Retail Watchers

I've read somewhere that CVS/pharmacy only leaves acquired stores unremodeled when they plan to either close or relocate them.However,I've run into three stores locally that have yet to be remodeled out of their Longs interior though there are no plans to jettison/move those locations,and all still ...

RAD could certainly rationalize their store counts on the east cost by replacing older smaller units that are close together with a single larger stand alone location. RAD and Eckerd Brooks were behind CVS and WAGS in opening freestanding drug store. In Pennsylvania, RAD's home state, RAD has store...

I don't usually frequent auto parts shops(I'm car-free.),so I don't have any familiarity with the Kragen or O'Reilly interior schemes.However,I can say that the O'Reilly roll-out in Sacramento so far has been hit and miss:both North Highlands stores(Watt/Don Julio and Elkhorn/Walerga)as well as the ...

I believe that it is all part of Wells Fargo's new look. They have simplified their logo and they want to keep a consistent look. They eliminated the stage coach to put the focus on their name. There are other companies that use a similar stage coach, and they don't want to have any confusion. You ...

For the most part,Greater Sacramento has for the most part been one of the strongest markets in the company's lucrative Western Division.For the most part,RAD has opened more stores locally(including a couple of acquired independents)than it has closed;and nearly all the core Thrifty PayLess legacy ...

Actually,while I tend to shun big-boxes for a number of reasons,Target is the only such store that I at least shop at on occasion.I know the Citrus Heights store my sister works at(she's an original employee from when it first opened in 1998)discontinued live plants a couple years back,but that was ...

I just had the urge to google 'hawaii longs drugs ad' and was rather surprised to find that there are still distinctive weekly ads for the Hawaii Longs stores as well as a distinctive slogan still in use('Make Longs a part of your day').Additionally,it appears that the distinctive regional food sele...

I have noticed that they've been slowly trying to roll out their 'Blockbuster Express' kiosks to compete with Redbox.I know that they already have them in select 99 Cent Only Stores(one near where I live),Dollar Tree,and Rite Aid locations,but it's still very hit or(mostly)miss in greater Sacramento...

Here in greater Sacramento(where at least a couple dozen were planned,but none have opened),I've run into at least a couple in which a liquor license application was posted at the door,but with no interior or exterior alteration progress.In fact,within the last month or two,I walked past the planned...

It would be interesting to see if this only applies to new operations or whether it affects any planned relocations since as many as five former PayLess Drug legacy locations in the Silicon Valley(two in San Jose and one apiece in Cupertino,Mountain View,and Sunnyvale)are slated to be replaced by ne...