Connecticut Retailer Announces It's Finished, All Stores Will Clo

It's all done for a once mighty Connecticut retailer. All of the Nutmeg State Bob's Stores are set to close their doors after a company announcement.

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According to an NBC CT report:

Several companies in the Bob’s Stores and Mountain Sports portfolio will now move forward together in Chapter 11 bankruptcy court.Today’s court ruling consolidates the bankruptcy process for Bob’s and affiliated stores under the company umbrella.

Now NBC CT says action is being taken and all of the Connecticut Bob's Stores will close, that list includes:

409 Main Street - Ansonia
2300 Dixwell Avevnue - Hamden
179 Pavilions Drive - Manchester
416 East Main Street - Middletown
195 Cherry Street - Milford
172 Kitts Lane - Newington
504 Bushy Hill Road - Simsbury
835 Queen Street - Southington
910 Wolcott - Waterbury
167 Parkway North - Waterford

We chatted about this on the Tuesday (7/2/24) edition of the I-95 Morning Show

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During the show we each listed off what we remember buying at Bob's and this is what each of us came up with:

Ethan: Hawaiian shirts

Lou: Ill-fitting pants

Dave: Jordan 2's

That is quite the visual right there, that is how you dressed in 2000 if you could not decide on a scene. I think I've seen this exact outfit the last time I attended the Goshen Stampede. This is also a good-look for anyone who dresses like a slob hoping it will be taken as ironic which works great for Post Malone but if you work at the Post Office in Bethel, people might not get the joke.

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I certainly remember shopping at three of the stores on this list and it transports me back to my youth and that makes it a find memory. These 4 stores were not only wildly popular in their day but they had their national headquarters right here in the Nutmeg State.

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