Retail Watchers

What parts can they no longer get? As I mentioned, Bi-Mart uses a very similar looking IBM POS system, and various other identical register components are still in use at many other retailers using IBM/Toshiba systems, I have seen an occasional Toshiba brand register component which looks identical...

Sears/Kmart POS are owned systems, not leased. When Sears/Kmart close stores they send the old POS somewhere to some company operated facility. They are so old they can't get parts anymore so they supposedly use the old POS for parts. I think in most Sears/Kmart for quite some time over the past 15...

You could make the same post for Staples. Identical waves of stores that should be profitable that are closing. What I would remind everyone of is the majority of these stores are approaching 20 and 30 years old. In my experience, most big box store leases have planned rent increases that are subst...

The Longview, WA Office Depot at the Triangle Center closed in 2020, it replaced an older OfficeMax location on the Kelso-Longview border (which was demolished for a road widening project) and the Triangle location has been vacant except for the seasonal Halloween store every year since. There aren'...

I will not do any money related functions on my phone. A restaurant offering this as the only payment option will alienate quite a few customers.

If they close all the stores on this list, they will continue to lose sales. With no stores in a market, they've admitted online sales shrink as well so they will lost that revenue. Looking at the three Oregon stores on the list that I am most familiar with. Closing the Bend store in a fast-growing...

Many of these have already been on that "neighborhood stores" potential closing list for a while now. But this is the first time I have seen Salem Center listed. I am not surprised considering how dated that 1956 store is looking both inside and out. I will also say that the list really dr...

Earlier this week I had dinner at my local Red Lobster, and noticed that these tablet things were completely gone from the restaurant. They really seemed out of place at Red Lobster as they took up space and were distracting while eating. I am glad they are gone.

I've seen some Subway units who have the soda fountain machine with a sign posted that says either no refills or want an extra fee for refills. I think I've seen some who serve liquor too. Cannot remember where. Several years back, I visited a Subway in the Portland area (I don't remember where) wh...

Sears is installing new cash registers at the store in Whittier. Completely new hardware and software. I'm sure it is some vendor system but it is interesting they'd bother to do this. Given how well the current system works with liquidation sales I fail to see what the point is of installing a new...