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by Super S
January 17th, 2017, 8:50 am
Forum: Department Store Chains
Topic: Kmart's Time Is Running Out
Replies: 88
Views: 36784

Re: Kmart's Time Is Running Out

The pictures of the Sparks Kmart remind me of that bad one in Beaverton, OR. I find it funny that they have adult diapers right below where the ceiling is leaking and next to the buckets...
by Super S
January 17th, 2017, 8:41 am
Forum: Department Store Chains
Topic: Kmart's Time Is Running Out
Replies: 88
Views: 36784

Re: Kmart's Time Is Running Out

Regarding snow shovels etc. This problem has affected many retailers this month. In Longview, WA where I live, we have had an unusually long and cold weather period that also affected Idaho and most of the Northwest. There is no Kmart nearby, but EVERY local store including Walmart, Fred Meyer, Lowe...
by Super S
January 16th, 2017, 5:37 pm
Forum: Department Store Chains
Topic: Target to close 11 stores before year end
Replies: 99
Views: 45485

Re: Target to close 11 stores before year end

Old Kmarts weren't much to look at, even back in the 1970s and 1980s. Compared to the other guys out there at the time, Kmart was a veritable palace; clean and organized. For the department stores, that was true. But discount stores didn't have the same thing. Target got rid of them fairly early on...
by Super S
January 15th, 2017, 9:48 pm
Forum: Non Region-Specific
Topic: Integration of Albertsons and Safeway
Replies: 711
Views: 271411

Re: Integration of Albertsons and Safeway

I guess this was inevitable....I saw an Albertson's truck pulling a Safeway trailer today. Made me wonder which brand they are going to use on replacement trucks/trailers going forward. Or if they'll simply use unmarked ones. Time will tell.
by Super S
January 13th, 2017, 9:36 pm
Forum: Department Store Chains
Topic: Retail holiday sales down all over the place
Replies: 10
Views: 5440

Re: Retail holiday sales down all over the place

JCP is trying to paint a picture of doing well. I guess they are doing better than Sears right now (Macys too?). The CEO was quoted recently making some vague statements like he would close a store he wouldn't want his wife to shop in or close a store he wouldn't want his daughter to work in. What ...
by Super S
January 13th, 2017, 10:11 am
Forum: Department Store Chains
Topic: Retail holiday sales down all over the place
Replies: 10
Views: 5440

Re: Retail holiday sales down all over the place

JCPenney seems to be stabilizing. I haven't seen them mention any store closures at all. Of course it's only mid-January...
by Super S
January 13th, 2017, 10:08 am
Forum: Non Region-Specific
Topic: Albertsons and Safeway Openings/Closings 2017
Replies: 117
Views: 53262

Re: Albertsons and Safeway Openings/Closings 2017

Interesting, the Richland, WA closing is (again) 2 miles from a nearby Safeway. It's also about the same distance to Fred Meyer / WinCo Foods to the south along the well-positioned interstate that runs through the Tri-Cities. Any news of Oregon closures / changes yet? I can't think of too many rema...
by Super S
January 9th, 2017, 11:59 am
Forum: Department Store Chains
Topic: Kmart's Time Is Running Out
Replies: 88
Views: 36784

Re: Kmart's Time Is Running Out

What made me stop shopping there was the insistence that I join Shop Your Way and their refusal at one point to accept a manufacturers coupon at face value unless I was a Shop Your Way member. I can understand double or triple coupons needing a store card since the store is fronting the extra $$$ b...
by Super S
January 7th, 2017, 6:00 pm
Forum: Department Store Chains
Topic: Macy's announces new round of closings
Replies: 79
Views: 39043

Re: Macy's announces new round of closings

The Macy's (or Gimbels) of New York is what they should have maintained and cultivated, SELECTIVELY, in certain large cosmopolitan cities. Instead they became a national chain of department stores trying to accommodate and serve communities that they did not have the skill to serve much less even h...
by Super S
January 6th, 2017, 7:54 pm
Forum: Department Store Chains
Topic: Macy's announces new round of closings
Replies: 79
Views: 39043

Re: Macy's announces new round of closings

One problem with Macy's is that they scaled back and watered down their product mix a bit as they took over regional chains. Electronics departments, auto centers, toy departments, not to mention various restaurants, were eliminated. When a store is in the 100,000-200,000 square foot range and up, i...