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by dcpeachy
September 18th, 2023, 5:22 am
Forum: Department Store Chains
Topic: Walmart observations
Replies: 931
Views: 150143

Re: Walmart observations

I went to the Albuquerque/Carlisle Blvd. Walmart yesterday and they have removed all self-checkouts. Now, there are 30+ manned checkouts. Evidently, they went in overnight this past week and removed everything they had done in the past couple of years, and went back to manned checkouts to reduce the...
by dcpeachy
September 18th, 2023, 5:16 am
Forum: Department Store Chains
Topic: Kohl's closing Albuquerque/Coronado Center due to theft
Replies: 6
Views: 692

Re: Kohl's closing Albuquerque/Coronado Center due to theft

Macy's in the mall is an OK store. A few years ago they closed the other store in town and then put more money into the Coronado Center store, doing some updates that hadn't been done after Macy's moved from its location in the former Broadway building, into the Goldwater's/May D&F/Foley's where...
by dcpeachy
September 16th, 2023, 6:02 am
Forum: Department Store Chains
Topic: Kohl's closing Albuquerque/Coronado Center due to theft
Replies: 6
Views: 692

Kohl's closing Albuquerque/Coronado Center due to theft

I saw this on the news last night. The store closes today, 9/16, due to theft. This store was a former two-level Mervyn's (and before that Liberty House and Rhodes Western) that was remodeled and split between Kohl's (most of the first level and all of the second) and Paradise Bakery/Panera (one end...
by dcpeachy
August 2nd, 2023, 6:41 pm
Forum: Department Store Chains
Topic: TransformCo (Sears/Kmart) Official Thread 2023: Finally the end?
Replies: 74
Views: 14581

Re: TransformCo (Sears/Kmart) Official Thread 2023: Finally the end?

And the last KMart in New Jersey (Westwood) is closing. Here's a link to a local news article.
by dcpeachy
April 3rd, 2023, 4:41 pm
Forum: California USA
Topic: Lucky Closing- Larkspur, CA
Replies: 9
Views: 1306

Re: Lucky Closing- Larkspur, CA

Albuquerque and Santa Fe had Lucky-SavOn stores that were conversions of Jewel-Osco stores when they decided to rebrand the stores briefly prior to the buyout, at which time most of them became Albertsons-SavOn Pharmacy. From what I can see, some of the stores have the look of an integrated store, w...
by dcpeachy
February 19th, 2023, 1:16 pm
Forum: Department Store Chains
Topic: Kohl's To Open 100 Small Format Stores
Replies: 32
Views: 4644

Re: Kohl's To Open 100 Small Format Stores

In the last month, I've been in two of the Albuquerque stores. The NW location (freestanding, in a center with Sam's Club, Michaels, Barnes & Nobles, Dick's Warehouse Sale, Best Buy, Total Wine, HomeGoods--busy center) sounds similar, with the walls empty and long racks of clearance throughout. ...
by dcpeachy
February 14th, 2023, 5:50 pm
Forum: Specialty Retail Chains
Topic: Tuesday Morning Files for Bankruptcy
Replies: 38
Views: 6782

Re: Tuesday Morning Files for Bankruptcy

They had a link to a "prettier" list in a store closing email I just received. Albuquerque's last store, along with Santa Fe, are closing this round. Albuquerque had another store close over the Christmas season, but it was a slow burn to nothing sale. This round will leave New Mexico with...
by dcpeachy
February 13th, 2023, 4:31 pm
Forum: Department Store Chains
Topic: Walmart 2023 Closings
Replies: 197
Views: 18207

Re: Walmart 2023 Closings

The Albuquerque store was just remodeled and downsized. They actually built an interior wall and relocated the pharmacy back to the hardlines entrance during the remodel. The store had lots of merchandise behind glass and had much of HBA in a cage with a single entrance and exit. The store had secur...
by dcpeachy
February 3rd, 2023, 4:31 pm
Forum: California USA
Topic: Safeway NorCal- Bananas "each"
Replies: 4
Views: 1394

Re: Safeway NorCal- Bananas "each"

Albuquerque, Albertsons Market, under United, has conventional bananas now 4/$1, which matches the price at Target here as well. I noticed the shift last week.
by dcpeachy
December 5th, 2022, 3:15 pm
Forum: Specialty Retail Chains
Topic: Big Lots
Replies: 51
Views: 5284

Re: Big Lots

Albuquerque just had two of its four stores close suddenly. The signs were removed from the buildings and the streets while the closing sales were happening. One of the stores had just been remodeled to the new prototype (with the bright wall graphics about becoming a "Bigionaire" by shopp...