sentences:  When Crown opened its downtown Chicago store a few blocks north of the 29 S. Wabash location, Kroch's management felt that it was not a serious threat, since it did not offer "full service".However, unable to compete with the discount bookstores, Kroch's and Brentano's closed its doors in 1995.Always known for major book signings through its entire history, its final major book signing was with heavyweight boxing champion George Foreman, who was promoting his autobiography "By George".