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The loving nostalgia for dead corporate behemoths is kind of curious. Blockbuster shut down a ton of mom-and-pop video stores. Circuit City and Good Guys did th
by xref 8y ago
The loving nostalgia for dead corporate behemoths is kind of curious. Blockbuster shut down a ton of mom-and-pop video stores. Circuit City and Good Guys did the same for small electronics retailers. Tower Records killed small record shops, then Tower itself got killed and a documentary was made lamenting its passing!
- mingus88 8y agothat’s the power of branding. We can't lament the passing of all the mom and pop stores because there is no common brand to unite us. Back then the brand stood for the enemy. The faceless corporation. Now the brand represents a time past and a place we all had in common. Funny how that works.
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