Gone But Not Forgotten: Lists Of Things That Don't Exist Anymore

welcome to watch Mojo and get ready to embark on a nostalgic Voyage Through Time as we delve into the realm of things that don't exist anymore and we're starting with these obsolete stores the Warner Brothers Studio stores a dazzling shopping environment that embodies the magic of the Warner Brothers Studio family welcome to watch Mojo and today we're counting down our picks for the top 20 stores that don't exist in anymore for borders it is yes the end of the story for this list we'll be looking at retail outlets that were once the Pinnacle of your shopping experience and are now a faded memory have you ever shopped at one of these places number 20 Sports Authority like many retail outlets Sports Authority was a casualty of the mid 21st century founded in 1928 by Nathan Gart a series of mergers and acquisitions allowed Gart Sports to become the place for sporting goods in the United States but by 2010 the tired retailer found it difficult to compete with the likes of Walmart and Amazon and began falling behind in its financials by 2016 the company chose to close down and liquefy its assets the clock has run out for Sports Authority the Sporting Goods retailer plans to begin going out of business sales as soon as this Friday and will close all 463 stores by the end of August it's brand name and intellectual property ultimately ended up in the hands of its competitor Dick Sporting Goods Sports Authority has gone bust as you know and when they went bus they did something that's so common now with failing retailers they sold off all their doas on people who ever shopped at Sports Authority number 19 Wet Seal if the 2010s taught business anything it's that the shape of retail shopping is changing super [Applause] founded as lawence in 1962 this fashion retailer was incorporated as Wet Seal in 1990 they also sold their clothing and accessories under the Arden B and blink Brands by 2015 they were faced with heavy competition forcing them to close several locations Orange County retailer Wet Seal is drowning in debt and now employees accuse the company of leaving them high and dry hundreds of Wet Seal stores were suddenly shut down today leaving thousands of workers jobless store Windows could be seen with protest signs from employees over communication from managers and compensation Wet Seal closed all stores in January 2017 another victim of the so-called retail apocalypse this is just another sign of tough times for retailers The Limited Sears and Macy's have also announce closings this year as of January 2023 their website still says under constr construction number 18 Tower Records long before the days of spotify and apple music people had to go into a store and purchased their music Tower Records came to San Francisco when the city was at the center of the music world it was opened in 1968 by Russ Solomon who wanted to expand his family's Sacramento music store enter Tower Records in their Heyday they were one of the largest retailers of Music around the world based in the US they spread to over a dozen countries worldwide the movie Empire Records was even inspired by Carol henin's time as an employee there what you doing man exercises my veto man it's only 9:00 I mean you sure you want to do that Mark listening this crap is guaranteed to make you sterile okay maybe I want to be sterile yet with all that success Bad Business decisions and the launch of the digital music era killed off this giant in 2006 a changing music business the Advent of being able to get music through your computer on sites like Napster and iTunes doomed the record store along with Tower's overly aggressive expansion the brand did resurface as a website in 2020 and continues to sell music and merchandise online number 17 Comp USA when you hear the term Big Box store you may think of Ikea Walmart or even Costco one such player in this space was the now defunct computer store Comp USA all across America computers are changing people's lives and one company is changing the way people buy them Comp USA with the brands you want all at guaranteed low prices a purveyor of Technology products they were very similar to competitors like say Best Buy and there in lies part of the problem Comp USA employees were told of the sale at a meeting this morning the company had been losing money against competitors like Best Buy their corporate strategies were out of touch and they were destroyed by the competition they were eventually sold to systemax in 2008 and their last Comp USA stores were rebranded as Tiger Direct which also phased out of retail in 2015 Tiger Direct is a top 25 online retailer with over 200,000 products and Retail Store locations number 16 KB Toys it was 1946 when Brothers Harry and Joseph Kaufman opened their own candy store apply named Kaufman Brothers I'm a kid and you're my toy store you're easy to like cuz you're just right you're my friend K that quickly turned into a wholesale toy company in 1948 and a shopping mall Staple in 1973 in the 1990s a series of additional Acquisitions brought the company hundreds of new store locations totaling 1,324 by 1999 in creating the new KB kids.com we went to The Experts they know what's hot now you can too they know exactly what's right for them but a combination of both a poorly timed dividend deal in 2002 and a drop in sales the following year sealed the company's fate neither a bankruptcy filing or a restructuring of the company was enough to keep it afloat the company had been looking to liquidate more than a 100 stores across the country the closing was a disappointment to this Dad who's been coming to the store over the last two decades this is one of the better one so kind of sad to see a goal they were eventually sold to their biggest competitor Toys R Us in 9 number 15 Warner Brothers Studio store in 1991 Warner Brothers entered the retail space selling the likes of Looney Tunes and DC comic books merchandise eventually opening 130 stores across the country the chain thrived for a short time it's been an incredible ride so far the studio stores have been one of the fastest and most successful retail store ventures in history successful Beyond anyone's most optimistic projections including mine however the AOL Time Warner merger was completed in 2001 and the newly formed company had new plans aol's acquisition of Time Warner cost over $160 billion making it one of the largest mergers in history at the time it seemed like a really good idea with sales in Decline and retail shops floundering in general the newly formed conglomerate saw the writing on the wall it took them less than a year to put the nail in the coffin on this chain when their last store closed on New Year's Eve 2001 well that's all folks that's my line number 14 Payless Shoes much like many of the other stores on our list Payless started with humble beginnings only to fall victim to our everchanging times but you can get these same shoes at Payless for $1 19999 or lower with our epic holiday deals why pay more when you can pay less formed in 1956 by cousins Lewis and shell poses Pals became known for its unique line of shoes called Pro wings as well as a plethora of other Footwear related products now all $9.99 sandal and gambas shoes are just $88.99 two pair $799 each three or more $6.99 each at the PS Sho Source buy more PS sale but in the midsts of the retail shift in the 2010s PS filed for bankruptcy twice eventually shutting down all operations in North America PS closed all of its remaining North American stores more than 2,000 of them in 2019 after filing for chapter 11 for a second time the company Ed from bankruptcy in January 2020 they do continue to operate stores in other parts of the world and online number 13 as department stores have always been common in big cities but when as opened up in 1958 they went after the retail Market in much smaller populated areas it's coming to every ases discount department store to make sure these advertised sale prices are as low as you'll find anywhere this led to a boom in business and expansion which reached up to 327 stores it did not however come without a cost poor decisions around Consumer Credit resulted in a bankruptcy filing in 1990 the company survived and by 1993 was turning a profit again oh I I saved $1 $299 wow [Music] $10.50 I saved $41 but the success didn't last by the turn of the century Ames had begun closing many of its stores and filed a second bankruptcy in late 20 2001 which saw the end of this store or did it rumors of a reopening in 2023 have surfaced time will tell this comes 20 years after the discount chain went out of business so that'll be something else to see number 12 Tana no matter how large a corporation gets you have to remember that they all started out small such was the case for Andrew tmck and his wife who formed Tana in 1997 with a little tea house in a mall the brand became so successful that it only took 15 years for Starbucks to take notice and acquire them to the tune of $620 million this is the first tea bar that Starbucks a coffee company is opening what should we read from this move for Starbucks well people don't realize we've been in the tea business for the last 40 years the name persisted for five more years before Starbucks pulled the plug on all 379 Tana shops Starbucks is shutting down hundreds of its tavana branded stores that includes all four Colorado locations their entry into the tea Market has since dropped considerably as Starbucks now only sells a very limited number of Tana products introducing Tana passion Tango pineapple sparkling tea juice made only at Starbucks number 11 Sharper Image similar to Sky Mall and hammerer Schlemmer Sharper Image was a catalog business that thrived on high-tech gadgets and Niche products every month 3 million people receive this catalog in the mail and thousands more shop in 48 retail stores around the country today it's unusual to meet someone who hasn't heard of us distinguishing itself from the other catalog companies they expanded into retail opening 187 stores throughout malls and airports across the United States I have to get this I have to get this we're here for Jess and Marie I know we'll find him something is great stuff here oddly enough it was an air purifier product that ultimately helped kill the company after consumer reports gave fail ratings to their Ionic Breeze products Sharper Image sued the Ionic Breeze silent air purifier with ozone guard that can actually convert Smog and ozone into oxygen cleaning and circulating your air with no fans no filters silently however they were themselves sued by customers for misrepresentation of their product as the blame went back and forth upper management changed and consumer interest tapered off the company went bankrupt in 2008 number 10 Circuit City Welcome to Circuit City Serv the founded in 1949 under the name Wards company Circuit City was one of the most popular consumer electronic stores in the United States during their Peak the chain boasted more than 550 stores across the country offering plenty of electronic goods and services they even had a chance to buy out the fledgling Best Buy operation in 1988 but declined when Circuit City CEO thought they could just put them out of business well that didn't work out in the long run when 2007 rolled around wages were being cut locations were being closed and management turnover was high electronic retailer Circuit City has announced its unplugging more than 150 stores in Maryland alone three locations are going out of business by 2009 the company pulled the plug and the days of Circuit City were over number nine A&P the Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company existed from 1859 to 2015 known to most customers simply as A&P there was a time when they were a huge player in the grocery business we [Music] Bu from a few retail shops selling tea and coffee in New York the company blossomed after being acquired by George Huntington Hartford from there over much time it became a full-on grocery store which would eventually have roughly 16, th000 locations pledges guaranteed value we guarantee the quality of all our meat and belli products produce too are double your money back we also guarantee the lowest advertised prices however by the 1970s the stores had become conceptually stale and plagued by bad customer service the chain did manage to have a bit of a comeback in the early a but was short-lived and it finally went under in 2015 many customers have shopped here for years and they feel emotional everybody angry everybody's angry yeah very bad was got no store over here no place number eight FW Woolworth company it's May value days at Woolworth with savings for everyone did you know that Woolworth's may have been the original inspiration for the dollar store founded by Frank Winfield Woolworth in 1879 it opened as Woolworth's great 5cent store which sold everything for a nickel or two although that operation didn't last the subsequent store became successful I'm the new chairman of wwor and I believe in 1981 we're going to offer you better value than we've ever done before Frank brought in his brother Charles sner Woolworth and the two began a journey that would see their ideas about retail continue to be used today Woolworths was highly successful until the 1980s when stiff competition forced them to shift their priorities to their sporting goods division competition is the name of the game at Foot Locker with the biggest selection of big names ever assembled so when your game is serious or social we'll find the right shoe for you in 2001 they became known as Foot Locker and are still selling Sporting Goods today a few dozen Woolworth stores do still continue to exist in Mexico under different ownership number seven Sam goody good Sam goody got it good Sam goody got it Sam good got it much like many other music retailers Sam goody became the victim of the digital revolution in Music founded in 1951 as a small music shop in New York City it eventually merged with Music Land which helped expand the brand at its peak the Sam goodie branded stores expanded to 800 locations and brought in several billion dollars worth of Revenue it had become almost synonymous with music retail which held it above water for a long time but after struggling through a handful of Acquisitions and changes to its business model the stores began to close by 2012 most of the stores were gone or simply rebranded as FY number number six borders hi I'm Jason schwarzman I'm Wes Anderson we are at the flagship borders in an Arbor Michigan ever since Gutenberg revolutionized printing so long ago books have been in demand this human desire to learn or enjoy stories is what eventually spawned the likes of giant bookstore chains like borders operating for nearly 40 years this bookstore saw its peak with over 500 us-based stores and even more via other brands and franchising by the time 20 2007 rolled along however the company had begun to struggle to remain in business oh I hope this store can stay and cuz I have frequently this store and uh I want to support it several attempts were made to keep it going but by September of 2011 the chain had come to an end with its stores closing and rival chain Barnes & Noble buying its trademark getting the news today it's upsetting we tried we tried we gave it our best number five Fries electronics remember your Best Buys are always at fries guaranteed the sale of Fri supermarkets chain eventually spawned a completely new type of electronic store back in 1985 the intent was to make shopping for electronics a similar experience to going for groceries whether it was circuit boards software or any other kind of electronic device Fri was the place to get it uh fries was famous for its unusual exteriors and motifs like the Mayan themed store here in San Jose it was actually one of the few places you could buy raw computer parts off the shelf to assemble your PC on your own the stores ballooned in popularity and even the aforementioned Circuit City didn't offer the same kinds of fair the shame to see it go away I mean we basically I grew up with you know going to the store a lot to you know buy everything from my TVs to video games and you know fortunately I'm going to have to find somewhere else to buy all that that stuff now but after Decades of sometimes controversial business practices and squeezed by the co pandemic in 2020 and long-standing Market pressures all their stores ceased operations in February 2021 all 31 fry stores across nine states closed effective immediately are you a customer not any longer it would seem number four Linens and things if there is one common thread connecting many of these now defunct businesses it's that for many of them a combination of Acquisitions and management changes seems to be their undoing formed in 1975 this home textile and house wear's big box retailer grew considerably by the time it opened its 55th store in 1983 lenon things keeping America's homes beautiful through quality selection and 20 to 40% off regular prices every day L it was acquired and then eventually spun off as its own entity again in 1996 but then re acquired by Apollo Global Management in 2006 the company then truly began to find itself in financial difficulty but the nail in the coffin came with the credit crisis possible buyers couldn't get credit to purchase a company and now 371 stores are set to close by the end of the year a series of losses combined with a decline of sales eventually forced the company to pull the plug on their stores by 2008 going online exclusively number three Radio Shack so much more than just store the best in America Radio Shack no compares to Radio Shack the humble beginnings of Radio Shack began back in 1921 the company focused its sales strategy on radio and electronics hobbyists for decades this gave them a lucrative Market to fill and interest in electronics eventually grew even further with the new computer and video game age it was also a Radio Shack that produced the famous t TR rs80 one of the first widely available home computers let your children discover tomorrow's technology today the trs8 the biggest name in little computers only at Radio Shack but much like many other retailers their popularity declined with the rise of online shopping and fewer hobbyists to buy their Wares though perhaps more damaging has been the Retailer's failure to attract younger Shoppers by 2017 the company had gone bankrupt and was no longer the giant retailer at once was with a smattering of stores remaining under different ownership and eventually the brand being scooped up to attempt viability online what the 80s called they want their store back number two Toys are Us who doesn't remember wanting to be a Toys R Us kid from Toys to video games to books to bikes this was a chain that had almost everything a child could possibly want bikes to trains to video gam it's the biggest toy store there is he wish but like many retailers over the last few decades they struggled to keep up with the times and competition with the likes of mass Market stores and online shopping it was unprepared for what no one saw coming the Doom era and the rise of the Big Box store in 2017 the chain filed for bankruptcy and began liquidating their assets by the middle of 2018 they had closed most of their Us stores with the last two closing in 2021 I feel like kids are going to miss out on the best store forever I still love the store however you can still find Toys R Us stores across Canada and Asia number one blockbuster one of the biggest industries to emerge from the creation of the VCR was the home movie rental business check 24-hour quick drop return open late every night well the perfect video store welcome to Blockbuster Video is popping up all over the country there's one near you at the the Inception of the movie business decades earlier no one had ever expected people to want to watch their movies at home instead of at theaters with more than 30,000 stores open globally at its commercial Peak if you wanted to rent a new release odds are you went to Blockbuster Video plus they have all kinds of video games for the kids video rentals became ingrained in our culture and Blockbuster profited mightily but as streaming services and mail-in DVD options became available over the years the days of Kind Rewind were over and Blockbuster famously ceased to be its various Partnerships folded and stores worldwide were rapidly plunged into Administration we're closing early its 9,000 strong chain had been reduced to one single franchise in Bend [Music] Oregon it's so strange to think that so many things that shaped our daily lives are no more including these upcoming top brands you remember any of these Pontiac a name that evokes the power and Glory Days of General Motors is being dump welcome to watch Mojo and today we're counting down our picks for the top 20 brands that don't exist anymore so summing up the 80 gig Zoom is an editor's choice we like it a little bit better than the iPod Classic it's a lot of fun to use I hope you check it out for this list will be looking at the most notable products you won't be seeing on shelves sorry Blockbuster fans we'll only be looking at specific Brands not stores overall did we miss any noteworthy favorites number 20 worlds of Wonder hi I'm Teddy rxin welcome to Worlds of Wonder and to the dawn of a brand new era in the evolution of toy after Conquering the toy Market with products like laser tag and the teddy ruin bear worlds of Wonder earned exclusive retail sales and distribution for the Uber popular NES system it's a look that generates excitement and stimulates sales for the entire Nintendo product line the money was flowing until suddenly it wasn't the unprecedented surge in video game sales quickly dwarfed the profits of traditional toys then Nintendo decided not to renew their distribution deal leaving worlds of Wonder without a leg or in this case a product to stand on the stock crash of 1987 was the final nail in the coffin and the company shut its doors for good both the teddy ruckspin and Laser Tag sets have continued on in various forms just not with worlds of Wonder hi my name is Teddy rexen number 19 ver [Music] to evidently the Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous did not include ver two from their Inception the luxury phones were manufactured with an emphasis on style over function and to be fair they definitely succeeded in becoming a status symbol but only because they were so ridiculously expensive only the richest of the rich could afford one working with Google we can now offer contemporary Performance Products which is attracted a younger audience to the brand since ver 2 phones also lacked features like GPS and Bluetooth many felt the Hefty price tag wasn't worth it following years of messy finances the company officially went under in 2017 now that they're off the market their two phones have ironically become the commodity the company always wanted them to be working with Android has allowed us to build contemporary powerful products for people looking for that everyday smartphone but just that little bit extra bit of refinement or exclusivity number 18 Ulta Motors I think the doors are going to fly open for areas this bike can go perform compete and that's going to open up I think a whole new Avenue of riders the saddest part of this disclosure is that it had nothing to do with the product itself despite an overwhelmingly positive response Ulta motors electric bikes just weren't selling enough to keep the lights on their biggest issue may have been the continuing controversy between electric and gas-powered engines in fact Alta Motors bikes were banned from several official races for that very reason first started hearing about them year and a half ago and just kind of seeing tidbits here and there of the bike and honestly thought it was the most legit looking Electric Dirt that i' had seen up to the point as a result price cuts and new models were only Band-Aid fixes for their unsustainable cash flow when two partnership deals fell through the company was left severely strapped for funds and eventually ceased operations altogether in 2018 after just eight years of business and I think that there's definitely a future for him whether it um you know overtakes all the gas powered bikes that's that's yet to be seen number 17 mer Mercury automobile there's not a sharp corner in sight and the drag coefficient of. 32 makes this the slipperiest American sedan yet 70 years is a pretty good run for any car division especially one that never found a consistent buyer base see initially the Mercury division of Ford was created as a mid-priced alternative to their other models however over the years it underwent more rebrands and redesigns and you can count on one hand it's been a race car a sports vehicle and a economy ride and more they tried targeting it to men and then to Young Drivers and then to women this is a great find there are a great find award-winning safety ratings a brand new hybrid while these shifts occurred gradually across decades the shovel Lings eventually began to limit the car's appeal instead of widen it by 2010 the continuously declining sales forced forward to put the Mercury brand in park permanently imagine that imagine yourself in aury number 16 Pebble the idea was brought to life by people like you just a few months ago and we're proud to say that pebble is now ready for prime time these days a smartwatch that connects to your phone isn't that crazy of an idea but back in 2014 Pebble burst onto the scene as one of the first to put it into practice the results were instantaneous at the time the Smartwatch was the most funded project in Kickstarter history your incredible support helped Pebble smash Kickstarter records not once but twice and ushered in a revolution in wearable technology unfortunately after that amazing start Pebble dropped like a stone amid shaky marketing and an unclear Vision the company consistently failed to hit sales goals that when paired with growing competition from the Apple watch spelled Doom for the luxury armwar the company shut down in 2016 and interestingly enough was acquired by Fitbit who did not take on any of pebble's debt it's focused it's not a miniature smartphone on your wrist it's designed from the ground up to be a truly Smart Watch number 15 cylindra panels can be coste effectively installed on typical big box retail warehouse and other light industrial roofs not designed to support significant rooftop loads on paper cylinder's highclass solar panels were cheaper sturdier and more efficient than anything else on the market the p proved so enticing they even garnered government support via a massive loan from the US Department of energy however cyra's lead didn't last long there were going to be some companies that did not work out cylindra was one of them but the process by which the decision was made was on the merits within a few years of its creation the price of natural gas nose dived removing any Financial incentive to invest in renewable energy as a result cyra's abrupt bankruptcy was about as ugly as it could get including a full-blown government investigation into their purported excessive spending and misrepresentation of finances while they've never been officially charged with any wrongdoing something tells us cylindra won't be making more solar panels anytime soon you everybody figured okay this company Can't Fail number 14 Mall's if you read magazines in the 1900s odds are you read McCall's well its first issue technically dates back to 187 3 it wasn't until the 20th century that it became mandatory reading as the so-called first magazine for women Mall's featured sewing patterns short stories Home Improvement tips and more you don't just have to take our word for it though these numbers speak for themselves at its peak McCall's had an unprecedented readership north of 8 million with that kind of support it's really no wonder it survived more than a century in print unfortunately stiff competition over the years slowly whittel down its audience in 2002 it shipped its final issue number 13 zoon this is actually showing a photograph right here I can flip through the photos here 3-in screen pretty bright pretty sharp in 2006 Microsoft went up against Apple's Behemoth the iPod and lost badly in their defense the zoom portable media players had plenty of potential they had functionality with the popular Xbox 360 Innovative social features and even a partnership with United Airlines but despite all of that corporate support zoon failed to make a splash in the market experience the ease of quickplay which puts your favorite media at your fingertips in the six years it stayed on shelves it consistently sold less than its competitors let alone the Juggernaut that was the iPod while several reviews praised its HD features that wasn't enough to move the bottom line and Microsoft discontinued production in 2012 finding music on your player is pretty easy there are several different ways to do it if you want to search by letter you can do that here we're looking for most death number 12 Theos people don't even know that they have a basic human right to be able to get access to information about themselves and their own bodies around the turn of the century Elizabeth Holmes founded a revolutionary breakthrough for the healthcare industry Theos as it was called created a technology that could perform rapid blood tests requiring very little of a sample at a fraction of the cost mesmerized by The Innovation Holmes net worth skyrocketed to $4.5 billion the only issue it was all alive our Dream for Theos is that every single day someone's life is better because they can afford access to health information they couldn't afford before Theos is supposed science was flimsy at best and a complete fabrication at worst the company and its incredible funding both went down in flames but that was the least of Holmes issues she still faced mult multiple counts of Fraud and was later sentenced to 11 years in prison given all that don't expect Theos to resurface ever again you were we were trying to to to take this forward and at that time we thought that we were doing the right thing number 11 Vine you only have 6 seconds to get the out for the joke and the punch line I think people who are watching it sometimes they don't have the time to sit down and watch a 5 minute YouTube video in just 6 seconds this video looping app took the World by storm its short form content was the very definition of addictive and because of that Vine's viral videos quickly became a staple of Pop Culture however it wasn't long before rivaling social media platforms got in on the trend when the likes of Instagram YouTube and Snapchat added their own video sharing features Vine lost its reason to be and most of its user base too right so they're kind of Shifting what Vine currently is into to a new Vine camera situation by 2017 the app shut down altogether at the very least a comprehensive Archive of its many videos still exists ensuring will'll never forget that it is Wednesday my dudes it is Wednesday my dudes number 10 tab when someone says they want a tab it usually means they're going to order more at an establishment and want to keep a tally so they can pay later give me give me a tab tab I can't give you a tab unless you order something right give me a Pepsi free you want a Pepsi pal you're going to pay for it look just give me something without any sugar in it okay not for Coca-Cola in 1963 they introduced their very first diet beverage known as tab considered very popular in the 60s and70s they spawned various flavors of the drink including root beer and ginger ale outrageous satisfying yet when Dia Coke hit the market in 1982 tab started to take a hit the company began producing less and less of it as interest shifted and Koch eventually announced in 2020 they were discontinuing the brand there are however pockets of places here and there that still carry the Colt favorite as of this writing but those are rare and the soft drink is pretty much retired petition to save tab was signed by several thousand people but to no avail Coke is putting tab on Ice number nine Bugle Boy excuse me are those Bugle Boy jeans that you're wearing oh yes they are Bugle Boy jeans thank you fun fact Bugle Boy founder William CW Mau actually started his entrepreneurial career in electrical engineering when outed from his company due to an SEC inquiry ma shifted gears and started making clothing but you got to start somewhere I mean take your clothes for example if you just get out of that monkey suit you might get a positive attitude going I mean the world could be your oyster best known for their jeans and earworm inducing commercials Bugle Boy was also responsible for one of the surprising trends of the 1980s parachute pants parachute pants yeah um does does everybody parachute them between the denim trousers and the ballooning slacks the company sold nearly a billion dollars worth the product despite its success ESS the company had difficulty staying up with the everchanging trends of youth culture they eventually went bankrupt in [Applause] 2001 excuse me are those Bugle Boy jeans number eight compact founded in the early 80s this thriving computer company sold IBM PC compatible devices with PC standing for personal computer under their own name so if you're looking for a powerful portable computer that doesn't smell we suggest you buy the compact portable too of course Choice sorry I was Miles Away of course the choice is yours a few notable devices included one of the first portable computers and the compact prario which featured a long line of desktop and laptop computers in fact the compact prario can even answer your Computing questions oh and if you happen to have a phone it can answer that too by 1994 they had laed IBM and apple in the home computer Market the most powerful PC in the world the most powerful portable in the world and the most powerful mid-range PCS in the world all have one thing in common they come from the company whose annual sales reached a billion dollars faster than any other in history however with the market shifting and some bad management decisions compact star began to fall in 2002 they were acquired by hulet Packard and the last last compact branded devices were discontinued in 2013 number seven Pontiac Pontiac we bu excitement in the 1920s GM discovered a major price gap between their Chevrolet and Oakland branded Vehicles prompting the birth of the 1926 Pontiac by 1929 the Pontiacs were outselling the Oakland enough that they discontinued the ladder in 1931 since then Pontiac grew to become a major success for GM not entries include the 69 Pontiac GTO the Grand Am the Fiero and the Firebird Trans Am Firebird you're ready to fly however the turn of the century was not good for GM as they face bankruptcy in a bid to rescue GM the US government will be investing $30 billion in the company on top of the $20 billion already lent to it having already taken oldmobile out of the picture in 200 2004 Pontiac largely saw its end in 2009 when the company pulled the plug on the long-standing brand in an effort to keep themselves afloat we just didn't have a strategy that we were satisfied with that could allow us to win with the Pontiac Brand number six Kudos simply nutrious outrageously delicious Kudos candy bars come and go but some have stood the test of time Mars KitKat and Twix are just a few who've hung on over the years Kudos on the other hand did not it was a granola bar snack introduced by Mars in 1986 with a simply Kudos offshoot that was meant to address the high cery count in the original you love the whole great Crunch and everybody oddly enough in 2017 a post on the company's Facebook page confirmed the brand had been discontinued no official reason has ever been given and the fans of the granola snack were left scratching their heads all may not be lost as Mars apparently reregistered the brand trademark in 2020 maybe we'll see it again someday number five orbits we have no idea what this company was thinking when they released their beverage back in 1997 but to no one surprise it didn't last made as a clear non-carbonated fruit drink orbits became Infamous for the reaction had spawned from onlookers if it had been released today we're sure the likes of YouTube and Tik Tok would be filled with reaction videos of people trying to figure out exactly what the orbs floating in the drink were not only did it look like a lava lamp to go the drink itself tasted poor and the orbs were apparently even worse this is a drink we thankfully kicked into orbit number four Netscape Navigator she was 18 years old she doesn't even know what Netscape is unless you use the internet in the 9s or recognize the icon from a quick scene in Captain Marvel you've probably never heard of this browser at a time when the worldwide web was just starting out web browsers were few and far between net Cape rained king for a while until Microsoft came onto the scene and the browser Wars began you can get unlimited internet access for only $9.95 a month well what about all those other lowc cost guys like don't you want an ISP that's fast safer reliable and more secure Netscape won the first few rounds but by the time Internet Explorer 3.0 and 4.0 came out Netscape was already lagging behind and it didn't help that Microsoft included Explorer with every version of Windows everything has to change faster obviously you know look at Netscape it was born and died I don't want to use the word died they wouldn't like that word but it basically was born and overtaken within uh 4 years that's pretty fast Netscape came to an end in 2007 but left JavaScript as a legacy since it's used by virtually every web page out there number three Enron there's one thing that I hope we can achieve it is to create an environment where where employees can come in here and realize their potential it's a wild ride Enron is a name that went down in history as one of the biggest Financial scandals to rock the United States known mainly as an energy company Enron grew by Leaps and Bounds as it began to diversify its portfolio Beyond just the basics of energy sure that all sounds great as many companies broaden out that's our vision we're trying to change the world the problem for Enron was that as large as they were much of their financial success was due to Creative Accounting in basic terms they said they were doing fine all the while hiding massive debts and liabilities from everyone understand how upper management would allow it's because Enron actually used the same estimates in their earning reports which magically transformed themselves into Revenue which translates directly into higher stock prices for investors and higher bonuses and stock option payouts for exacts everybody wins they filed for bankruptcy in 2001 and a full investigation into their practices was launched like most things that end terribly it didn't start out that way it started with a lot of people who thought they were changing the world and over time they became victims of their own hubris victims of their own greed and so it's like taking so much promise and possibility and looking at it in a mirror and seeing the flip side reflected back at you number two Kodak life is filled with moments just waiting to be taken trademarked in 1888 Kodak is a name synonymous with photography for years the term Kodak moment refer to a perfect instant to capture in a photo aren't all your moments worth Kodak film Kodak cameras hit the market shortly after the company was formed and became the deao standard for all things photography for decades in 1975 they produced the world's first digital camera but scrapped it for fear of losing their film camera business it's sort of the classic innovators dilemma problem if you have this great Cash Cow which is your film camera business and you're one of the dominant players there you're reluctant uh to totally disrupt it yourself company Executives held the line on film photography but did eventually give in and join the digital Revolution which helped the company for a short time a combination of both market growth the explosion of the smartphone and other competitors eventually pushed Kodak out of Photography and it now only operates as a print company after filing for bankruptcy in the early 2010s years the company's advertisements urged people to seize the Kodak moment to capture memories now it looks like Kodak has Let its moment pass it by number one [Music] PanAm air travel in the mid 20th century was a whole other world Pan-American World Airways or PanAm practically held a monopoly on international travel at the time they were also responsible for Shifting the types of aircraft being flown to much larger planes such as the boow 747 they had an advanced collection top-notch service and were not owned by any government entity it was Second To None I don't think you'd even see it in some of the finest restaurants that state-of-the-art Fleet of planes ultimately hurt them however when the 1973 oil crisis struck no one was flying and the company was taking a hit their accumulating debt and failure to adapt to an everchanging industry saw them sell off their assets to various other airlines as they went under in 1991 it broke people's hearts really um not just the people that work for the airline but for many other people that flew it and knew it and it was it was the flagship Airline of America you ever have a craving for something only to head to your local store and find out that they don't have what you're looking for well chances are That Snack is actually a relic of the past heck it might actually be one of these everything pops with Pringles cracker sticks welcome to watch Mojo and today we're counting down our picks for the top 20 snacks that don't exist anymore chocolate lovers watch out for new choco Bliss what a for this list we're looking at some of the tastiest and most missed snacks that are sadly no longer available what's your favorite discontinued snack item number 20 Butterfinger bbb's for years Bart Simpson warned us that nobody better lay a finger on his Butterfinger you won't mind if I take a bite of his crispity crunch shitty peanut I told you Homer nobody better lay a finger on my butter finger but when it comes to Butterfinger bbb's no one's been able to lay a finger on them since 2006 not even the Bartman himself the candy which is basically a little ball version of The Chocolate Bar had a good run beginning in the early '90s new butter finger baby unbelievable snackable balls of crispy crun peanut buttery butter finger but for some reason we're not sure why in 2006 they were done re years later they introduced Butterfinger bites in an attempt to win back fans and while some surely appreciated the new bite-size option for others they'll just never be as good as the BB's math is easy let's say you have 15 Butterfinger BB's and I take five of them what do you have left one less sister number 19 Pizza spins Pizza is one of the most popular foods in the world and along with real Pizza folks have always had an affinity for pizza flavored snack items as well and that isn't just a modern day thing either this was also the case back in the 1960s and '70s when General Mills introduced their little wagon wheel-shaped bites of pizza deliciousness called Pizza spins Pizza they took this pizza taste and turned it into a crunchy munchy mouthsize snack according to the General Mills website they use Tomatoes parmesan cheese peppers and pizza spices quote to give Pizza spins an authentic Italian pizza taste and it must have worked because although discontinued in 1975 people are still talking about them today can humans resist Pizza spins number 18 dads who doesn't love a mixed Snack Bag well from the' 60s through the '90s and maybe even into the 2000s one such yummy combination involved toasted peanuts pretzels rice squares wheat squares and cheesed tidbit crackers it's called her party mix we called it doad we always called them do dads around Christmas we always make these and we give them as gifts kind of sounds like cheex mix doesn't it but it most definitely is not it's dads from Nabisco and for decades it was a very popular snack mix then come the '90s and it wasn't as popular anymore and dads became boo dads because people who love them were sad to see them go awful dad joke aside if you want to see what all the fuss was about you could try making your own do Dad's mix at home number 17 pizzeria's Pizza chips While most of us probably associate the keer elves with cookies back in 1991 those cute little guys took some fresh pizza dough and cooked up the pizzeria's Pizza chips come on down and taste something new they right a glty in your dreams Pizza btic Man chips New pizzeria the chips made their debut with three flavors cheese pizza pizza Supreme and zesty pepperoni and they were an inst hit however by the end of the decade the kebler company had been sold and the pizzerias were discontinued allow me boys pizzas taste like real Pizza that hasn't stopped fans of the chips from trying to bring them back though as of the end of 2021 a couple of bring back Pizzeria chips Facebook groups were sporting over 7,000 followers number 16 Hershey's kissables no don't worry Hershey's Kisses still exist and aren't going anywhere no here we're talking about kissables which if you don't remember were basically Hershey's Kisses with a candy coating if you're thinking it sounds like a bigger kiss shaped &m and sounds delicious it was and it wasable laughable disable eatable treatable colorful cand colorful candy colorful candy chocolate inside so why did they go away in 2009 just four years after they launched that's because in 2007 the Hershey Company made some cost cutting moves that included replacing the cocoa butter with cheaper fats some of their candies including kissables people noticed and they did not like it sales dropped and that was the end of kissables number 15 Hostess choco Bliss take two layers of chocolate cake sandwich a layer of chocolate cream in between top it off with chocolate icing and there you have the aptly named choco Bliss wo check that super chocy icing awesome ooh hey whipped chocolatey cream inside build as a chocolate Lover's Dream these Hostess snack cakes were a lunchbox favorite of many 8s kids they sound like they'd be a favorite of ours today as well had they not been discontinued decades ago CH Bliss a dream come true 1 2 3 I'm really toy new choco Bliss from Hostess watch out we don't know why Hostess gave up on them but we do know there are online forums filled with commenters lamenting the fact that they can no longer get their hands on this Bliss from their childhood number 14 Oreo sippers as we make the move to try and save our planet more and more countries are putting in place band on Plastics most notably plastic bags and plastic straws two of the largest recycling facilities in the US said its machines don't always catch straws so they end up in the trash and eventually in landfills and while we wholeheartedly support such bands we also don't always love the paper straws that some restaurants now use but you know what's better than paper Oreos but you can't make a straw out of an or Oreo yes you can and they did they were called Oreo sippers and they were awesome because not only were they a straw but they were also delicious um is there anything more eco-friendly than actually eating your utensil come on Oreo bring them back for the sake of our planet number 13 Altoid sours Altoids and those awesome reusable tin containers are a staple in many of our purses and bags and car consoles but as good as the regular curious strong mints are we missed the curiously sour ones was it a pleasant experience popping them in your mouth maybe not but that was the point it said sour on the tin and unlike other so-called sour candies Altoid sour lived up to the billing so how did you like that I like that one I like it a lot people love Altoid sours will you but unfortunately not enough people wanted that sour face puckering experience and according to a representative from the Mars Corporation quote they were discontinued due to low National demand however if you are truly desperate you may still be able to find unopened tins on eBay for the wallet puckering price of up to $525 remember use caution when experimenting with Altoid Citrus sours number 12 Pringle sticks we all know that with Pringles chips once you pop you can't stop but back in the 2000s and early 2010s Pringles also gave us sticks new Pringle sticks they're crispy cracker sticks with a one-of aind taste and once we had sticks we couldn't quit Okay so maybe we need to work on our tagline game but that does not take away from how good these sticks were especially the honey butter and cheese flavored ones crunchy W this one's real good I going to taste the honey however while the sticks had a loyal fan base as Pringles posted on their Twitter account back in 2020 quote Pringle sticks were discontinued in this sector of the universe due to lower demand number 11 Jello 123 if you aren't already jealous of kids who grew up in the ' 80s and '90s here's one more reason to be or should we say one two and three more reasons Jello 123 was a magical dessert that like classic Jell-O came in one packet however unlike the OG Jello the 123 version would split into three layers during the 3-hour wait time what could compete with a dessert that actually forms three layers right before your eyes a creamy layer a fluffy layer a layer of fruity gelatin while we can't speak to The Taste one of the problems with the product was that making it wasn't as easy as 123 getting the three layers just right required a blender and the introduction of both boiling and cold water at precise speeds and times jell 123 was discontinued in 1996 something that your kids would absolutely love easy to make and you can also substitute your favorite sugar-free Jello gelatin product that you'd like number 10 PB crisps it began with a nut on a bol that shook his top hat with a jolt peee crisp and idea for a Munch you just know a snack is missed when there are groups on multiple platforms asking for their return PB crisps were one such snack a small Graham that looked like a little peanut but filled with huge flavor with graham cookie outside for crunch inside the center is so sweet peanut butter cream oh a treat that's because inside there was some delicious peanut butter filling while PB and J crisps out a jelly and chocolate crisps were filled with you guessed it chocolate it was the combination of crispiness sweetness and nuttiness that made us crave PB crisps back in the mid90s and we would do just about anything to have them back PEB crisp P crisp PE crisp the sweet taste that is destined for fame number nine Jello-O pudding pudding pops Jello brand pudding pops made with the goodness of real jello imitation may be the sincerest form of flattery but nothing quite beats the real thing this is a running thread for many of these snacks such as Jello-O pudding pops because it isn't as if frozen pudding on a stick has gone away it's more that the trademarked brand and that trademarked taste is no more new Rich creamy tasting Jello brand pudding pops all the goodness of a real Jello pudding frozen Jello-O pudding pops were a summertime staple throughout the 1980s and Beyond a creamy and indulgent Frozen treat the OG pudding pops were lost after General foods sold the name to popsicle which used their own flavoring and production methods the good news is that you can technically make these at home if you buy the Jello-O molds some milk and a little bit of nostalgia Jello brand pudding pops all the goodness of real Jello-O pudding made with milk so you know it's wholesome number eight peanut butter Boppers good old creamy peanut butters gone poers trust us when we tell you that you have not lived unless you've had peanut butter Boppers in your mouth this crispy creamy and utterly delicious snack was almost sinful in its ridiculous Indulgence the snack was from the Nature Valley company which today is more closely associated with healthyish granola snacks there was nothing remotely healthc conscious about peanut butter Boppers however unless we're counting the protein in the peanut butter peanut butter Boppers it's creamy peanut butter a crispy cating and a whole lot more regardless this creamy PB Center was smooth and velvety in texture a mouth feel that clashed in the best way possible with those crispy Crunchies on the outside seriously someone find us some peanut butter Boppers peanut butter poppers new from Nature Valley what a snack number seven Flintstones push-up pops push-up pops were around in the80s and are still around today but they were at their most popular and according to many their yummiest from 1990 to 1996 when they were branded as as Flintstones push-up pops red Wilma make every B more fun for you pushups Flint push something about that modern Stone Age family made pushing frozen treats out of a cardboard tube so much better and that much more Yaba daa delicious flavors like lime rock lime and Bedrock Berry were just as good as their puns it takes a dinosaur to bring you a taste this big fruity flst sherbet and creamy cool vanilla and they even had a Pebbles push-ups line that added nerds candies to the Frozen goodness number six PB Max it don't stand for piggy banks platinum blond pink baboon let's face it candy bars come and go most without much fanfare there are some serious calls for the return of the PB Max however a Mars candy creation that really was something else the final form of PB Max wasn't just peanut butter and chocolate but a delicious cookie topped with PB and then covered in sweet chocolate heaven b means peanut butter real peanut butter lots of real peanut butter in pure milk chocolate with a crunch of a whole grain cookie the most frustrating thing about the PB Max's demise is that it actually sold really well however the Mars family reportedly didn't like peanut butter or money apparently so they use this subjective opinion as a means for the PB Max axe what a waste PB Max we mean peanut butter number five Cheetos Twisted it's geometry time smack cometry time it may seem as if there's a new flavor of Cheetos available every week so you'd be forgiven if you didn't notice that Cheetos Twisted no longer exist new Twisted Cheeto snacks these curly c-shaped Cheeto snacks were thicker meaning more of that finger staining cheese dust to coat your fingers they also arrived armed with that patented Cheetos Crunch and were available from around 2002 to 2012 but all good things must eventually come to an end the che Kos folks discontinued their Twisted brand but never fear because the company is bound to create something similar Down the Line This is Twisted danger number four yogos Hog's yogos just got hit with watermelon Splash flavor part fruity flavor part yogurty coating new watermelon Splash flavor Yogo Worlds of Fun parents will often do just about anything to get their kids to eat healthy but even the busiest folks have their limits yogos weren't trying to masquerade as healthy fruit or yogurt but instead were sugary fruit flavored snacks with a yogurt coating on top they were in acquired taste to say the least but Millennials were on that taste back when they were kids as yogos seem to be on top between 2005 and the beginning of the 2010s slowo on the Yogo chewy Sweet sour and available in varieties of berry flavors yogos were perhaps too unique for this world and burned so bright that they could never be brought back ah what a flast just like new go go gorilla mix seriously rough stuff number three Philadelphia cheesecake snack bars oo phly snack bars hey ever think to yourself I've been good why shouldn't I have cheesecake for a snack [Music] cheesecake what this is heaven no it was just us yeah well we have no regrets about devouring this indulgent snack from the Philadelphia people small snack-sized cheesecake squares available to eat any hour of the day you want the graham cracker bottom you get the graham cracker bottom you want sweet icing and fruit laced over that thick cheesecake deliciousness shut the front door and eat these slices of Heaven in private because we guarantee you're going to have a moment we can only hope and pray that the next time we stroll by our grosser freezer this classic snack will be staring back at us treat yourself to the rich and creamy cheesecake Taste of Philadelphia snack bars here you go fluffy they a little taste of Heaven number two Hershey's bites the Hershey's company has so many delicious snacks under their belt it's easy to forget that there's also plenty of Forgotten Classics Hershey's swoops were one but the penultimate spot on our list goes to the much missed Hershey's bites no not the Candy Bites but this even crunchier and more snackable concoction that came in a variety of flavors hey look who just showed up introducing new KitKat and Heath bites you get the feeling everyone is staring at us what is my bag open rollos kitkats peppermint patties and more were all shrunk down and packaged in a size that was perfectly Geared for guzzling Unfortunately they posed a choking hazard for some and most of the line was discontinued however Hershey's website does say that limited flavors can be purchased direct but don't go scouring stor shelves for this one number one Keebler magic midds and ideas that will change the cookie world for melted chocolatey midles in the cookies too late we just did it new Keebler magic midles if there were ever a snack cookie King this was the one the mighty Keebler elves truly outdid themselves when they magically concocted the recipe for the perfect treat C him smuggling melted chocy filling out of your factory cre pretty clever he hid it inside this chocolate chip cookie Oh you mean keer magic midds the shortbread wasn't too sweet and held its Integrity against that chocy or peanut buttery flavor core that burst onto your taste buds with the force of a fudgy freight train oh and if you warmed these bad boys in the microwave for a few seconds absolute Heaven we're not sure if we can go all the way to the top of the kebler elf hierarchy for some answers but we are desperate for magic midles to be made available again new Magic midds from Keebler genius pure genius we can't unearth Lost Treasures or fading memories of a bygone era without highlighting the many products that have left our lives so here they are now actually to be totally honest with you you don't want to buy any VCR it's a dead technology welcome to watch Mojo and today we're counting down our picks for the top 20 products that don't exist anymore they're the Guardians of obsolete formats betamax eight track floppy disc real toore for this list we'll be looking at the most notable merchandise you can't find on store shelves anymore which of these do you miss the most number 20 pagers with a press of a button pagers revolutionized telecommunication back in the 1950s they were convenient they were practical and best of all they were the hip new thing an inexpensive way to keep in touch for important calls and messages while you're away from home or office but over the years a ton of worthy competition entered the fry by the turn of the 21st century smartphones could do almost everything a pager could but better so we're going to reinvent the phone they hung on for a few more years due to their increased reliability but eventually pagers just couldn't keep up with the featur cell phones by 2021 most paging service providers had shuddered for good leaving this Communicator an obsolete relic of the past can I ask you a question do you know if the hotel's page or friendly what do you mean I'm not getting a Sig on my beeper number 19 Kudos it's hard to go wrong with a good old-fashioned granola bar but the real kicker is that Kudos Bars were all a part of a sugary well-balanced breakfast Jesus Jesus Kudos I'm I'm while they definitely had more flavor than nutrition that didn't stop them from becoming a staple breakfast treat in the 80s and [Music] 9san still over time their name recognition started to dwindle then in 2017 a comment on the company's Facebook page confirmed that Kudos Bars were officially discontinued given the unceremonious nature of its can by we aren't crossing our fingers for a relaunch anytime soon but you got to give it kudos for one thing that that theme song never gets old number 18 PB crisps since their mascot is an actual peanut it's safe to say Planters pretty much Corners the market on all things nuts as if to prove it they entered the 9s by introducing a whole new way to enjoy their product enter PB crisps the so-called peanut butter with a crunch the center so sweet peanut butter cream oh a treat the cream fi cookies were a massive hit at least for the people who tried them the crisp dis appeared after just 3 years on shelves with no official explanation as to why that hasn't stopped people from talking about them though PE crisps and new chocolate yes chocolate crisps from Planters to this day fans are still clamoring for a return of PB crisps there's even a website for it in everything number 17 fax machines this kind of tech is an increasingly Dying Breed at the very least the fax machine can be proud of its near Century long reign as the deao Office Communicator with Sharp's choice of fax machine means you can send documents in as little as 12 seconds to any place in the world you can phone but there's a lot of alternatives to compete with these days primarily email and the internet both of which are much less cumbersome than a modern-day telecopier looking at all of that it's clear that the fall of the fax machine is more of a matter of when not if sure it still has its uses in certain Fields but compared to what else is on the market vax machines feel like they're on their last print have these guys ever heard of a damn F machine number 16 deia's catalog even by today's standards having the latest and greatest fashion trend sent right to your door is a pretty compelling offer in the 9s it was practically a musthave deia's catalog presented itself as more of a magazine than of a store and that novel approach gave it a choke hold on the decades fashion sense because there was little to no competition in the teen Market deas was able to thrive but since the novelty of catalog orders wore off the brand was left without anything to stand on later when online shopping officially took over deia's once famous catalog Qui wiely went out a print the company's product is still around today just without the paper version or the brand recognition with crop tops corsets laerie inspired pieces and micro mini skirts the deas today is a far cry from the tween friendly brand it started as number 15 pdas for as cool as a personal digital assistant sounds there's just no need for one anymore Doris the personal digital assistant from sharp everything that made it unique in the 80s is now common place in basically any smart device on the market internet access messaging reminders smartphones and computers do all of that and so much more the steady decline of PDA sales reflects as much just ask Apple their entire company almost went under after banking hard on the Apple Newton hey Dolph take a memo on your Newton beat up Martin it also served as a cautionary tale for their competitors most of whom have since abandoned their PDA lines fortunately the tech went to good use use and several of those companies began manufacturing cell phones instead number 14 Netscape Navigator this wasn't just a web browser this was the web browser it seemed as if nothing could stop the driving force on the web browser market place that was Netscape Netscape Navigator's intuitive user interface helped popularize internet use and the company was rewarded for that with Incredible word of mouth but every industry needs some healthy competition and soon enough Microsoft entered the ring with Internet Explorer accompanied by PC bundles and an unprecedented marketing Blitz the new browser utterly destroyed netscape's rule in fact Microsoft's launch was so aggressive the US court of law officially called it an illegal Monopoly but by then the damage was already done Netscape Navigator never earned back its audience and officially went off the grid in 2008 did you know you were still using Netscape Navigator number 13 orbits on paper this infamous drink doesn't sound too bad it was non-carbonated relatively healthy and even had several different fruit flavors well first off we have vanilla orange however the real issue had nothing to do with the drink's taste it was that orbits wasn't fully liquid see the entire pitch is that orbits are small gelatinous orbs that dissolve in your mouth everybody was picking it up checking it out as you can imagine people didn't like having to eat their drink orbits were reviewed poorly and sold even worse to put it into perspective they only lasted a single measly year into production before going awall these days the only place to find an orbits is from a collector I really do wish orbits would come back but knowing full well the capabilities of Clearly Canadian at the moment it's not going to happen number 12 floppy discs in 1996 there were an estimated 5 billion of these flimsy discs in use and that's just counting the standard version come on guys guys I thought you knew better don't copy that floppy and yet by 2007 floppy discs were already collecting dust the culprit behind their sharp decline in sales is primarily USB drives oh and memory cards then cloud storage floppy discs simply weren't made to keep up with a rapid influx in memory technology if anything they took up more space than they saved the manufacturing of the diset is over and so all of the dises that will be made have been made the Legacy isn't all doom and gloom though in order to make the transition easier on consumers several Computing companies use the floppy dis image as their save icon so really it's like they're still with us everything was much easier when it was just floppy discs number 11 3G phones the third generation of smartphones had a lot of winners the iPhone 5 the Galaxy S9 and the Google pixel 2 just name a few but as with any growing industry there will always be a day where one era Powers off so another can click on it's not like 3G devices got canceled or anything it's just that their framework needed to be upgraded to match the newest standards after all why bother keeping 3G around when 4G is technologically Superior not to mention 5G as a result of the industry's Innovation most third generation phones will lose support by the end of 2024 and that's if they haven't already number 10 answering machines it's not really fair to say that answering machines don't exist anymore rather they just don't sell as well as they used to or really at all got to change my answering machine now I'm alone it's tragic because their cousin the voicemail is still a very prevalent part of cellular communication but the Silver Bullet of answering machines is that they're specifically tied to a person's home land line since those are quickly becoming extinct the answering machine is going down with them believe it or not George isn't at homeage at the be technically you can still call any of them up and get the same voicemail like message but unless there's a major change in the market answering machines are not long for the tech World believe it or not I'm not home number nine Kodak cameras this Kodak moment ended in a camera flash even though they were the ones to develop the first self-contained digital camera the company's higher ups were extremely hesitant to shift their brand away from film roles the most accurate realistic color in print film is here that proved to be a fatal error and by the time Kodak started playing catchup the digital Market had already left them in the dust following a decade of Rocky finances the company officially file for chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2012 this once great company files for bankruptcy and now they're trying to build with whatever you can thankfully there's a happy ending for Kodak the brand emerged from their financial wos with a new focus on printing supplying film and later Pharmaceuticals but the same can't be said for their camera production number eight Walkman way back when Sony built a product based on the idea of cassettes on the go and the industry hasn't been the same since Sony introduces the only cassette player as small as a cassette case the Walkman proved to be so absurdly popular it became ubiquitous with the very concept of portable music you just leave it all up to me including Sony's Own disman Line it's to the point that the word revolutionary doesn't feel like it does the Walkman Justice while it was inevitably overtaken by the rise of smartphones this portable player still lives on as an iconic piece of 20th century pop culture Sony introduces the only cassette player as small as a cassette case the incredible sounding super Walkman sure it ended production in 2010 but with over 200 million units made odds are the walkman's Legacy won't be forgotten anytime soon number seven tab surprisingly enough the Coca-Cola company's first ever diet drink wasn't actually Diet Coke it was tab a sugarless soda marketed to those who wanted to quote unquote keep tabs on their [Music] weight as one of the first beverages to tap into the diet Market tab was an instant success but it came under friendly fire when the Coca-Cola Company introduced Diet Coke in 1982 just like that tab lost its only claim to fame however its passionate audience was enough to keep it around for almost another 40 years but despite their efforts the drink shipped its last case in 2020 Coke hasn't kept tabs on it since number six foam booths if you're looking on the side of busy roads you're more likely to find a Wi-Fi hot spot than a phone booth pull your back quite frankly the change has been a long time coming ever since smartphones became the communication standard payones have been left in a dire place as you can imagine it's even worse for phone booths almost every single one in the United States has been torn up or converted and that's getting off lucky compared to some other countries excuse me I'm trying to make a call here in Belgium Denmark Norway and more you couldn't find a working phone booth even if you wanted to at this rate it'll only be a few years before phone Bo sto ringing worldwide what were they used for in New York bathrooms number five Pontiacs General Motors revved up a lot of cars in the 20th century so much so that they could afford to sell their Pontiac Brands as less of a vehicle and more of a lifestyle the 65 Pontiac GTO it's the swingingest car in the late ' 50s specifically this type of car was a status symbol but as the years went on it became a symbol that people cared less and less about Pontiac had restructured before to great success and they might have been able to do it again if not for the economic crash of 2008 up against intense Financial pressure GM gave Pontiac one last lap before retiring it for good in 2010 Pontiac fuel for the soul number four Blackberry phones before Android and iOS dominated the cell phone space there was a third contender in the ring for much of the mid to late 2000s research in motions Blackberry was the most popular smartphone brand in the US and it wasn't close well actually there was four but Sony's Ericson phones failed to put up much of a fight Blackberry on the other hand was a worthwhile rival during the 2000s what do you call it it's called a Blackberry their name recognition was second to none and they had the Slick product to back it up at least at first Unfortunately they couldn't evolve fast enough to match the everchanging landscape introducing the new BlackBerry Classic with more power and control than ever before as Android and iOS flourished into the 2010s Blackberry lost almost 3/4 of its sales numbers their last product came out in 2018 and no one's heard anything from them [Music] since number three VCR they didn't call it appointment television for nothing nuo you're missing your favorite show for decades if you wanted to watch something on TV you had to be in the right place at the right time on the right channel then out of nowhere came the VCR suddenly all it took was a handy VHS tape and you could record anything on TV for future viewing suppose it's over 3 hours relax p Sonic VHS takes up to 4 hours of sports movies specials on one cassette it completely changed the game and immediately everybody wanted in on the profit Inc DVDs which were easier cheaper and more reliable than VHS tapes when that sank the need for video cassette players went with it the very last VCR manufacturer ceased production in 2016 have you ever heard of a VCR no I haven't number two MP3 players the music business is a tough place to stay relevant in case in points Microsoft's epic failure in the zoom don't tell me this is zoom bad but for every one of those there was the iPod a music player that just did everything right everyone wants the iPod it's a huge hit it is almost a Christmas miracle and yet even that couldn't stay afloat forever the story is the same all around they all failed to stay relevant just as soon as MP3 players reached their stride smartphones had developed enough to do the exact same thing the iPhone eclipsing the iPod is a good metaphor for what happened to just about every MP3 player on the market nobody needed them anymore and that's that Tunes got my old iPod we can rock out number one Internet Explorer from Netscape Navigator's ashes Microsoft grew a web browser with a legacy that speaks for itself Internet Explorer was a fixture on nearly all windows PCS from the mid1 1990s to the mid 2000s at its PEAK Internet Explorer had an absolute gargantuan 95% market share if that doesn't speak to its status nothing will unfortunately for Microsoft the browser word didn't end there you see Microsoft tried to set its early versions of iie apart from its competitors by focusing on adding new features rather than simply trying to make the browser as fast as possible Firefox Google Chrome and Safari all entered the fry in the coming years each taking a noticeable chunk out of Internet Explorer's user base so with that ie's market share dropped precipitously and yet Microsoft still didn't seem to be seriously trying to address the problem eventually the once Mighty browser was forced to cut its losses and relaunched as the new and improved Microsoft Edge given how quickly it lost support among both users and developers it's clear that Internet Explorer 12 isn't coming anytime soon remember at the beginning of the video where we looked at all those stores that went bye-bye well it turns out there are plenty of other stores that disappeared yes here are even more stores that don't exist anymore where am I you're bed bath and beyon I was just watching you sleep welcome to watch Mojo and today we're counting down our picks for the top 20 more stores that don't exist anymore you know that one you've been looking for so do we Sun Coast it's where you buy movies for this list we'll be looking at Major retail chains that were dealt fatal blows when caught in the unrelenting Gears of Market forces our economy has left innumerable retailers for dead over the decades if your favorite childhood store was left off this list number 20 [Music] twittert Twitter AKA Twitter Etc AKA Twitter home entertainment was a New England consumer electronics chain founded in Boston by Sandy and Michael Bloomberg in 1972 the chain grew and grew throughout New England in the 1990s Twitter started a campaign of National Expansion by buying out chains in other markets they expanded to Chicago Florida and Atlanta through Acquisitions of other electronic franchises by the end of its time Tweeter specialized in flat screen televisions I'll look into this Tweeter thing but no promis in the spring of 2007 Twitter had around a 100 stores nationwide even before the Great Recession hit half of those stores had closed by the time the waves of the recession receded Tweeter went bankrupt number 19 Steven barries Steven Shaw and Barry prevor were college students at the University of Pennsylvania in 1985 they recognized that University bookstores and Gift Stores sold Goods with an absurd markup they saw an opportunity founding a chain targeting college students with Bargain Basement prices Steven berries was a retail clothing store that focused on casual clothes accessorizing and Footwear they expanded to college campuses and malls Across America eventually reaching 276 stores in 39 States Steven Barry seemed destined to conquer earning such praise as hot retailer of the year in 2005 and marketer of the year in 2007 before the decade was out the chain went belly up like so many others Steven berries was taken out by the Great Recession goodbye recession hello depression number 18 Club liilu some stores make the decision early on that they aren't selling Goods but an experience that was the logic behind the short-lived Club Libby L franchise named after the childhood imaginary friend of founder Mary drle Club Libby L served girls from ages 4 to 12 it provided girls and young twins with makeovers dressed Dr up parties stuffed animals and custom Cosmetics you can be like Hannah Montana with the new on tour Makeover at Club liyo perform with your blinging sequin tank microphone and more at its peak Club liilu was a subsidary of sax and at almost 100 locations nationwide by November 2008 the miserable state of the economy forced sax to shutter club liby's Doors number 17 Crazy Eddie Crazy Eddie antar was a brooklyn-based business who opened up an Electronics retail chain with his brother Sam the store and their crazy Eddy commercials were a New York City Staple in the 1980s this is it it's crazy Edd's greatest clearance sale ever crazy Edd's slashing prices on specially marked items in his enormous inventory stereo equipment video equipment color TVs car stereo CBS telephone equipment disco equipment and professional products plus an unbelievable selection of floor samples and demonstrators all with full manufacturers warranties and most price at are below cost it's crazy Ed's greatest clearance sale ever going on right now with prices that are insane Crazy Eddie the chain was widely successful with just one wrinkle from the very beginning Eddie and Sam were Crooks they committed an absolutely Gob smacking amount of Fraud and their books were a complete sham well initially he was just stealing in Garden variety tax evasion but then he he came up with a better idea you see by taking his own money stealing it and putting it back on his books he was riging Cash He took the company public at $8 a share a year later it was trading at 75 by 1983 it became difficult for Eddie to hide his criminality so he took the company public Eddie pumped and dumped a ton of stock lost the business and then went to prison the initial investigation into the crazy edti fraud the SEC thought that we deliberately understated our numbers to take over the company on the cheap the chain closed in 1989 though in the late '90s and 2000s the antar attempted an online comeback it died for good in 2012 number 16 Lans Lans is a sad example of how even the American dream doesn't necessarily last forever that is a great DRFT thank you very much did you get L guess how much $75 no way why yes is it Italian Italian M or Italian design ladies fra lman was a young woman when her husband's Haberdashery failed she took a job as a clothes buyer in New York Freda started to buy overstocked items from Top designers and sold them at a bargain out of her home eventually they opened the first Lans in 1921 the store was incredibly successful and went public after her death 37 years later by 1999 Lans had around 100 locations in 17 States over the next 15 years the chain underwent a series of bankruptcies and acquisitions by 2014 all brick and mortar locations were closed and by 2018 its online store shut down the latest Runway looks from real designer names you know at fall off your 4in heel prices Lan's Italian event starts tomorrow shop early for the the best of the best Lans real designers really discounted number 15 Walden books Walden books that's a major chain huh hey Jerry I'm going to Walen books get out get up I don't want to live like [Music] this all right let's go after leaving Simon and Schuster in 1933 sales manager Lawrence Hoy opened a small rental library in Connecticut with his partner Melvin T Kafka they named their business the Walden Book Company after Henry David Thor's famous book Walden I read this in seventh grade I would have called it on boring Pond their goal was to help an aerated populace psychologically deal with the Great Depression they had hundreds of locations by 1948 the post World War II era killed the rental Library business so the company successfully pivoted to Book Sales when America looks for the right Christmas gift America finds it at Walden books Walden books entered the Great Wheel of capitalism acquiring smaller companies and getting bought and sold by larger ones it was eventually spun off by Kmart and became a part of borders all Walden books closed when borders was killed by Amazon in 2011 number 14 gadzooks in this golden age of online retail it can be hard to remember that the shopping mall was once the center of American Commerce in the 1980s and90s malls were both shoing and cultural [Music] centers this is the '90s why does it look like 1986 the'80s didn't come to Canada till like ' 93 there were retail brands that did not exist outside of a mall if you were a teen at a mall in Texas during that time there's a good chance you shopped at gadzooks the store initially focused on t-shirts before expanding into a full-blown mini department store for teens by 1995 gadzooks went public and by 2000 there were over 300 stores and malls Across America to fight off competitors gadzooks dropped its men wear and catered exclusively to teen women that pivot killed the brand completely 5 years later getuk number 13 Papyrus Papyrus are you kidding me there's no place for that in a professional office setting Margaret Sherman opened the first Papyrus store as a retail branch of refined paper company with barely $1,000 in a dream Sherman created a business that would grow into an Empire of over 450 stores throughout the US and Canada Papyrus sold greeting cards and luxury stationer throughout the country expanding with a 2009 purchase of American Greeting stores Unfortunately they misread the market and slowly but surely contracted only 260 stores by 2020 in January 2 months before the covid lockdowns would send shock waves throughout the economy Papyrus Shores were all shuttered and liquidated number 12 virgin mega store Mega billionaire Richard br Branson started his Mogul career at the age of 16 with a self-published magazine student in 1970 he pivoted to a mail order record business and opened his first Virgin Records in 1972 the brand boomed quickly and Branson opened his first mega store in London by 1979 some days I'm afraid I'll go berserk s the country a through K rack out on the street and go work in a virgin mega store and never come back virgin Mega store's expanded product selection included consumer Electronics books and sometimes fashion Branson ruled the British market and virgin Megasaur opened Around the World perhaps predicting a shift in retail Branson sold or licensed the brand to a number of companies in the early 2000s today virgin Mega stores only exist in the Middle East and North Africa all other locations have closed down number 11 Sun Coast Motion Picture company there are over 10,000 great movie gifts at Sun Coast like the comedy hit Beverly Hills Cop 3 Four Weddings in a funeral staring Hugh Grant and Andy McDow and Jim Cary in The Mask these and hundreds of other titles are on sale now thanks to the invention of vhhs tapes and to a lesser extent betamax Hollywood discovered a profitable secondary market for movies tens of thousands of video rental stores and Nationwide chains popped up all over the US and became a booming business one of those retailers was the Sun Coast Motion Picture company what do you do anyway thought you went to MIT I work at Sun Coast Video wow congratulations mom and dad must be psyched I'm going to get out of here check this out moonwalk a spin-off of Sun Coast records Sun Coast Motion Picture company sold VHS tapes Collectibles records cassette tapes and CDs the retailer fell victim to chains of Acquisitions and sales eventually getting liquidated as of May 2023 only four Suncoast Motion Picture company franchises exist in the United States number 10 fans William filen was an American businessman who founded an incredibly successful department store in Boston in 1881 philein is so important to the city's identity the original store was designated a city Landmark its sister store fen's basement saw similar success also nobody knows what filin's basement is that's a shame you definitely paid too much for that coat in 1929 philein joined with other competitors to create the holding company Federated Department Stores in the back half of the 20th century filines gained a foot hold in New England and New York shopping malls filines was sold off to May department stores in 1988 however Federated acquired May in 2005 and folded philein into Macy's I guess we could hit file's basement see if there's anything in the Bargain Bin never you now only shop upstairs at filin where they have fancy windows and you pay full price full price can that even be done number nine Discovery Channel store large companies love to find ways to leverage their brand power and enter new Mar markets in the 1990s a number of media corporations tried to synergize their media brand with a retail store business to sell branded content both Disney and Warner Brothers made the attempt but failed thanks to large Market forces if those Brands each with a massive library of intellectual property couldn't make it happen it's no surprise that the Discovery Channel store was an abysmal failure why why Discovery Channel Discovery Channel why okay just eat your food eat everyone eat the food the company tried to create a retail Market to sell Discovery Channel merchandise unfortunately the small retail chain of less than 20 locations lasted less than a dozen years before going under as of 2023 even discovery's online store has closed there's nothing like the gift of Discovery number eight zany brainy David Schlesinger was an entrepreneur frustrated by a lack of brick-and mortar stores for educational toys he started the retail chain zany brain in 1991 to bridge that Gap zy brain's products specialized in developmental education through play they sold puzzles books audio tapes and CDs toy trains and learning software the individual stores also offered in store workshops concerts and book [Music] [Music] signings Daddy though the retailer was eventually purchased by feo Schwarz it never really found a long-term Market zany brainy filed for bankruptcy protection in 2001 less than 2 years later all its locations shut down number seven Modell memories begin now you got to go to Moe after 140 years in business Modell Sporting Goods learned the hard way that not everyone has to go back to mode Morris a modal a Jewish immigrant from Hungary founded the sporting goods store in Manhattan in 1889 over the next Century his descendants grew the business into a profitable chain operating over 150 stores in New York New Jersey and Pennsylvania by 2014 however rival Dick Sporting Goods had sued the company they accused CEO Mitchell Modell of wearing a disguise to learn dicks retail Secrets by mid 2020 every Modell Store had closed attempting to Rebrand as an online only business if it has anything to do with baseball it's probably unale it models finish with the mid sign already come on the mid the midell Sporting Goods top brand names low low prices Number Six movie gallery movie gallery was founded in 1985 in the middle of the Ascension of home video by the mid1 1990s the company launched an aggressive campaign of expansion they added new franchises bought out the competition and built new stores in 2005 they merged with competitor Hollywood hwood video to become the second largest video chain in North America they had reached 4,700 stores in the US and Canada with more than 2.5 billion in Revenue but it all went downhill from there we're going downhill and I can't reach the free the rise of video on demand and streaming services destroyed movie gallery and Hollywood Video just as it had with Blockbuster by 2010 even the contents of the corporate headquarters were auctioned off number five Pier 1 the triple effects of major Global catastrophes can spread into every aspect of life the Great Depression Great Recession and the pandemic all caused Global shifts in consumer habits in an adap or die world even large and Powerful retailers fall victim to Global Trends tell that to the folks at Pier 1 an establishment I'm no longer allowed inside Pier 1 had risen to National prominence in the furniture and home decoration Space by January 2020 the business was struggling and they announced the closure of almost half of their locations the pandemic was the final nail in Pier 1's bespoke coffin after all the stores shut for good retail e-commerce Ventures rev acquired the company rev has a pension for buying dying Brands and pivoting to e-commerce unfortunately in Spring 2023 rev announced that it too may go bankrupt number four Kmart inspired by a meeting with the founder of Woolworth businessman SS Craigs founded his first big box department store in 1899 the first Kmart branded store opened in 1962 in Michigan the next 30 Years saw almost exponential growth by 1990 it was the second largest retailer in America behind only Sears and unfortunately struggled throughout the '90s and early 2000s collapsing and merging with Sears we own Kmart now no so why are you dressed like we do both Brands suffered further decline over the next decade until Kmart underwent its second bankruptcy and sold off its stores by 2019 virtually all Kmart locations were shuttered as of April 2022 there were only nine Kmarts left in the world tell them Ray teamart sucks I see number three Lorden Taylor Lorden Taylor was the oldest retailer in America having been founded in 1824 when John Quincy Adams was President for almost two centuries Lorden Taylor Rose to become synonimous with luxury branded clothing six different parent companies saw Lord and Taylor through two World Wars the Great Depression and the Great Recession unfortunately the company could not survive the impact of the covid-19 pandemic retail locations were closed in March of 2020 and reopened by July but the damage had already been done and Lord and tailored filed for bankruptcy in August I declare bankruptcy in 2022 the brand relaunched Under New Management as an e-commerce luxury retailer number two Bed Bath and Beyond bed bath and Beyond as of June 2023 is at the tail end of a long slow painful demise the company shifted from a small retail chain of local stores to a mega store chain in 1985 it reached over a billion dollars in sales in 1999 and there were over 1,100 locations by 2011 let's see what we got on Hot Tips all right whoa the new bath mats are one more thing we got a serial rapist in Crown Heights I oh jeez I'm sorry that's from my other job ignore that forget that well don't ignore it if you live in Crown Heights uh you know walk in Peis declining profits led to a big shake up in 2019 investment firms purged the CEO from his perch and restructured the board of directors they accused the company of nepotism and poor management the pandemic proved to be a fatal blow for Bed Bath and Beyond pulling the trigger on the starter gun for store closures after limping along for several years the company announced the full closure of all stores by July 2023 number one The Limited The Limited was an Ohio based clothing brand that became a mall Staple in the 1980s and '90s at the height of its economic might The Limited acquired popular brands like Victoria Secret Bath & Body Works and abber croman Fitch a sub brand The Limited 2 was spun off in 1987 catering to Young and tween girls limited 2 everything a girl could ever want for back to school [Music] both store chains did well with hundreds of stores around the country The Limited 2 brand didn't even make it a decade merging with Justice in 1996 and going to funct in 2009 its parent company didn't Fair much better the bulk of the company was sold to a private Equity Firm in 2007 by 2017 all physical physical locations went out of business all right well that's going to do it for this fascinating look at all the many things that don't exist anymore hope you enjoyed yourself I definitely did I've been Matt from watch Mojo and I'll see you next time did you enjoy this video check out these other clips from watch Mojo and be sure to 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Published: Tue Jan 02 2024