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Modells over saturated their stores with BS clothing, the off brands.
Back in the days, big yank and Levi's filled the shelves, along with the other staples,like champion sweats thermals,socks.even the sneakers were a better deal, off season or discounted real deal kicks, at a lower price. Modells had all team hats too.
Something went wrong along the way. But damn, the end of modells
150 stores in the Tri-State area. That is way too much.
They should have specific stores in hot areas, (shifted to a more of a showroom look to reduce sqft.),
Invested in ECOM (implemented a drop-ship model; have a big warehouse in NJ and next day delivery with UPS/Fedex with the close proximity. a customer can pick it up at the store next day or have it deliver to their home),
Created in-house brands (think Gymshark), invested more in social media, had some sort of brand ambassador program,
Now that’s what I call Monday morning quarterbacking from a wise guy. Now I need to read something interesting before I puke rofl. Sorry
It's a shame, I was just able to get a good number of items from there, better sized and better quality compared to what the neighboring stores were offering. But yes, the number of stores closing down, including some branches of CVS, Walgreens, or just the mom and pop stores, is surprising.
Opinion:
I was saddened when A&S,Alexanders,Caldors,Kresges,Korvettes ,Woolworths,Gertz,Gimbels,Robbins, and TSS closed....................but guess what ....................life went on as usual.
I'll remember Modell's as the store where I got my first pair of rollerblades back in the 90s. And most of my sportswear tbh, but also back in the late 90s- early 00s.
Modells is where I got all my baseball gear from when I started playing baseball in JHS
I got my first weight lifting bench and free weights there. My dad bought me gear and sports equipment from them. Loved that they had weights, bats, balls, and clothing. Lots of stuff. I swim got my goggles and caps as well as bike helmets. Online shopping did not match it.
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