BEST Products Stores History & Nostalgia: Catalog Showrooms, Postmodern SITE Facades & Why They're Still Iconic in 2026

Explore BEST Products stores – the 1957 Virginia-founded catalog showroom chain famous for surreal postmodern facades by SITE architects (peeling walls, forests, notches). Dive into its rise, Northeast impact, artistic storefronts, 1990s decline, and enduring 2020s nostalgia on Reddit, TikTok, and YouTube for retro retail and consumer culture.