Retail Watchers

19 additional closures were announced today: ~ttps://www.reddit.com/r/RiteAid/comments/18se38d/additional_19_closures/ Looks like the last store in the center of downtown Philadelphia, previously a 24 hour store, is closing... Also the Bartell over by SeaTac Airport that has a Walgreens freestandin...

Advance has been operating oddly in WA & OR also. Locally, an Advance store (converted from Carquest)closed, and about a year or two later, local chain Baxter Auto Parts became affiliated with Carquest but retains the Baxter name. Some areas, such as Vancouver, WA and Portland, OR now have Advan...

The last few time I have eaten at Shari's, things seemed to be a bit "off" Everything from mediocre food & service, to things such as burned out and/or mismatched colored light bulbs over tables (which I presume are either LED or CFL) as well as landscaping and exteriors being neglecte...

I generally have had good experiences with Red Lobster. While their prices can seem high at times, they aren't really out of line at least in my area. They do have good specials. There are a lot of locally owned restaurants that I have attempted to support, and really leave a lot to be desired in fo...

Wow. Based on what I have seen around Portland, I thought the last of the Pay 'N Save and PayLess Drug interiors had finally all been remodeled. Even the one in Tigard, which retained the PayLess interior for a LONG time after becoming Rite Aid, has been updated.

Making Endless Shrimp a permanent menu item was certainly a factor. That should be something offered only during certain times or maybe just once a year.

Something I don't get though is how LP sales have risen while CDs have fallen by the wayside. On one recent Target visit, I found it interesting that they appeared to have more LPs in the store than CDs. CDs have far superior sound quality and are more versatile.

The issue is the central checkout where the single line is so long, it makes customers just dump their merchandise and leave the store. Totally agree, there is something fundamentally wrong with the JCPenney systems and processes because a queue line should not cause this issue. If anything it shou...

What a surprise. All the cashiers replaced with kiosks. I'm sure this kiosk vendor is going to be doing a lot of business this year. Interestingly aside from shared technology initiatives, Jack and Del remain completely separate and my understanding is they will stay that way. No plans to merge the...

With talk of stores such as Costco and Sam's Club cracking down on membership sharing, I got to wondering about how big of an issue this is at Bi-Mart. They advertise a $5.00 Lifetime family membership, but the cards do not bear names and are a relatively thin card with a number that tends to wear o...