junk shops and places that sell candles/lotions/etc are going under. I think people are focusing on the bare necessities. We had a nice little pet store that closed right around Christmas. Couldn't compete with Wal-Mart and Orschelns.

 

[ksalvagno]

We are seeing a lot of mom and pop shops closing up. The video stores closed up around here a while ago.

 

[Wifezilla]

The mom and pop video stores are long gone. Now the chains are going under. Our Hollywood video closed a few months ago. Blockbuster in going next. Everything is redbox.

 

[freemotion]

Restaurants. Some family owned for decades. Car dealerships.

 

[tortoise]

There was a HUGE car dealership that downsized - closed one of their locations a year or 2 ago. Now they are opening another big one in a different location.

Local, there was a little gift shop started in spring that never was successful and closed up this fall. The local art placed closed - the owner retired. Everything is slow this time of year. It's a tourist town - things will pick up in a couple months.

 

[lwheelr]

We work with small businesses. Basically, everything that was on the edge is gone now. Many that were doing well are on the edge, and they run the gamut.

Some of our clients have changed their marketing and business models and have survived, but most either had it together before hand, or didn't.

Gift businesses and personal care are having an especially hard time.

 

[aggieterpkatie]

We see lots of non-essential businesses come and go here in town where I work. Coffee shops, sandwich shops, etc. They open up and within a few months they're gone.

 

[tortoise]

Markets change. Businesses are not meant to last forever. Is it really a bad thing to see a shift in which types of businesses thrive or die?

 

[DrakeMaiden]

A large plant nursery bit the dust near us. They had a large retail section where they sold Christmas decorations and interior decor year-round. That might be the part of the business that dragged the nursery down, since I don't see any other nurseries going out of business.

Several art galleries in touristy/high-end retail districts.