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by bnill
October 31st, 2018, 3:21 pm
Forum: Department Store Chains
Topic: Sears/Kmart Death Watch 2018
Replies: 281
Views: 101058

Re: Sears/Kmart Death Watch 2018

The South Coast Plaza (Costa Mesa, CA) Sears is on the list. I'm surprised that store has lasted as long as it has -- not because it's unsuccessful, but because that mall has gone VERY upscale over the last 20 years or so and Sears seems out of place among the mix of other tenants. From what I’ve h...
by bnill
October 31st, 2018, 2:57 pm
Forum: Specialty Retail Chains
Topic: OSH Closing All Stores
Replies: 21
Views: 10180

Re: OSH Closing All Stores

Also, here’s my local OSH store that is closing. This was on 10/30/18, with 6 days left and there was barely anything left, I wouldn’t be surprised if they closed a few days sooner.
by bnill
October 31st, 2018, 2:51 pm
Forum: Specialty Retail Chains
Topic: OSH Closing All Stores
Replies: 21
Views: 10180

Re: OSH Closing All Stores

They could have just renamed them Lowe’s Hardware stores and had a smaller format urban style store. Don’t forget Lowe’s started as a hardware store. A majority of the OSH chain was not as profitable compared to regular Lowe’s stores; however, OSH had certain stores in markets where it would be tou...
by bnill
October 8th, 2018, 5:38 pm
Forum: Non Region-Specific
Topic: A Lidl too spread out?
Replies: 14
Views: 8520

Re: A Lidl too spread out?

Comparing the Aldi and Lidl stores I have seen, Lidl definetly has a much nicer looking store in my opinion. From what I heard, Lidl is also selling lots of non-grocery items which may set itself apart from others, maybe a smaller Fred Meyer? Similar to when Kroger opened several Ralphs Marketplace ...
by bnill
October 2nd, 2018, 2:50 pm
Forum: Southeast USA
Topic: Publix in Mississippi
Replies: 27
Views: 29884

Re: Publix in Mississippi

Memphis would be a logical market to enter, since the only other competition would be Walmart and Kroger. If they wanted to expand to Mississippi, a logical thing to do would be to open stores at the most southern part of the Memphis area, which would be communities within the MS state lines such as...