Comments on: Smith & Hawken to Close It’s Doors

By: KS

KS — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 21:11:23 +0000

I didn’t know about this closing. I used to stop in the retail store at South Coast Plaza at Christmas and a few other times during the year, and I enjoyed the catalog. I agree with Rebecca’s comment about the Target merchandise. And speaking of companies that partnered wtih Target, until yesterday I didn’t know that Shabby Chic had closed all retail stores and stopped making furniture and other items.

By: Betsy Bargain

Betsy Bargain — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 05:21:49 +0000

Wow! I hadn’t heard about them closing yet. It makes me a little sad, because I always loved browsing around in that store, but as other readers pointed out, they were overpriced. I rarely bought anything there. Companies like that are having a tough time in this economy.

By: Elaine

Elaine — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 17:48:30 +0000

I agree with your assessment. I always associated Smith & Hawken more with Pier 1 or Hammacher Schlemmer than the Miracle Gro people. Obviously the match didn’t work out well.

By: Jen

Jen — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 15:33:54 +0000

We don’t have any of their stores around here, so never had the pleasure. But I can agree with you, if you want to sell high end, it had better be special. Too bad, I would have loved to check out the website.

Jen

By: Louise @ Buddy Garden

Louise @ Buddy Garden — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 12:47:37 +0000

Oh no I can’t believe their closing down. I agree with you 100%, I love looking at their stuff but most of the time it’s just looking. As nice as their stuff is I just can’t justify spending so much on something I can get elsewhere especially in this economy. They had some good sales recently but even with the discount their stuff still cost a fortune. Sad to see a nice store go down

By: ElleDee

ElleDee — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 12:14:56 +0000

I suspected they were closing soon since they have been having mega sales for a while now… It makes me sad since I really like the style of their stuff, but it was mostly too expensive for me anyway (which I agree was probably what killed them).

I have a store a mile away from me though, so I should check it out for sales.

By: rebecca sweet

rebecca sweet — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 04:34:02 +0000

I totally agree w/your reasons why they started going South. I also think it was a bad move when they started selling their ‘high end’ stuff at Target. Mixed messages. Are they ‘high end’ or ‘middle/low end’…plus their Target stuff looked like it wasn’t made as well.

So, so sad. End of a shopping era for me – one of my favorite places to go. sigh…..