sold off all their merchandise and closed their doors; the last store to close did so on May 15, 1999. At the time of the liquidation, Caldor employed over 24,000 people. Many Caldor stores eventually were purchased by retailers such as competitors Kmart, Target, and Walmart, and many metro New York Caldor stores were bought by Kohl's as part of Kohl's entry into the New York retail market. Caldor Websites Caldor did have a website at the web address of Caldor.com before they went out of business. A mirror site of the original Caldor website (caldor.8k.com) was made before being shut down. In 2014 a Caldor ecommerce website was planned. The website was supposed to launch in 2015, but it never fully opened. In 2020 another Caldor website was launched using the rainbow logo and the old slogan. Slogans You'll Never Not Find It At Caldor (1980s) Where Shopping Is Always A Pleasure (1980s) Bring Home The Difference. (mid-late 1990s) Check Out The Change (late 1990s) Caldor distinctives Caldor was successful through several business practices which were distinct in their industry. Innovations Unlike similar retailers of the day, there were no leased departments in any of the Caldor stores, allowing managers the flexibility to rearrange a floor plan to suit the season or sales patterns. This allowed, for example, more space for outdoor goods during the summer and a larger toy department for Christmas. Caldor's early and successful adoption of computerization of inventory, cost, and marketing control made it a model in the retail field. “Buyers, every Monday morning, have on their desks reports on the merchandise that was sold in their departments as of the previous Saturday night,” reported Bennett. Indicative of the interest created by Caldor's computer programs was a visit by a group of Australian retailers who traveled in the late 1960s to the company's headquarters to observe their computer operations, which also handled the Caldor payroll. Merchandise Caldor continually carried quality national brands, offered at discount prices that appealed to many who would normally be shopping in higher end department stores. Walter F. Loeb, a vice president and retailing analyst at Morgan Stanley is quoted in a 1980 New York Times article as saying, "The company is, in my opinion, one of the really excellent upscale discounters that has an appeal not only to the budget-minded blue-collar worker but to the middle-class white-collar shopper, too." Caldor