Retail Watchers

The F4L in Bend has skewed a little away from the low price warehouse type of pricing and merchandising and more toward a natural/organic bend at lower prices for those items. Smart niche. Being adjacent the only Trader Joe's for hundreds of miles (and usually the entrance point into the community ...

It appears some of the old Shopko buildings may have better lives than just as climate controlled self storage... WinCo Foods is renovating the Bend, Ore. storefront and parking lot to open in late 2020. The company is continuing on, despite concerns locally that the COVID-19 Pandemic may have stall...

Apparently Kroger is the only North Texas grocer with a union. https://www.dallasnews.com/business/retail/2020/09/15/kroger-hourly-workers-get-a-raise-with-new-contract/ According to the last paragraph and indeed.com, worker pay at Kroger starts at $10-12 in the region. Oof. (on a personal note, I d...

Macy's will be hosting a "slimmed down" Thanksgiving Day parade this year.
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Kroger posts another record quarter, beating forecaster expectations this week. The company had a large increase in eCommerce and expects 2021 to remain a good year if shoppers continue to eat more at home. https://www.reuters.com/article/kroger-results/kroger-beats-same-store-sales-estimates-on-onl...

Crud. That’s another strike on that newly reopened Philadelphia center city mall.

J.C. Penney to be bought by its biggest landlords, Simon and Brookfield Wells Fargo has agreed to extend Penney $2 billion in revolving credit and when the transaction is completed, Penney will be left with $1 billion in cash. More than 70,000 jobs may be saved by the transaction. Penney has alread...

In light of the current pandemic and relative attempt to return to normalcy, Cafe Rio Mexican Grill made a series of new TV/digital commercials that are pretty entertaining. Cafe Rio is 23 years old and has its roots in St. George, Utah. It was sold to the HB Boys Franchisee of Burger King in the ea...

Target has announced they intend to open a store by (presumably) demolishing the current closed kmart store in the Jackson, Wyo. community. However, at the article's square footage, I am surprised. Last I knew, Teton County capped 'box' development at 50,000 SF and smaller. I guess everyone's always...

Despite issues discussed here, BB&B corporate seem to be taking advantage of other declined retail spaces.

The company is filling a gap in their trade area in a former Toys R Us near Clackamas Town Center in the Portland, Ore. metropolitan area.