Retail Watchers

https://whyy.org/articles/rite-aid-moving-headquarters-to-philadelphia/ There are certainly a lot of them concentrated there, I remember on my visit. Also, I'm sure most "PennLive" and "WHYY" listeners/readers were scratching their heads at the mention of Bartell Drugs, but it i...

Also in OR you now have the plastic bag ban in place with mandatory super thick plastic bag fee. Given that a bag means product is paid for, it is more difficult to detect what is and isn't paid for at the exit. In a store like Fred Meyer with the somewhat strange layout, and registers that are not...

This sounds similar to the Hy-Vee Dollar Fresh stores that opened in some former Shopko Hometown locations in Iowa. Dollar Fresh locations are designed to offer customers in smaller communities a fresh, new product selection at low prices. Customers will find a full selection of grocery items, a bak...

There was a similar post from City Subs in Coos Bay this past week - they and a lot of restaurants relying on US Foods / US Foods Chefstore are out of product because of a massive COVID outbreak at the US Foods facility in Portland, resulting in no deliveries to restaurants or to stores. I'm guessi...

... and a local version of a "BigLots" style experience is moving in. These folks have been operating a discount/clearance grocery since 2014 so they at least know that side of the business. It sounds like in their 2nd location they were able to move into more hard lines and apparel, which...

I wonder what this will mean for the Safeway fuel station at that location?!? They have so few around the Portland area already. :| Nearby, there are a well-established Safeway in Gresham (1.9 miles / 7 minutes by car / 28 minutes by bus), an Albertsons in NE Portland (3.4 miles/9 minutes by car / 4...

Fan favorite grocer Wegmans announces Manhattan debut

This location marks the company’s second grocery story in NYC following an October 2019 ... debut in the Brooklyn Navy Yard.

To speak of this attempt at many directions... Macy's is also closing and retooling their "Market by Macy's" stores in the D-FW metroplex. Macy’s will temporarily close its new small concept store in Southlake Town Square and reopen it with a different focus in the fall, the company said ...

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Dillard's also closed Pocatello (was that an old ZCMI?) around 2010 as I recall and Macy's left Pocatello around the same time. Yes. Herberger's took the lower floor and renovated extensively (eventually) as part of Bon-Ton gradually creeping into Idaho/Utah. Idaho Falls' ZCMI > M&F > Dillards ...