Stacks and Stacks Shuts Down California Retail Store

Stacks and Stacks, the California-based retailer that focuses on organizing products has closed its last store.

CaliforniaretailerThe closing was part of a strategy which started in 1998 when the company closed 5 of 6 store locations.  Sales on the website grew rapidly, outpacing store sales, so it was a natural the last store would be shut down eventually.

"The web far outstripped store sales, says Cathy McManus, marketing director. “Sales have slowly been eroding over the years with the major influx of the Big Box retailers," she says. “Our site took off and quickly surpassed our brick and mortar sales, so most of our marketing efforts have focused on our site.”"

It was a smart move to go ecommerce.  An upcoming website design should make the site more functional and more appealing to the eye.  They are going to do great, without all the headaches of training, marketing, stocking, competition and waste of operating a "real" location, like the one in Santa Rosa, CA.

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4 responses to “Stacks and Stacks Shuts Down California Retail Store”

  1. Jeri Dansky Avatar

    I visited the Santa Rosa store back in September of last year.
    While I do my share of internet shopping, when possible I like to see things in person. Some things that looked nice on the web looked not-so-nice in person. And some things I never noticed on the web jumped out at me in the store.
    But the store wasn’t anything special. Perhaps it was when they first opened in 1984, but now places like The Container Store are much nicer physical stores.
    I agree that Stacks and Stacks’ real strength is as an on-line vendor, with a huge range of products. Their store could only hold a tiny fraction of what they offer on-line.

  2. marilyn Avatar

    It is exciting for me to find another place to shop for containers on line.
    I live in Utah and we don’t have any container/storage stores. (Bed Bath and Beyond is our closest) so it is exciting to me to find another place to shop on line.
    Thanks for this lead.

  3. Faith Avatar
    Faith

    I also agree that Stacks and Stacks’ real strength is as an on-line vendor, with a huge range of products. Their store could only hold a tiny fraction of what they offer on-line. Thank you for the post.
    -faith-

  4. Jeff paul news Avatar

    The demands for Stacks and Stacks’ real strength is increasing tremendously with on-line vendor and with a huge range of products.

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