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- Today, 6:37 am
- Forum: Shopping Centers
- Topic: The Fall of Third Street Promenade
- Replies: 5
- Views: 174
Re: The Fall of Third Street Promenade
Santa Monica's Third Street Promenade was once a vibrant outdoor mall, but now it is a ghost town. There are many possible causes: homeless people, loss of chain stores, etc. They are thinking that perhaps Eatertainment may save it. Who knows. I was in the area in 2019 and the pier and beach were p...
- Today, 6:01 am
- Forum: Specialty Retail Chains
- Topic: Los Angeles' The Last Bookstore
- Replies: 4
- Views: 198
Re: Los Angeles' The Last Bookstore
Indie bookstores are thriving. The idies have survived by emphasizing service and understanding who their customers are. They also have multiple ways to drive traffic---the surviving stores do a lot of author events---DC's Politics and Prose has quite a few of these on C-Span which creates an audien...
- Yesterday, 5:29 am
- Forum: Northeast USA
- Topic: Stop & Shop closures
- Replies: 121
- Views: 16203
Re: Stop & Shop closures
You guys are slipping. S&S took advantage of a slow news day to announce an unspecified number of closures. This link has more details than the others: https://www.retail-insight-network.com/news/ahold-delhaize-stop-shop-closures-us/ It also mentions more investment in Food Lion and Hannaford. T...
- May 24th, 2024, 6:48 am
- Forum: Department Store Chains
- Topic: Fashion Valley San Diego JCPenney to be booted for apartments
- Replies: 9
- Views: 420
Re: Fashion Valley San Diego JCPenney to be booted for apartments
The idea of mixing building types is nothing new and probably more promising than a lot of other efforts to redevelop malls. Lifestyle centers mix housing and retail and seem to do fine. urban neighborhoods have been mixed like this forever. The earliest large shopping centers were designed to funct...
- May 24th, 2024, 4:53 am
- Forum: Mid-Atlantic USA
- Topic: Wegman's coming to the Pittsburgh area
- Replies: 4
- Views: 237
Re: Wegman's coming to the Pittsburgh area
Cranberry Twp is a growing area that has a lot of big box retail where the Turnpike crosses I-79. https://www.cbsnews.com/pittsburgh/news/wegmans-in-discussions-to-open-first-store-in-the-pittsburgh-area-report-says/ Pittsburgh could work for them--Giant Eagle is a has a lock but is basically just ...
- May 23rd, 2024, 4:15 pm
- Forum: Mid-Atlantic USA
- Topic: Wegman's coming to the Pittsburgh area
- Replies: 4
- Views: 237
Wegman's coming to the Pittsburgh area
Cranberry Twp is a growing area that has a lot of big box retail where the Turnpike crosses I-79. https://www.cbsnews.com/pittsburgh/news/wegmans-in-discussions-to-open-first-store-in-the-pittsburgh-area-report-says/ Pittsburgh could work for them--Giant Eagle is a has a lock but is basically just a...
- May 22nd, 2024, 7:29 pm
- Forum: Northeast USA
- Topic: Wegmans Cheapening Decor
- Replies: 23
- Views: 10696
Re: Wegmans Cheapening Decor
True, but the market area is more condensed and more homogenized in decoration than before. Beer and wine, has, however greatly increased in visibility in the chain. Even Wegmans in Pennsylvania have added alcohol sales, or relocated that out of the Market Café bubble. Wegmans has already pared dow...
- May 22nd, 2024, 7:11 pm
- Forum: Restaurant Chains
- Topic: Official: Red Lobster files Chapter 11
- Replies: 17
- Views: 720
Re: Official: Red Lobster files Chapter 11
It has nothing to do with the shrimp. Ridiculous media interpretation trying to distract from the real issue the private equity rape of the chain. Must have assigned the politics reporters to this story. Tying up contracts has a lot to do with these things, in this case, Red Lobster's majority owne...
- May 21st, 2024, 5:49 am
- Forum: Non Region-Specific
- Topic: Alternative Retail
- Replies: 11
- Views: 671
Re: Alternative Retail
The problem with many stores in today's outlet malls is that they are often just a regular store with the word "outlet" slapped on the outside with no difference in pricing or quality. Once they lose the concept of "outlet" people shop elsewhere. No. They're a store with cheaper...
- May 21st, 2024, 5:41 am
- Forum: Midwest & Plains USA
- Topic: Dom's and Foxtrot Closed, Chapter 7 BK
- Replies: 8
- Views: 540
Re: Dom's and Foxtrot Closed, Chapter 7 BK
Interesting post-mortem on the bankruptcy. A co-founder was the successful bidder for the assets. The banker took their offer which essentially shutout employees, suppliers, etc. who were planning to sue. https://slate.com/business/2024/05/foxtrot-venture-capital-businesses-bankruptcy-creditors-pay-...