Wow, There's A Lot Of Sh*t Here

For previous posts on Home of Economy in Williston:

• vs Wal-Mart, September 18, 2011
• oh, by the way, October 26, 2011
• Christmas gifts, December 12, 2011

It's funny how things work out. I don't know when the "new" Home of Economy opened in Williston, but based on the "unfinished" bits and pieces, it appears it must have just opened. The expansion began last summer, June/July, 2013. According to The Williston Herald, the store was adding 14,000 square feet.

Wow, what an incredible story. I was overwhelmed with the huge selection of work boots and Carhartt work clothes. It seems the store is about half work boots and half Carhartt work clothes. Obviously there are bigger stores with more Carhartt, but this is the biggest selection I have seen. As I was walking through the store, someone who appeared new to Williston had the same thought, "Wow, there's a lotta sh*t here."

Yeah, there really is. And because of all the extra space one doesn't get claustrophobic among the aisles.

The entire west end is devoted to boots (with some minor exceptions). It paces out 35 by 40 so it must be about 100 feet by 90 feet, or 9,000 square feet. Probably 10,000 square feet.

At the east end, it is all Carhartt, and when I say "all Carhartt," I mean all Carhartt. Huge selection but one can tell a lot of cold weather clothing has been sold.

And that brings us back to the opening line: "... it's funny how things work out." It appears the expansion has pretty much just been completed. The additional weeks of winter, and now the new round of very cold weather coming in, will bring people back in, to see the new store.

It is still my favorite store in Williston for work clothes, hunting clothes, cold weather gear, boots, and just browsing around.

Oh, by the way, nice Wrangler shirts on sale through March 6, 2014. Good buys to begin with (at $22) are now down to $14, I believe. Slightly less expensive Wranglers are a dollar or two less expensive.