Retail Watchers

Something that I wonder about is how many people living on the border of Oregon and Washington & Idaho (and perhaps Nevada although SE Oregon is sparsely populated) are crossing the border to avoid bag fees and/or still obtain plastic bags (which some people re-use for garbage bags among other t...

In the NW, I can see stores like The Commons in Federal Way closing and the mall becoming a big box Center. Not sure if all the rural stores would go away as some are quite spaced apart. But I could also see Cascade Mall in Burlington closing. Possibly South Hill Mall in Puyallup. Maybe for Kitsap ...

As noted above most of the Wendy's locations around here are either remodeled or in new builds (one location in a former Rax in Kirkland was torn down and rebuilt, another in Renton closed and moved to a new build in a different location nearby) but there's still not much in the way of consistency....

Someone should go take a visit to the Burlington, WA Kmart and see how things are going there. I read on another forum the store hours are 10 AM to 8 PM and it rarely does more than $8,000 a day in sales. That is pretty pathetic if true. Though I suspect Shopko had many large stores doing that sort...

I stopped at a Kohl's this week for the first time, since there are none in my area. My overall impressions were that it was a nicely laid out and stocked store. The clothing seemed good quality. But overall, it didn't really seem to have anything to offer than what a typical Belk, JCPenney or such...

Store locations will continue to close. 2020 should be the end for the most troubled banner: Kmart. Kmart is definitely a goner. Stores are already running like liquidating stores tearing up planograms due to lack of product and missing basic assortments all over. The bloated pig known as Sears wil...

SamSpade wrote: ↑December 31st, 2019, 8:25 am
Isn't 2020 the year that Wendy's is supposed to return to serving breakfast at (a majority of) its locations?

Supposedly. We'll see what happens. Hopefully they can stick to it this time.

With all the problems in these states with homeless population, healthcare issues, increased crime, increased traffic due to overdevelopment/overcrowding, etc., regulating how people carry groceries home should not even be on the list of these legislatures. All who passed these laws deserve to be f...

This bill becomes law on Jan. 1st. A change I have already noticed is that Subway has changed to paper bags instead of the plastic they usually place sandwiches in.

I wonder how long it will be before all of Washington ends up like this.

Does anyone really pay attention to the brand of gasoline? It's all the same thing. The octane ratings are the only serious differences in gasoline quality. The additives are mostly a marketing gimmick. I would think most people choose which gasoline by either 1) The convenience of the location and...