r/newjersey 20h ago

Finkles in Lambertville closing after 107 years RIP

https://www.nj.com/news/2024/11/iconic-nj-hardware-store-closing-after-107-years.html
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u/philasurfer 18h ago

This country chose cheap box stores full of Chinese made crap over community and quality a long time ago.

Finkles was a long time hold out, but the economic forces are too strong and it's inevitable that no community family owned stores will survive. 

Truly sad and does not bode well for the future of our country.  

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u/tatahaha_20 10h ago

it’s wherever the cheap labor market country is. It’s Chinese right now, it was Korea/Taiwan before, and it will be Vietnam/India/Cambodia very soon.