Retail Watchers

It would surprise me if they closed in all malls. The Scottsdale Fashion Square location still has interminable lines during the pandemic.

It is a good idea to try to get ahead of the ordinances that are going to keep coming if you can.... This is one of the reasons people love Trader Joe's to the point where they have a cult following. ... Other option is to whine, complain, close stores, threaten to close stores, etc.... And one of ...

I suspect Keith Richards will be shopping at Sears/Kmart long after we are long gone.

Some of the pics show a drop ceiling and others show the warehouse ceiling. It looks like there a combo of some sorts. Maybe warehouse over the perimeter?

Another store, located at 3825 Alton Parkway is closing. Both are being taken over by H-Mart.

...I regularly shopped at Vons only when I first moved to CA, shortly after graduating high school in 2000. I recall the prices being very reasonable, although it's possible I was too ignorant to know better! I still have my credit card-like club card (issued by "The Vons Companies") and ...

I found some data from 2008 for San Diego market share. This was during the SuperValu era and all the stores had been converted to the Albertson's name by this time: #1 - Vons 28.5% (57 stores) #2 - Costco 18.8% (12 stores) #3 - Kroger under Ralphs + Food4Less names 15.7% (38 stores) #4 - Albertson...

I think Albertsons is as strong or possibly stronger than VONS in Orange County. They definitely didn't come close to VONS in San Diego.

I have shopped Aldi in the past and liked them a lot, but my visit to the Chandler Aldi left me with the same impression as @arizonaguy. The store was not very well organized and traffic didn't flow well. Unlike other Aldis, they didn't have the higher-end Aldi brand seafood, very little variety in ...

That's interesting because Santa Monica is pretty upscale (demographic wise) and also a location that would deliver "signature" type prestige for any retailer with the adjunct cache of tourism. Add to that the adjacent Pacific Palisades. A full-line Bloomingdale's would probably have done...

Parkway in El Cajon, CA doesn't surprise me. This was a Robinsons-May (and a trashy one, at that) and the mall is not quite a "Macy's" type of mall. Water Tower Place in Chicago does and doesn't surprise me. The store always has been busy when I visited (the surprise) but it is a mile awa...