Retail Watchers

I'm in that part of the country at least once or twice a year. People seem to be very fond of Hy-Vee and from what I've seen, they're not bad. I've been inside a very dated store in Davenport, IA, a small-town store in Sheldon, IA, a store near the Empire Mall in Sioux Falls, SD and a store in an up...

I've noticed that there are several more Tesoro stations that became Arco throughout North Dakota and Minnesota. What's the point if they're all supposed to go to Marathon? Or has something changed. With regard to the comments about Marathon keeping the Arco brand in Southern California, I think the...

I was recently in a Shopko Hometown in Iowa last week. I was not impressed. The store was dimly lit, it was in an old metal building, it looked kind of grungy and the prices were high. Two small refrigerators that were on display were grungy--I can't believe nobody had the initiative to take some 40...