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- March 23rd, 2018, 7:58 am
- Forum: Specialty Retail Chains
- Topic: Michael's to close Aaron Brothers
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3377
Michael's to close Aaron Brothers
https://www.chainstoreage.com/real-estate/michaels-close-aaron-brothers-stores-brand-repositioning/ I've never been to Aaron Brothers. However Michael's is building a new store a couple of blocks from my house (in a former Fry's next to a Hobby Lobby)(so their main chain seems to still be doing well).
- March 23rd, 2018, 7:48 am
- Forum: Non Region-Specific
- Topic: Is the Kroger Company in position for an acquisition in 2017?
- Replies: 55
- Views: 22512
Re: Is the Kroger Company in position for an acquisition in 2017?
The new rumor seems to be a Kroger / Target combination (although sources say that there is no truth to the rumor). http://www.stltoday.com/business/local/target-kroger-shares-rise-on-report-of-merger-talks/article_6c968cc1-8224-52fc-bf2b-39f7c059feef.html#tncms-source=infinity-scroll-summary-sidera...
- March 16th, 2018, 8:28 am
- Forum: Southwest & Hawai'i USA (Excluding California)
- Topic: Bashas' oldest remaining store to close
- Replies: 13
- Views: 8589
- March 15th, 2018, 10:02 pm
- Forum: Specialty Retail Chains
- Topic: Toys R Us Could Seek Bankruptcy Protection to Deal With Its Crushing Debt
- Replies: 56
- Views: 26021
Re: Toys R Us Could Seek Bankruptcy Protection to Deal With Its Crushing Debt
Maybe not an 800 store chain, but a 200 - 300 store chain with 1 or 2 locations in most major metropolitan areas (with stores that were more "destination" type stores) would potentially be successful. This was Toys "R" Us in the 1980's. Towns under 250,000 just didn't have one. ...
- March 15th, 2018, 8:59 am
- Forum: Online Retailers
- Topic: Future of Retail - Amazon Monopoly?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 19804
Re: Future of Retail - Amazon Monopoly?
Bezos is turning into a 21st Century robber baron IMHO He is. Like most robber barons, I'd expect his empire to crumble at some point. Amazon is essentially a 21st century Sears. It owns and operates a lot of different entities that don't appear to fit very well together and has so many focuses tha...
- March 15th, 2018, 5:59 am
- Forum: Mid-Atlantic USA
- Topic: Farm Fresh may be on its way out
- Replies: 29
- Views: 24172
Re: Farm Fresh may be on its way out
I am glad to see Kroger was the main buyer. Hopefully they can do more in-fill deals picking up stores from weak regional chains in the coming months. What I find interesting about Kroger is that 8 stores are going to Kroger and 10 to Harris Teeter. I'd like to know their strategy with the two bann...
- March 14th, 2018, 5:52 pm
- Forum: Specialty Retail Chains
- Topic: Toys R Us Could Seek Bankruptcy Protection to Deal With Its Crushing Debt
- Replies: 56
- Views: 26021
Re: Toys R Us Could Seek Bankruptcy Protection to Deal With Its Crushing Debt
The US division is now preparing to liquidate: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-03-08/toys-r-us-said-to-be-prepping-liquidation-of-u-s-operations I wonder if Bed Bath and Beyond would try to buy this or part of it, to add to its other peculiar low volume operations. I think they bought ...
- March 8th, 2018, 1:52 pm
- Forum: Specialty Retail Chains
- Topic: Toys R Us Could Seek Bankruptcy Protection to Deal With Its Crushing Debt
- Replies: 56
- Views: 26021
Re: Toys R Us Could Seek Bankruptcy Protection to Deal With Its Crushing Debt
The US division is now preparing to liquidate:
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles ... operations
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles ... operations
- March 2nd, 2018, 7:47 pm
- Forum: California USA
- Topic: Scan, Bag, Go coming to 30 Ralphs locations starting in February 2018
- Replies: 26
- Views: 11444
Re: Scan, Bag, Go coming to 30 Ralphs locations starting in February 2018
I saw it in Arizona at a Fry's store (that I don't normally shop at but is down the street from my wife's employer) today. They were promoting it hard with multiple employees wearing "Scan, Bag, Go" t-shirts. Also, as this store caters to an older demographic, they had plenty of scanners: ...
- March 1st, 2018, 7:22 am
- Forum: Southeast USA
- Topic: Kroger closing Savannah, GA
- Replies: 2
- Views: 4649
Re: Kroger closing Savannah, GA
This store was located next to a Walmart Supercenter. Kroger also has fairly recently closed a Fry's location here in the Phoenix area that was located next to a Walmart (a division 1 store that became a supercenter).