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- Today, 5:30 am
- Forum: Restaurant Chains
- Topic: Red Lobster Considering Bankruptcy Filing
- Replies: 30
- Views: 976
Re: Red Lobster Considering Bankruptcy Filing
If a chain is in long-term decline, then rising rents will give them more reason to keep closing stores. I'm surprised when I see any of these places that have been named, because they've gotten fewer and fewer. International operations probably keep some of them afloat--chains like Shkey's and Kenn...
- Yesterday, 7:09 am
- Forum: Restaurant Chains
- Topic: Red Lobster Considering Bankruptcy Filing
- Replies: 30
- Views: 976
Re: Red Lobster Considering Bankruptcy Filing
ClownLatch brings up some excellent points. I don’t agree chains have a natural flight — many (Denny’s,, Chili’s, Friday’s, etc.) have a managed to stay revelant even as their peers perished. And Texas Roadhouse continues to grow and thrive while Outback does the opposite… even though Texas Roadhou...
- Yesterday, 7:02 am
- Forum: Restaurant Chains
- Topic: Red Lobster Considering Bankruptcy Filing
- Replies: 30
- Views: 976
Re: Red Lobster Considering Bankruptcy Filing
ClownLatch brings up some excellent points. I don’t agree chains have a natural flight — many (Denny’s,, Chili’s, Friday’s, etc.) have a managed to stay revelant even as their peers perished. And Texas Roadhouse continues to grow and thrive while Outback does the opposite… even though Texas Roadhou...
- Yesterday, 6:04 am
- Forum: Northeast USA
- Topic: Stop & Shop closures
- Replies: 109
- Views: 13685
Re: Stop & Shop closures
These are relatively high density areas, so more visits wouldn't be unusual, and individual sales might be on the low side. NJ is still a relatively small part of their footprint. These stores may be attached to something more profitable, otherwise I suspect Ahold would have sold them. They seem to ...
- April 22nd, 2024, 12:05 pm
- Forum: Specialty Retail Chains
- Topic: Best Buy to Discontinue Physical Media
- Replies: 30
- Views: 2641
Re: Best Buy to Discontinue Physical Media
The main thing is that physical media has become a small niche item and no large national retailer is going to sell a lot of it. There always will be people who want to own rather than rent and collectors who like the "hunt" but they are not going to build volume for a Walmart or Target. ...
- April 22nd, 2024, 4:55 am
- Forum: California USA
- Topic: Aldi lists job openings at multiple warehouses and nearly 30 stores in Northern California
- Replies: 30
- Views: 856
Re: Aldi lists job openings at multiple warehouses and nearly 30 stores in Northern California
I was in a rather new one in Ohio a couple weeks ago. It was clean, busy and well kept. What struck me was the odd contrasts--they've spent some more on "decor" (3-d graphics and bright colors) particularly toward the back fo the store, whereas the front end is plain and nondescript. The o...
- April 21st, 2024, 5:55 am
- Forum: Specialty Retail Chains
- Topic: Best Buy to Discontinue Physical Media
- Replies: 30
- Views: 2641
Re: Best Buy to Discontinue Physical Media
Handleman was the company that served the big discount and variety chains, as well as Best Buy. They also supplied books to the same stores and various other media. Kresge was their first big client and they grew from there, but they never had a big presence in other retailers other than selling che...
- April 21st, 2024, 4:59 am
- Forum: Drugstore Chains
- Topic: Rite Aid closing at least 63 stores
- Replies: 1571
- Views: 149583
Re: Rite Aid closing at least 63 stores
Rather than make huge cut and pastes, let me follow-up on a couple excellent points form Clown Leach: The real estate based strategy for cutting costs should ultimately cause as many/more problems as it solved. Some businesses have made it work in the past and, at least right now, they may be tellin...
- April 19th, 2024, 7:28 am
- Forum: Specialty Retail Chains
- Topic: Never built, but proposed
- Replies: 12
- Views: 507
Re: Never built, but proposed
You need to explore old newspapers, as well as the public docs storewanderer mentioned. basically, you need to play historian. Sometimes developers act as though they've recruited tenants but really haven't. One of the DeBartolo malls had an anchor space signposted for a store that never expressed i...
- April 18th, 2024, 7:24 pm
- Forum: Restaurant Chains
- Topic: Red Lobster Considering Bankruptcy Filing
- Replies: 30
- Views: 976
Re: Red Lobster Considering Bankruptcy Filing
Endless shrimp was probably the least of their problems. The food has been going down hill for a long time.