#Shopping

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The red Kmart logo used from 1990 to 2004, the parent brand of the Blue Light Special
Trends 1965–1991 (revived off and on 2001–2015)

Kmart Blue Light Special

"Attention, Kmart shoppers." A rotating blue police light on a pole, a voice on the PA, and a stampede toward whatever aisle it was parked in. It ran from 1965 until 1991, so early-90s kids caught the tail end, and then Kmart spent the next two decades trying to bring it back.

Video thumbnail — Mall Madness Commercial 1994
Tabletop Games 1988–2004

Mall Madness

The electronic board game that let you live out the ultimate '90s fantasy: a shopping spree at the mall. A battery-powered voice called out sales — "Attention shoppers, there's a sale in the..." — while 2 to 4 players raced around a two-story plastic mall to buy everything on their list first.

Video thumbnail — The VERY FIRST Supermarket Sweep Taping | February 1990 | FULL EPISODE
TV 1990–2003

Supermarket Sweep

Grown adults sprinting through a fake grocery store, hurling frozen turkeys and giant hams into shopping carts while a studio audience screamed. Supermarket Sweep was the game show that made the checkout beep sound like a starting gun — and made everyone watching believe they could win it.