Retail Watchers

Kohl's has started rolling out their new slogan. Where families come first. The commercial had to list the same home category as 30% off with a Kohl's credit card, only 20% off with a coupon, and extra $10 off $50 with Kohl's loyalty program. I'm assuming for the casual shopper who isn't in the kno...

I can tell you that when I am in the Bay Area, Lucky / Save Mart is a distant third on my list compared to Safeway or "Snob Hill." A lot of that could be based on my experiences here (Reno / Carson City), however, the two Lucky stores I have been to recently (Alameda and Union City) did n...

It doesn't sound like Save Mart does anything right. I think that is what makes them takeover bait (potentially ongoing even though they were in fact just taken over). I would have to assume they fail to meet the needs of any customer at any level, and that means a lot of low hanging fruit for a pr...

Fat Brands is also trying to get Round Table re-expanded again after there were a lot of unit closures of that chain. Fazoli's wasn't a bad concept but I never saw one that had much traffic; I wondered how they survived when I used to see them. Given that costs are much higher today than before I am...

The lattice walls (or at least the "second" one, meaning from where you enter) actually had a use at one time. If you look carefully in the older locations, you'll see that the first wall is just lattice, while the second one has plexiglass inside of it. The reason for that? That separate...

I can only give info on the parts of Houston I frequent, but this is what I know. Houston There were about ten spread across city limits. They have no new representation inside the loop, solely conversions. They did experiment with delivery via Uber in that area. A few more were planned and abandon...

I am interested in hearing about new build 7-Eleven Stores in the former Stripes market of Houston, TX. These would be stores that seemed to be primarily constructed in the 2019-2022 period of time. Most of them seem to be built with Exxon/Mobil fuel. How many new build (not former Strips) did 7-El...

True Value is bankrupt. After they moved from their longtime co op model a few years ago it seemed like the brand got weaker and weaker. Their stores around me seem to have in stock issues. Many have changed to Ace in recent years or just closed completely. The True Value mix seemed to get really la...

In Colorado, Safeway will be owned by 2 companies post merger. Neither will be Albertsons. "But C&S won’t own the Safeway brand — just a license to use the name in Colorado and Arizona for three years." "There is so much testimony still to be heard that lawyers with the Colorado ...

The reason I assume we aren't hearing about more stores is the mode currently is "stop the merger." Any deviation from that is an acknowledgement that the merger is okay, C&S is okay, and they're not going to do that. But if that changes then it is going to turn into "divest more...