Retail Watchers

No mention if RedCard members lose the free shipping but I assume they do as that was always supposed to be a limited time promotion. According to a blurb in my Target app, Free shipping is still there for RedCard (now Circlecard. Target surely loves changing names of things!) Of course a lot of it...

And the same exact story can be told about the appliance business, Best Buy vs Home Depot, Lowe's, Costco etc. There is zero margin in computers, the only prayer of a profit lies in high margin accessories and warranties which again they laid off the people who up sell those items. Sometimes I hone...

And speaking of Macy's.....news broke today that 150 locations are to close in the next few years.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/27/investin ... index.html

arizonaguy wrote: ↑February 25th, 2024, 9:22 am
When I think of Dillard's I think of a dark, dreary store with clothing that is overpriced and not in style. It's a place I don't picture many people under the age of 60 shopping at.

Lol, that's exactly what I think of about Macy's

Will be interesting to see which east coast markets they do ad buys in. Or if this is all digital. For the past couple months, this ad was the only one I saw run on TV, on stations in both the Detroit and Toledo markets, so those new ads probably will end up on TV too. I've seen that ad in the Phil...

Hope they don't get control of this product and reformulate it like their Lucerne and Signature Ice Creams, both are terrible quality ice cream. Similar to their terrible quality store brand breads. I'm on the other Coast, but I've never found an issue with Signature Ice Cream (I pick it up once in...

I'd imagine that ShopRite is so strong being the native NJ chain that it is hard to compete with them. This is the big one here. I don't think Stop & Shop has ever done particularly well in NJ. They pretty much exited the Southern NJ market several years ago. As far as the other divisions, Gian...

TL;DR: A new low cost private label brand ('Deal Worthy'. I guess they forgot about 'Smartly') and more $1 items. Target has a plan to take down Dollar General and Walmart By Daniel Kline TheStreet Updated February 17, 2024 8:29 AM Target and its customers have always sort of held their noses up whe...

ShopRite stores seem to have a kiosk by Customer Service where I'm assuming the less tech-savvy folks can get assistance with loading coupons to their account (probably still an occasional nightmare for staff to deal with, but better than nothing). Do other chains have such things? Here's an article...

I also find it ironic these fast foods used to use almost exclusively paper cups. The plastic cups are recent within the past few years. That was a result of the plastic bag bans, increased demand for paper bags, and price being driven up on paper cups. So places switched to plastic cups. McDonalds...