Hallmark Gold Crown Stores

I t What are we gonna do? I guess one of us should ask directions. Are you kidding? T Cacals, right. You'll only make them mad. That's funny. They all look nice to me. When you're nice on the inside, it shows on the outside. Go up about three blocks, make a right, and we. . . Honey, don't worry, we'll take you. Hallmark Gold Crown, the store for people Now at Hallmark Gold Crown, see Wedding Day Barbie and all the new Hallmark Ordinance. Just out of the bag t In the first store we'll be taking a look at is located in a mall. Hallmark Gold Crown stores are commonly found in malls, but it seems As you can see, T All Hallmark Gold Crown stores carry these items. Unfortunately for the Hallmark Gold Crown stores, these kind of items are not really specialty items anymore. These can be found anywhere at Target, drug stores, grocery stores. So I don'think people make special trips out just to stores They just kind of pick it up at those other stores w Somet Walmart, drug stores, Target, that kind of stuff. So there's one less reason to go to Hallmark stores. Also, most Hallmark stores carry t So really I don'think people make special trips out to the Hallmark store just to pick up things Y. Beanie Baby plushes. The second store we'll be taking a look at is located in the Hallmark. The second store we'll be taking a look at is located in the Strip Mall, w And t I t And I actually picked up a few t My daughter really And there's actually a list of the birthstones and wedding anniversaries. And I don't know if anybody even goes by or uses t Now this is the inside of the store itself, and it looks pretty much the same as it did when I was a kid too. Although I find it interesting that they had all of the Hallmark Christmas stuff out still, even though it is now June. I also love those old school brass ceiling fans all over the store. T Another t It does seem And over here we can see a lot of the same plus They created it. I had more than one viewer request that I do an episode on Hallmark Gold Crown stores, and after I did a little bit of research on the internet I found out why. I found tons of local newspaper stories about massive stores that were sold in the past, and I found out why. I also found out that the store was a little bit different from the store that was in the mall. I also found out why. I found tons of local newspaper stories about massive stores and regions all over the place, going back to 2012. It turns out a lot of these stores are franc And they're starting to struggle now, and instead of being able to sell the stores or turn them over they're just retiring and closing their stores. And this is to the dismay of what turns out to be quite a large fan following of the Hallmark brand by people who go to their stores to get the exclusive ornaments and things I found fan messages.