{"id":4532,"date":"2021-02-24T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-02-24T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goldmanstate.com\/?p=4532"},"modified":"2021-02-23T13:29:23","modified_gmt":"2021-02-23T20:29:23","slug":"the-shuttering-of-a-sears-store-triggers-a-few-memories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goldmanstate.com\/2021\/02\/24\/the-shuttering-of-a-sears-store-triggers-a-few-memories\/","title":{"rendered":"The Shuttering of a Sears Store Triggers a Few Memories"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.6.0&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;19px||23px|||&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.7&#8243; global_module=&#8221;2637&#8243; saved_tabs=&#8221;all&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.7&#8243;][et_pb_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/goldmanstate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/GPB-Bank-Local-Banner.jpg&#8221; title_text=&#8221;GPB-Bank-Local-Banner&#8221; url=&#8221;https:\/\/www.goldenpacificbank.com\/&#8221; url_new_window=&#8221;on&#8221; align=&#8221;center&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.7&#8243;][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.0.1&#8243; min_height=&#8221;114px&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;17px||2px|||&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.0.1&#8243;][et_pb_post_title title=&#8221;off&#8221; author=&#8221;off&#8221; categories=&#8221;off&#8221; comments=&#8221;off&#8221; featured_image=&#8221;off&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.0.2&#8243; meta_font=&#8221;|700|on||||||&#8221; meta_text_align=&#8221;center&#8221; meta_text_color=&#8221;#ff0000&#8243; custom_margin=&#8221;||0px||false|false&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;||0px||false|false&#8221;][\/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;_initial&#8221; min_height=&#8221;75px&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;||0px||false|false&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;||0px|||&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h1>The Shuttering of a Sears Store Triggers a Few Memories<\/h1>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.0&#8243; header_2_font=&#8221;Georgia|300|||||||&#8221; header_2_font_size=&#8221;21px&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;-5px||0px||false|false&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Remembering everything from a first color TV to a three-piece Polyester suit<\/h2>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.0.3&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;0px||0px|||&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.0.3&#8243;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Author&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.0.1&#8243; header_4_text_align=&#8221;center&#8221; header_6_text_align=&#8221;center&#8221; header_6_font_size=&#8221;13px&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;||2px|||&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h6>By Ed Goldman<\/h6>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.6.0&#8243; module_alignment_tablet=&#8221;&#8221; module_alignment_phone=&#8221;&#8221; module_alignment_last_edited=&#8221;on|phone&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.0.1&#8243;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.0&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p><span class='et-dropcap'>T<\/span>he announced closure of a Sears department store in California\u2019s capital ignited my anecdotalometer.<\/p>\n<p>Anecdotalometers are memory triggers: launchpads for flights of remembered fancy.<\/p>\n<p>Sears was one of two anchor stores to close during the past year in one of the Sacramento region\u2019s largest shopping malls. Nordstrom was the other. <\/p>\n<p>First, I have to clarify that during the past 30 years, whenever my income permitted my tastes to cultivate a little, I probably shopped more at Nordstrom than Sears. But the closure of Nordstrom didn\u2019t flood me with semi-watery vignettes. The demise of Sears has.[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/goldmanstate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/EtTu_Roebuck_.jpg&#8221; alt=&#8221;Edgy Cartoon&#8221; title_text=&#8221;EtTu_Roebuck_&#8221; align=&#8221;center&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.0&#8243; width=&#8221;60%&#8221; max_width=&#8221;60%&#8221; border_width_all=&#8221;1px&#8221; box_shadow_style=&#8221;preset3&#8243;][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Caption&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.0&#8243; text_font_size=&#8221;14px&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;center&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;-16px||||false|false&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Et tu, Roebuck?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.0&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p>Sears was a dad store in some ways, and some clever marketing never let you forget that. I remember a TV spot many years back, with a manly voiceover narration that began something like this: \u201cThis weekend, when you come by Sears to buy some tools and things\u2014\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While there\u2019s nothing ominous about that introductory clause, it\u2019s definitely fraught with meaning. First, it assumes that when the weekend comes, you (a dad) tend to do chores around the house, and that doing them requires you to buy more tools\u2014even though you probably have a garage or home workshop filled with tools and those hook boards on which to hang them. Nevertheless, this weekend\u2019s chores will require the purchase of more tools.\u00a0That&#8217;s what dads do.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_code admin_label=&#8221;Adsense Horizontal&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.5.0&#8243; width=&#8221;90%&#8221; width_tablet=&#8221;&#8221; width_phone=&#8221;&#8221; width_last_edited=&#8221;on|phone&#8221; max_width=&#8221;90%&#8221; module_alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;|0px||0px|false|false&#8221; custom_margin_tablet=&#8221;&#8221; custom_margin_phone=&#8221;|0px||0px|false|false&#8221; custom_margin_last_edited=&#8221;on|desktop&#8221; global_module=&#8221;1433&#8243; saved_tabs=&#8221;all&#8221;]<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><!-- gs_horizontal_new --><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] -->     style=&#8221;display:block&#8221;<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] -->     data-ad-client=&#8221;ca-pub-8489921453224987&#8243;<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] -->     data-ad-slot=&#8221;5069548950&#8243;<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] -->     data-ad-format=&#8221;auto&#8221;<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] -->     data-full-width-responsive=&#8221;true&#8221;><\/ins><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><script><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] -->     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><\/script>[\/et_pb_code][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.0&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p>And not only tools: \u201cthings.\u201d This is the Sears up-sell. The subliminal message is that after you\u2019ve bought your 17th Craftsman\u00ae saw, you\u2019ll suddenly realize you could also use a new three-piece Polyester taupe suit. And while Sears was never celebrated for its\u00a0<em>haute couture<\/em>, you couldn\u2019t beat its prices for clothes and for instant, decorative art. Remember the line from Billy Joel\u2019s song, \u201cScenes from an Italian Restaurant,\u201d when Brenda and Eddie get married and rent \u201can apartment with deep pile carpet\/And a couple of paintings from Sears\u201d?<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, for moms, and especially those with multiple offspring, Sears is where they could always go to buy back-to-school supplies (including clothes) without having to dip into their Roth-IRAs.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_code admin_label=&#8221;Boom Again 500 x 166&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; background_color=&#8221;#eeeeee&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;center&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;15px|15px|15px|15px|true|true&#8221; global_module=&#8221;4520&#8243;]<a href=\"https:\/\/www.anrdoezrs.net\/click-100009253-14408702\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.awltovhc.com\/image-100009253-14408702\" width=\"500\" height=\"166\" alt=\"trivia-board-game\" border=\"0\"\/><\/a>[\/et_pb_code][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.0&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p>For families, there were also name-brand appliances whose manufacturers cut a deal to allow Sears to re-brand them as its own. I found out that my first color TV was made by RCA, but its label said it was by Sears. Regardless, it made the garish primary-color curtains on \u201cThe Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson\u201d get my heart racing\u00a0once I no longer had to imagine how garish they were. I\u00a0think\u00a0Carson&#8217;s set was designed by Beezlebub\u00a0while suffering an acid flashback.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Then there was the Sears photo studio. I recall my wife Jane and me, as a newly married couple, going to the Sacramento store one afternoon to have our picture taken. We had eloped, depriving our parents, relatives and friends of the opportunity to see us consecrate our vows on the beach. We thought we were doing everyone a favor and saving them money since Jane\u2019s family and old friends lived in Illinois and mine lived in Long Beach and New York. (We also didn\u2019t want them anywhere near us, but I think my saying we were \u201cdoing everyone a favor\u201d has a nicer ring to it.)\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.0&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p>It was probably the worst picture taken of us in the 30 years we would know each other. Part of this was our fault\u2014we did it on a whim after receiving a discount coupon in the mail, and were dressed in clothes that dipped considerably below \u201ccasual\u201d on most fashion charts.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But the makeshift studio setting at Sears was also hilariously irrelevant to our lives: it depicted us leaning lovingly against each other and a haystack, with a farm scene of some sort obviously projected in the background. Jane had lived as an adult in Chicago. I had been born in New York City. The two of us were\u00a0possibly\u00a0\u201ca little bit rock and roll\u201d but\u00a0not even \u201ca little bit country.&#8221; Even so, and a bit surprisingly, the photo was a big hit with all the friends and relations blessed to receive a copy of us in a slightly out-of-focus remake of the iconic painting, American Gothic. Ours could have been called Americans Got Sick.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_code admin_label=&#8221;Amazon &#8211; Tools &#8211; Native (automatically update)&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.8.2&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; background_color=&#8221;#eeeeee&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;center&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;15px|15px|15px|15px|true|true&#8221; global_module=&#8221;4535&#8243;]<\/p>\n<div id=\"amzn-assoc-ad-b4ba71dc-061f-4a39-bb97-7decd339fcd5\"><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/z-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/onejs?MarketPlace=US&#038;adInstanceId=b4ba71dc-061f-4a39-bb97-7decd339fcd5\"><\/script>[\/et_pb_code][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.0&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p>One Sears memory on my anecdotalometer goes back to the subject of color TVs.\u00a0<em>\u00a0<\/em>My brothers and I grew up without one, even as their prices lowered, making their presence ubiquitous in American households (color TVs, not my brothers and I).<\/p>\n<p>One Saturday morning when I was about nine years old, my dad took me with him to the Sears store near where we lived. He was shopping in the hardware department\u2014probably for \u201csome tools and things\u201d\u2014and I wandered into the appliance department, where 15 TV color sets were variously playing sports events, recent movies, talk shows and children\u2019s programs.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.0&#8243;]Of the latter, one featured an old cartoon show, \u201cCrusader Rabbit,\u201d which of course I\u2019d never seen in color. Eye-popping doesn\u2019t begin to describe my reaction to seeing the vividness of colors I\u2019d only dreamed of when watching the show on our black-and-white set. I made a vow to myself on the spot that when I moved out and got my own apartment, my first purchase would be a Sears color TV.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019d love to tell you I still have that set and even one three-piece Polyester taupe suit. I\u2019m not even sure where that picture of Jane, me and the haystack is. Anecdotalometers aren\u2019t Geiger counters, key-finder apps or a sheriff\u2019s posse. They exist only in your memory. Like Sears.  <span class=\"endingG\"> <\/span>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.3.2&#8243; module_alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;|auto||0px|false|false&#8221; module_alignment_tablet=&#8221;&#8221; module_alignment_phone=&#8221;&#8221; module_alignment_last_edited=&#8221;on|phone&#8221; border_color_top=&#8221;#E02B20&#8243; global_module=&#8221;1122&#8243; saved_tabs=&#8221;all&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.0.6&#8243;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;About Ed&#8221; module_class=&#8221;AuthorBioBox&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.7.7&#8243; text_font=&#8221;Georgia||on||||||&#8221; text_text_color=&#8221;#444&#8243; background_color=&#8221;#eeeeee&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;10px||10px||true|false&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/goldmanstate.com\/about-ed\/\">Ed Goldman&#8217;s<\/a> column appears almost every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. A former daily columnist for the Sacramento Business Journal, as well as monthly columnist for Sacramento Magazine and Comstock\u2019s Business Magazine, he\u2019s the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3jUELxM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">author<\/a> of five books, two plays and one musical (so far).<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; background_color=&#8221;rgba(173,135,0,0.11)&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;20px||32px|||&#8221; top_divider_color=&#8221;#b08a0f&#8221; top_divider_height=&#8221;56px&#8221; top_divider_flip=&#8221;vertical&#8221; bottom_divider_color=&#8221;#b08a0f&#8221; bottom_divider_height=&#8221;50px&#8221; link_option_url=&#8221;https:\/\/www.goldenpacificbank.com\/&#8221; link_option_url_new_window=&#8221;on&#8221; border_width_all=&#8221;6px&#8221; border_color_all=&#8221;#02528f&#8221; border_style_all=&#8221;double&#8221; box_shadow_style=&#8221;preset7&#8243; box_shadow_color=&#8221;#02528f&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.6.6&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;7px||19px|||&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.6.6&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; header_font=&#8221;PT Serif Caption|700|||||||&#8221; header_text_color=&#8221;#00518e&#8221; header_font_size=&#8221;6vw&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;2px||9px|||&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px||2px|||&#8221; link_option_url=&#8221;https:\/\/www.goldenpacificbank.com\/&#8221; link_option_url_new_window=&#8221;on&#8221; header_font_size_tablet=&#8221;8vw&#8221; header_font_size_phone=&#8221;10vw&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">Yes, Virginia<\/h1>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.6.6&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; header_2_font=&#8221;PT Sans Caption||||||||&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;-7px||11px|||&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">A Weekly Blog by Virginia Varela<\/h2>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.8.2&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; text_font=&#8221;PT Sans Narrow|300|on||||||&#8221; text_text_color=&#8221;#b08a0f&#8221; text_font_size=&#8221;15px&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;center&#8221; link_option_url=&#8221;https:\/\/www.goldenpacificbank.com\/&#8221; link_option_url_new_window=&#8221;on&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">President and CEO, Golden Pacific Bank<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;1_3,2_3&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.6.6&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;10px|||||&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_3&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.6.6&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221;][et_pb_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/goldmanstate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/virginia_varela_3.jpg&#8221; title_text=&#8221;virginia_varela_3&#8243; url=&#8221;https:\/\/www.goldenpacificbank.com\/&#8221; url_new_window=&#8221;on&#8221; align=&#8221;center&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; border_width_all=&#8221;2px&#8221; box_shadow_style=&#8221;preset3&#8243;][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Caption&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.0&#8243; text_font_size=&#8221;14px&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;center&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;-16px||||false|false&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>photo by Phoebe Verkouw<\/em><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;2_3&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.6.6&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"et-dropcap3\">I<\/span> was just re-elected as president of a group you\u2019ve probably never heard of\u2014but whose values should be shouted from the rooftops.<\/p>\n<p>Friends of Traditional Banking is a non-partisan, grassroots group organized by bankers. We&#8217;re the inverse of a political action committee (PAC) in that rather than spreading a little bit of money to a lot of campaigns, we focus a lot of money on a couple of key campaigns\u2014more than $3 million to date. We have almost 30,000 members in all 50 states.<\/p>\n<p>We choose two Congressional races each cycle, and encourage our membership to donate directly to those campaigns.<\/p>\n<p>By now I hope you\u2019re asking: So what is traditional banking?<\/p>\n<p>It has three components, very briefly summarized below:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Capital: All banks must have access to Capital, which is leveraged with deposits and then prudently converted into loans that generate jobs and economic growth.<\/li>\n<li>Deposits: Once Capital is invested, it\u2019s leveraged through the collection of deposits that represent the savings or liquid reserves of individuals and businesses in the community.<\/li>\n<li>Loans: Prudent loans to individuals and businesses drive healthy economic growth. 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