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by Super S
May 11th, 2020, 8:42 am
Forum: Department Store Chains (Including Discount Stores)
Topic: Nordstrom to close 16 stores post COVID
Replies: 32
Views: 12829

Re: Nordstrom to close 16 stores post COVID

I wonder if there is a place for Dillard's in the Pacific Northwest. I am really not sure. But Dillard's is present in ID and MT, so it would not be a giant reach geographically. Still I would not expect to see them with more than a couple stores in OR at the most. I think we would have to see a li...
by Super S
May 9th, 2020, 8:46 am
Forum: Department Store Chains (Including Discount Stores)
Topic: Nordstrom to close 16 stores post COVID
Replies: 32
Views: 12829

Re: Nordstrom to close 16 stores post COVID

In some ways Clackamas surprises me a little. While I do feel for various reasons that Clackamas Town Center seems to be starting a decline of sorts, and has a vacant Sears, it is still in a good location near I-205, and is the only Nordstrom on the east side. But then again Clackamas likely doesn't...
by Super S
May 8th, 2020, 7:38 am
Forum: Restaurant Chains
Topic: Coronavirus and Empty Restaurants
Replies: 224
Views: 61259

Re: Coronavirus and Empty Restaurants

It looks like Souplantation and Sweet Tomatoes will be the first buffet restaurants to succumb to the current situation: https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2020/05/08/souplantation-buffet-chain-may-permanently-close-its-restaurants/3094319001/ To be fair, their restaurants had very limited appeal....
by Super S
May 6th, 2020, 9:20 am
Forum: Department Store Chains (Including Discount Stores)
Topic: Macy’s 2020
Replies: 175
Views: 64327

Re: Macy’s 2020

Coronavirus is very difficult to transmit outdoors. Flea markets in California have reopened. The problem with Macy's is that their stores are indoors and that is where the disease can transmit easily. Perhaps if they do a parking lot sale it would draw customers. Sunlight kills the virus. Set up a...
by Super S
May 6th, 2020, 8:53 am
Forum: Non Region-Specific
Topic: Coronavirus and wearing masks in stores
Replies: 107
Views: 32255

Re: Coronavirus and wearing masks in stores

I have been hearing that the Costco stores in Oregon (where self-serve is generally not allowed except in smaller towns) are refusing service at the gas pumps if you are not wearing a mask, as part of their requirement that masks be worn by customers. I don't see the point at gas pumps especially if...
by Super S
May 5th, 2020, 5:01 pm
Forum: Restaurant Chains
Topic: Wendy's Takes Beef Off The Menu
Replies: 47
Views: 15925

Re: Wendy's Takes Beef Off The Menu

Wendy's has taken beef off the menu in some restaurants in California, South Carolina, and Kentucky. They say that it will be temporary. There are about 1,043 Wendy's out of beef or 18 percent of their restaurants. Ohio, Michigan, Tennessee, and New York are some of the states that are out. Not a g...
by Super S
May 5th, 2020, 6:32 am
Forum: Department Store Chains (Including Discount Stores)
Topic: JCPenney considering filing for bankruptcy
Replies: 13
Views: 6009

Re: JCPenney considering filing for bankruptcy

"the current depressing, dirty, messy, downscale, private label heavy JCP operation at all." Ummmmm, wow! I agree that it's probably time for Sephora to part ways with JCP for a plethora of reasons (one being, it was a leap of over expansion any ways). I'm not a big fan of JCP but I have ...
by Super S
May 4th, 2020, 7:51 am
Forum: Restaurant Chains
Topic: Coronavirus and Empty Restaurants
Replies: 224
Views: 61259

Re: Coronavirus and Empty Restaurants

I have to say I'm having a problem with the restaurant situation (actually all retail types, grocery, drugs, department, etc.). So many people just won't stay away. It gets to the point where I just wanna scream out, get the XXXXX away PLEASE. Floor marks are ignored often. I rarely eat fast food a...
by Super S
May 3rd, 2020, 9:47 am
Forum: Non Region-Specific
Topic: Albertsons LLC Decor on the way out?
Replies: 38
Views: 18523

Re: Albertsons LLC Decor on the way out?

Albertsons Elko has no pharmacy for some reason. It seems like it could really use one. If the shopping center had a Rite Aid, it makes some sense. Albertsons often did not have pharmacies in stores that were located in strip malls where there was another drug store, sometimes a pharmacy was added ...
by Super S
April 29th, 2020, 8:24 am
Forum: Non Region-Specific
Topic: Coronavirus Fears and Empty Supermarkets
Replies: 423
Views: 110010

Re: Coronavirus Fears and Empty Supermarkets

Yes, Bashas did use Hy-Top until they switched to Topco brands in 2002 or so. I'm sure WinCo sold the Hy-Top brand at one time. Menards (midwest home improvement chain) has a grocery section and uses the Parade brand there. I think Bashas does supply some IGA stores in rural AZ. WinCo did in fact h...