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Target 2021

Last post by storewanderer « Today, 12:11 am
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by TW-Upstate NY » February 19th, 2021, 9:32 am
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First time I set foot in the local Target in about three months (not a full blown shopping trip but just to buy one large item-probably wasn't in the...
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Walmart Stores Losing McDonald's & Add Domino's Pizza & Taco Bell

Last post by storewanderer « April 13th, 2021, 7:31 pm
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by Alpha8472 » April 10th, 2021, 4:15 am
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McDonald's and Subway are closing locations at Walmart stores. Restaurant relations with Walmart have failed. Restaurants realize that indoor dining...
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April 13th, 2021, 7:31 pm
Target Closing 2 Small Stores in the San Francisco Bay Area

Last post by babs « April 11th, 2021, 10:32 am
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by Alpha8472 » March 30th, 2021, 12:31 pm
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One San Francisco store and one Cupertino store will close. These are tiny 35 employee stores. The Cupertino store is in an affluent area in the same...
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April 11th, 2021, 10:32 am
Fred Meyer & Target changes - 2021

Last post by storewanderer « April 6th, 2021, 11:56 pm
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by SamSpade » April 4th, 2021, 10:05 pm
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I'll start off by saying that I don't know if Fred Meyer's apparel department is drastically different from Kroger Marketplace/Smith's Marketplace...
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April 6th, 2021, 11:56 pm
Is 2021 finally the end for Sears/Kmart?

Last post by veteran+ « April 5th, 2021, 5:35 am
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by retailfanmitchell019 » January 4th, 2021, 1:29 pm
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Sears/Kmart has shockingly made it to 2021.
Sears has 54 stores left.
Kmart, meanwhile, is down to 5 stores each in CA and FL, one each in Guam,...
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April 5th, 2021, 5:35 am
JC Penney Files For Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Protection

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by arizonaguy » May 15th, 2020, 3:36 pm
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I wish them the best but it doesn't look good. I'd imagine most of their larger stores in dying malls won't be around much longer.

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March 16th, 2021, 11:52 pm
Belk

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by cjd » December 27th, 2020, 6:37 am
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On Christmas Eve I decided to visit Belk and Bealls at the mall. I had not been inside in nearly a year.

Was really quite unimpressed with the looks...
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February 27th, 2021, 6:55 pm
Kohls

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by storewanderer » November 19th, 2020, 10:06 pm

Went into Kohls tonight. Kohls looks to be in serious trouble. They have removed numerous merchandise displays throughout the store. The displays...

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February 24th, 2021, 10:21 am
Dillards posts Q3 profit- same store sales down 24%- closing 1 Phoenix store

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by storewanderer » November 12th, 2020, 11:21 pm
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So I guess the Phoenix closure is not the clearance store- it is at Paradise Valley Mall. Huh... that kind of leaves a hole in Dillards Phoenix area...
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January 31st, 2021, 2:58 pm
2021: JCPenney observes Dr. MLK, Jr Day

Last post by storewanderer « January 18th, 2021, 11:27 pm
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by SamSpade » January 18th, 2021, 9:56 am

JCPenney was closed today and corporate messaging via Twitter was to encourage a call to service to their associates.

I do not know if this was a...

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January 18th, 2021, 11:27 pm
Walmart observations

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by Super S » February 20th, 2019, 10:06 am
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I have been noticing a decline in the Walmart closest to my home.

A little background: Several years back, a second Walmart was built in Longview,...
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January 17th, 2021, 4:27 pm
Macy's 2021: 45 locations to close by the Summer

Last post by Super S « January 14th, 2021, 9:11 am
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by mbz321 » January 5th, 2021, 5:09 pm
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Macy’s has notified the employees at about 45 of its department stores that they will close by the middle of this year, CNBC has learned.

The...
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January 14th, 2021, 9:11 am
Macy’s 2020

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During Macy’s last earnings report, it was announced that sales were good both online and at their top-tier locations, but plummeting sales at their...
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December 28th, 2020, 1:54 pm
Sears/Kmart: Will 2020 be the end?

Last post by storewanderer « December 24th, 2020, 11:02 am
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by Super S » December 30th, 2019, 10:03 am
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As 2019 comes to a close, I am surprised that Sears and Kmart are still open. However, all signs seem to be pointing toward the inevitable. Will this...
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December 24th, 2020, 11:02 am
Walmart and (what allegedly reads like an) outbreaks

Last post by Alpha8472 « December 12th, 2020, 5:26 am
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by SamSpade » December 11th, 2020, 12:29 pm

This week the Ammon, Idaho Walmart supercenter shut down at 2 pm on a Wednesday and did not reopen until 7 am Friday morning. A third party company...

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December 12th, 2020, 5:26 am
Sephora to move to Kohl's

Last post by storewanderer « December 7th, 2020, 11:38 pm
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by Super S » December 2nd, 2020, 9:15 am
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This will bring some traffic to Kohl's, but this also shows a lack of confidence in the future of JCPenney.
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December 7th, 2020, 11:38 pm
Walmart+

Last post by storewanderer « December 7th, 2020, 11:34 pm
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by J-Man » September 19th, 2020, 9:42 am
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Walmart+ debuted this week. . There seems to be a lot of confusion out here -- people are comparing it to Amazon Prime, which to me is apples and...
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December 7th, 2020, 11:34 pm
Macy's Christmas Ad - Thumbs Up or Down?

Last post by storewanderer « November 11th, 2020, 11:07 pm
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by SamSpade » November 11th, 2020, 12:07 am

I honestly didn't pay any attention to this ad the first time I heard the audio in the background.
Tonight, I saw it and paid attention.
AdAge...

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November 11th, 2020, 11:07 pm
Target & Other Store Temporary Closures

Last post by Alpha8472 « November 5th, 2020, 12:44 am
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by Alpha8472 » November 3rd, 2020, 7:50 pm
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Target is closing stores as of today on Election Day in preparation for riots. Facebook pages are urging people by the thousands to loot malls and...
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November 5th, 2020, 12:44 am
SteinMart Files for Bankruptcy.

Last post by storewanderer « October 23rd, 2020, 11:36 pm
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by J-Man » August 12th, 2020, 3:13 pm
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Will close most of its 300 stores.
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October 23rd, 2020, 11:36 pm
Century 21 files for bankruptcy and will close all of its stores

Last post by mbz321 « September 10th, 2020, 7:38 pm
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by mbz321 » September 10th, 2020, 8:33 am

Main blame is on Covid and insurers refusing to payout for business losses.

New York (CNN Business)New York department store chain Century 21 filed...

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September 10th, 2020, 7:38 pm
Macy's To Open Smaller Stores In Off Mall Locations

Last post by buckguy « September 6th, 2020, 11:59 am
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by Alpha8472 » September 3rd, 2020, 9:16 pm

Macy's to test smaller format stores in off mall locations. Perhaps this will work out for them. The huge old stores do not seem to be working for...

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September 6th, 2020, 11:59 am
Signs of trouble at Target?

Last post by Super S « September 6th, 2020, 8:34 am
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I visited my local (Kelso, WA) Target store today, a store which I only visit occasionally, and noticed a few things that seemed a bit abnormal for a...
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September 6th, 2020, 8:34 am
Nike cutting ties with several retailers

Last post by storewanderer « August 26th, 2020, 6:15 pm
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by Super S » August 25th, 2020, 7:56 am

Nike is cutting ties with several retailers:

Among those retailers is Fred Meyer, where apparel is already struggling as they seem more focused...

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August 26th, 2020, 6:15 pm
Gordmans declares bankruptcy, will liquidate stores

Last post by storewanderer « August 20th, 2020, 11:13 pm
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by mbz321 » March 13th, 2017, 8:56 am
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And the retail carnage of 2017 continues..
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August 20th, 2020, 11:13 pm

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