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Assorted bulbs were a dollar. Keyed sockets, wrinkled garland bows and table saw blades were trailing in red cardboard bins. Three undecorated artificial Christmas trees were on the backside empty of what had been the fitness equipment, outdoor furniture and Craftsman tools sales area, close to home. a single stainless steel refrigerator.
Meanwhile, quality jewelery and watches have been grouped into two showcases and women's sleepwear racks have been reduced by at least 75%.
On the black Friday morning, what remained of inventory at Sears' Glenbrook Square store sparked little interest among some buyers – and deep regret among others.
Briana Boyer, 19, and Kelsey Heller, 20, from Kendallville, had cut the store before arriving at the semi-empty parking lot in front of Sears. Heller wore a bag of Victoria's Secret.
"I think my mom cares more than me," she said about the closing of a once flourishing department store. The posted signs indicated that the store would close for Sunday, with even the devices available for liquidation.
"My parents mostly (care) – they are the ones who have shopped here often," Boyer added.
Sears announced in August that the Glenbrook site, opened since 1966, had been identified as one of the newest unprofitable sites and is expected to close by the end of the month. The store was among the 46 Sears and Kmart stores in the last round of closings announced by the economically failing retailer.
Glenbrook's auto repair center had to close earlier and had brown-paper windows covered for about two weeks.
The 125-year-old retailer has been in Fort Wayne for decades. Sears has opened the Glenbrook site as one of the anchors of the mall.
In 1953, Sears left downtown to settle on Rudisill Boulevard and Clinton Street. After the opening of Southtown Mall in 1969, Sears had a store there until 2002. This store closed after the disappearance of the International Harvester and the negligence of the shopping center property.
In 1944, Sears, then Sears Roebuck, announced the news when a fire broke out at 113 E. Berry Street. A firefighter was injured by a beam. A damaged brick wall then fell on the Fort Wayne National Bank. build in the alley, causing at least a fatality.
Sears is one of two anchors at Glenbrook – Carson also closed earlier this year. Two other nearby anchors, Toys R Us and Babies R Us, have also closed.
Sears still maintains stores from its hometown selection in Angola, Columbia City, Goshen, Kendallville, Plymouth and Warsaw. The nearest full-service Sears will now be in Mishawaka at University Park Mall.
This store opened at 5 am for Black Friday, but a report in the South Bend Tribune indicates that the store, whose merchandise declined, had been scheduled earlier this year for an auction that apparently did not occurred.
Officials have not commented on the fate of the auction after its postponement to May 21 and withdrawal from the auction schedule, according to the Tribune.
Sears Holdings announced a net loss of $ 424 million in the first quarter of 2018 – something Faye McManama, 70, of South Whitley, can not understand.
Her family shopped at Sears "all our lives," she said. They bought everything from appliances to clothes.
On Friday, she was looking for "a bit of everything," she said. "Today, we are looking for sweaters, shoes and boots. These are the last days of Sears and it's too bad.
Shirley Sarll and her husband, Jack Sarll, both 67, traveled from New Haven to Glenbrook for some Black Friday shopping. But they did not plan to buy anything from Sears, even though the store had served them for years – everything from grass eaters to clothes.
Jack Sarll even said he adapted to the new era of retail by ordering items online from Sears and picking them up at the store. "I liked that," he says.
Shirley Sarll said that shopping in Glenbrook would not be the same with the end of Sears.
"It's depressing," she said. "Very depressing."
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