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Beloved neighborhood hardware store closes suddenly after 61 years - just months after new owners take over
A beloved San Francisco hardware store is closing down after 61 years as a cornerstone of the community.
Glen Park Hardware has served the upmarket neighborhood of Glen Park for more than six decades but has struggled to retain its identity after its long-time owners retired in 2016.
Since then, locals reported high turnover of staff and frequent shortages of stock.
The closure comes after just six months of the most recent owners taking over.
Locals told KTVU it will leave a hole in the communities services.
Glen Park Hardware catered to the upmarket neighborhood of Glen Park for 61-years. Hal and Susan Tauber are pictured in 1978 after buying the business that year - and then running the store together for 38 until 2016
The store was opened by Ed Josephson in 1963 and was closed down last weekend
'Glen Park's got one of everything and now we're missing a hardware store,' local resident Lucas Leibold told the outlet.
'I definitely picked up some odds and ends there, had some keys cut.'
The store held a 50-percent-off liquidation sale last weekend before shuttering its doors for good.
The store was opened by Ed Josephson in 1963 who sold it to Hal and Susan Tauber in 1978.
The couple ran the store together for 38 years before selling it to another couple in 2016, the San Francisco Gate reported.
The Taubers sold the store to Rikbull, a limited liability corporation, earlier this year who then announced the closure.
It follows a string of other closures in the neighborhood this summer, including Cuppa, a boba store, and Glen Park Station bar.
Small businesses in California have been hit by rising costs after years of inflation and the dominance of online shopping.
Just last week iconic Californian fashion store Fred Segal closed its two remaining stores in Los Angeles.
Founded in 1961, the store became a fixture of the city's fashion scene and a symbol of laidback LA style.
The company, which once had nine locations in California, was a favorite of celebrities including Jennifer Aniston, Rihanna and Paris Hilton, and even became a pop culture reference point in films such as Legally Blonde and Clueless.
In the 1995 cult hit movie Clueless, Alicia Silverstone's Cher famously asks her housekeeper to help her find her 'white collarless shirt from Fred Segal'
Glen Park Hardware catered to the upmarket neighborhood of Glen Park for 61-years
However, retailers of all sizes are closing their doors, with even big names being forced to shutter stores.
Major department store Macy's, for example, announced earlier this year that it would close a third of its stores by 2026, including 50 this year alone.
The stratospheric rise of online rivals and the demise of America's suburban malls and downtown districts are some of the factors which experts claim have contributed to the decline of the company.
Others blame a disappearing middle class, an unsuccessful digital transformation, or a failure to appeal to a younger generation of consumers.
Fellow department stores Neiman Marcus and JCPenney have both filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, and Sears now has only a dozen stores across the country - after boasting over 4,000 stores as recently as 2012.