Retail Watchers

I am still seeing Five Below opening stores all over anytime I travel I see at least a store or two coming soon. Their stock is doing great. We will see where they end up in the future. I do NOT hold any of their stock. When I go into their stores in my area they have very few customers and the cust...

I wonder if Daiso US is being operated by different franchisees, or family members etc. like H-Mart? I agree there is no consistency at all in store sizes, merchandise, operations etc. They are all part of the corporation. They had a couple long term probably worked for them in Japan decades ago pe...

It was odd to see the difference between the two Ralphs stores. Murrieta was charging $14.99/lb for the BH turkeys and $17.99 for the BH Roast Beef. The cheese I wanted that they stopped ordering at that store was $12.99. Temecula was $13.99 for the turkey but BH oven gold was on sale there for $9....

Dollar Tree is trying to purchase 58 leases. 37 in CA. Includes Reno and Carson City in my area. Dollar Tree can't run the stores they have here, don't know why they think it is a good idea to add any more. Terrible operator. Ugh. Couldn't it be something better- anything better?

Another group of stores closes for good tomorrow Sunday...

Went into Sears today. The women's and kid's clothing is fully restocked; I haven't seen a full sales floor like this in a Sears in many years. The brands are unfamiliar and generic. The prices on the items are more along the line of a Burlington or Ross price; most items were 30% off or 50% off, an...

Springfield used to be the predominant private label brand in California, even having its own ad campaign and billboards. It became the store brand of Arden Mayfair even sold at its El Rancho stores in Arizona. The initial demise of Springfield came when United Grocers and Certified Grocers merged....

They are reportedly going to open two Amazon Fresh in Sacramento area. These sites have been completed for a while and will finally open... Roseville and Citrus Heights...

At least they let them make manual orders. Many chains have the ability on the handhelds but they don't actually fulfill them as everything is ordered by algorithm and corporate managed. Warehouse systems like JDA basically do all of the ordering based on whatever parameters they're programmed for;...

I trust you over the deli people. Long story short Murrieta deli has reduced ordering of many Boars Head meats and cheeses which irritated me greatly since I live just a few minutes from the store. Heck the proximity of the store was one of the reasons I chose the house. Asked why they're missing s...