Store Brands of appliances and electronics that are gone

[polkanut]

I remember my dad finding a complete set of box wrenches in my grandma's garage that were branded "Riverside", Mom & Dad also have a "Signature" brand box fan and I believe these all came from Montgomery Wards.  Mom's cousin Martha worked for Gambles, and they had a few Coronado appliances in their home.

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[kenmore58]

Jordan Marsh has the Ambassador brand (I have an avocado electric fry pan by that name).

Also, Sears used to brand their typewriters and other items with the "Tower" name.

Ron

 

[xraytech]

Sears used to have the Counter Craft line of small appliances, then there was there Maid of Honor line, as well as the Harmony House line of home goods.

JCPenney had the PennPREST line of linens

 

[aegokocarat]

carlton and matsui, these brands were both used by DSG retail up until recently, they have replaced both brand names with new one, LOGIK and sandstrom,

 

[paulg]

Some more...

Costco maintains a house brand of appliances: Kirkland.
Another KMART house brand was KMC.
Woolworth's house brand was AUDITION, I believe. It had a microphone logo.
LOGIK and HARVARD were house brands of Fretter (I think??)
Hmmm. Would FIRESTONE count? I've seen their radios and TVs. Don't recall who made those..
ETHAN ALLEN marketed color TVs which were rebadged GE TVs in fancy cabinets. Remember XAM sold at Korvette's ?
Also, SINGER sewing shops sold TVs and electronics under the SINGER brand.

 

[polkanut]

Sam,

Thanks for jogging my memory!  My grandma had a service for 8 of Harmony House Melmac dinnerware in brown, yellow, turquoise, and gray.  Grandma also had a floor model Silvertone radio that received overseas broadcasts on the different frequencies.  Mom & Dad have a Coldspot dehumidifier that still works like a champ.  Just saw a Silvertone organ for sale at an estate sale last weekend too.

 

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[112561]

What store brand electronic was used in TGY? Anyone remember Juliette, and Silver Marshall? Not the early radio S-Ms, the '70s and '80s cheapies. Eagle Army-Navy had Eagle electronics.

 

[dirtybuck]

Although they didn't have their own brands, does anyone remember Silo, Best or Service Merchandise?

 

[wayupnorth]

We had one of the original Value House stores before it bacame Service Merchandise. Alot of my Pioneer stereo came from there. You did your ordering from a catalog and the warehouse would ship it out on a big conveyor belt to you at the checkout.

 

[joeekaitis]

Although they didn't have their own brands, does anyone

We had a Best Products showroom in San Bernardino, CA. A pity the concept didn't catch on.

You want a waffle iron? You looked over the pristine samples on the shelf while the boxed stock is safely tucked away in the warehouse. Ah, this one's perfect! Take the paper slip to the counter, wait nearby and watch the unblemished box emerge from the warehouse on the conveyor belt.

Pay and go.

Compare that with a trip to WalTargMart. Try to make a choice based on the vandalized floor samples, look over the boxed stock below and take your chances on finding a box that hasn't been opened with parts missing. Now you know why Amazon.com has become such an attractive alternative when you can wait for a new waffle iron.

Pardon the drift. Had to get it off my chest.

 

[xraytech]

I remember Service Merchandise, I only recall us purchasing one item there, and I still recall it today, it was early 1989 and mother picked out a then all new Hoover Elite cleaner. I recall seeing that box rolling down the conveyor belt.
As I recall our local Hills department store had a similar conveyor belt in its layaway department.

 

[dirtybuck]

Whirlcool:

Here are two links that are somewhat of an answer your question.

A Short in Electronics Market : Federated is the latest to trip up, as retailers are finding they have no hot gadgets to lure consumers into stores.

Flashy new products can quickly become old hat in the consumer electronics business.

articles.latimes.com

 

[dirtybuck]

Link #2

I remember the incident in ’86 as I was living in El Paso at that time. It even made the local news.

Silo (store) - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[alr2903]

@joeekaittis,  your post reminded me of Service Merchandise,  you took the ticket and waited in the delivery check out area.  In NOLA  we also had Leonard Krower,  that worked somewhat the same way, they were mostly a jewelry store.  Other Smalls are Knapp-Monarch,  Rival, Van Wyck,  Superlectric.  Riverside was a M. Wards brand,  my Dad loved their "snowtires" long b4 all-season radials were offered,  iirc, there was Wilson's that became Leonard Krower that became Service Merchandise.  alr

 

[tolivac]

Beleive it or not----Singer used to sell commercial broadcast equipment-AM and FM broadcast transmitters----under the "Sintronic" name.Also they marketed industrial electronic test gear under the same Sintronic name.Their transmitters were sold a lot during the 70's.And Sintronic appeared in Gov't electrnic gear,too.

 

[rp2813]

Riverside

The '50 GMC was outfitted with Ward's Riverside tires well into the 1970's.  Thanks for reminding me, Tim!

 

[alr2903]

Gambles sold Coronado appliances. alr