Economy Sales Grand Opening – Nov. 10, 1965

If you lived or grew up on the west side of Lorain in the 1960s (like me), then you’re probably familiar with Economy Sales. The “Discount House of Distinction" was located at 4360 Oberlin Avenue just a little south of its neighbors Big Town, Pizza Hut and Kentucky Fried Chicken.

Above is the full-page ad in the November 10, 1965 Journal announcing the store’s Grand Opening.

(Back in 2016, I did a two-part history of the store, beginning here and ending here.)

Economy Sales was a store ahead of its time. It was sort of like Amazon, with an incredible selection of merchandise. The difference was that instead of Amazon shipping the stuff to you from its warehouse, you picked it up at the showroom/warehouse.

Who doesn’t remember filling out and submitting the little card with what you wanted to purchase, and then waiting until it came chugging out from the warehouse on the conveyor belt?

The Bradys bought a lot of stuff there over the year; lots of gifts. I even bought my first 35mm camera there (a Pentax K1000).

As I noted in my earlier post about the store, it closed sometime in the mid-1980s. Today the building has been remodeled to house the Murray Ridge Center of Lorain.