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I was thinking about this last night. It seems these days, at least in my area, all we are seeing in the retail stores are uprights and stick type vacuums. There are few canisters and if there are any, they tend to be bagless and small, and likely straight suction. Go to Walmart, there are two Eureka canisters, both bagless one with a tiny PN. Bed Bath and Beyond, no canisters. Lowes and Home Depot, maybe one straight suction bagless Bissell. Of course Sears has plenty of bagged and bagless canisters, but everyone seems to disregard them these days. That's a shame.
I just wonder if there will be an end of canister sales in the US. I mean, everyone says go to a Miele or Tacony store, but we have none here. There are no longer any vacuum shops. So the average consumer is going to go to the big box store and buy an upright along with the milk and other groceries. They probably won't think "I really want a canister, why aren't there any?" since all that is on display are uprights.
I am assuming that this is why these vacuums are in stores, is this is what people want. But it seems odd that at one time you could buy canisters at the big box stores like Walmart just as easily as uprights. But no longer. Why?
And why is Sears the only retailer that still pushes canisters and vacuums that utilize bags anymore? There must be a reason.
I just wonder if there will be an end of canister sales in the US. I mean, everyone says go to a Miele or Tacony store, but we have none here. There are no longer any vacuum shops. So the average consumer is going to go to the big box store and buy an upright along with the milk and other groceries. They probably won't think "I really want a canister, why aren't there any?" since all that is on display are uprights.
I am assuming that this is why these vacuums are in stores, is this is what people want. But it seems odd that at one time you could buy canisters at the big box stores like Walmart just as easily as uprights. But no longer. Why?
And why is Sears the only retailer that still pushes canisters and vacuums that utilize bags anymore? There must be a reason.