Frank's Nursery and Crafts coming back??

[Gistok]

After an 18 year absence from metro Detroit... right now it will only be an online store, but they eventually hope to bring back Frank's as a real store once again!!

https://www.wxyz.com/news/remember-f...rb37xnhCDrW9jA

[Maof]

It was a great store. I still have a couple sets of working Christmas lights from the 7 & Hayes store I bought in the 80's as well as a garden kneeling pad. A few years ago, hubby recently snapped the handle on my garden shears that I've had for 20+ years. I gorilla clued it It would be great to see brick and mortar stores again.

[Danny]

Right now, English Gardens is king of the Metro-Detroit flower shop.

[Johnnny5]

I remember many of the buildings sat oddly empty for years after they closed up, but has it really been 18 years?

I hope they find some success, but it sure is a different environment compared to pre-internet days. For the most part, most everything one could buy at Frank's [[Back in the day) can be found at Michaels, Hobby Lobby or Amazon. The nursery stock not so much, but that would be a difficult task to pull off online, especially when considering shipping charges for oversized packages has skyrocketed.

[Meddle]

Haven't heard any of this, but will it be anything like the attempt to revive Monkey Wards? Not sure if that 'new' site is still around.

[One Shot]

Without opening actual stores I'm not excited about it.