Originally Posted By: opus1
Originally Posted By: cmorr
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Heath - Loved walking around the store and still have a Heathkit radio I built
Edmund Scientific - They still have mail order but anyone who ever visited the Barrington, NJ retail store knows how special that store was
Lafayette Radio Electronics
My Dad and I built 2 Heathkit color TV's, one before and one after their takeover by Zenith. The before was an actual build, every piece had to be soldered onto one of many PC Boards. The only thing that came preassembled was the high-voltage assembly. The Zenith-kit TV was almost a shake-the-box build, some preassembled boards that just need to be mounted and connected using wiring harnesses. Kind of a disappointment.
Back on-topic, Venture stores, Highland Appliances, Robert Hall clothing, Goldblatt's (Chicago area).
I remember Venture stores, similar to a Target or KMart. Also Famous Barr and Stix Baer and Fuller here in the St Louis area. Famous Barr became Macy's and SBF became Dillards.