Retail Watchers

Another big merger that probably shouldn't happen. Maybe it is a good fit. 66 and Marathon both have almost no corporate operated retail sites in the US at this point. What a mess of brands this merger ends up with. Maybe BP can get Arco back since they seem to love the brand so much that they keep ...

I believe SoCal, Arizona, New Mexico and West Texas are their own division. So maybe the improvement I'm seeing is just divisional. In fact I see more staffing than I have any time since the activist investors (Jana Funds) forced the sale to Amazon. There were at least a dozen employees working the...

95% of sewer smell issues are dried out floor drains. The P-trap needs water to be added regularly, ideally daily. If you simply mop the floor well with a bucket and water it will keep the P-trap full and prevent it from drying out and letting sewer gas in. When I walk into a restaurant with that s...

These large bags and people carrying them around stores just have issues. I completely understand why this is an issue and why these should not be allowed on the sales floor for safety reasons. For instance, the rather what is the word- lumpy- big- duffel bag as a customer is shopping. They turn a c...

And that didn't even happen, no record profits. Furthermore, now the analysts are questioning if all of the alleged improvements are really just the addition of Sephora, and if the core business is much worse than anyone thought... Maybe the high prices were in hopes of delivering ANY profit at all...

Despite what I saw as declining operations for Whole Foods (which continue in Reno), the stores I go into are as busy as ever. They do not seem as staffed as before, perimeter department standards have literally nosedived. As of late they have done some price cuts. Employee attitude is still good, ...

What is with these fast food chains who refuse to sell you a (lower cost) hamburger? I know there are some game with this going on at places like Carls and McDonalds on some of the higher cost burgers for years now. But usually the more value oriented burgers have been spared this "forced chees...

Maybe they thought it worked so well for JC Penney that they should give it a try. It is another greedy, lazy retailer. They decided they could mark everything up and post "record profits." Customers would just keep paying and paying and paying without regard to the prices. And that didn'...

I have no idea what's going on with Mimi's. They have locations in 12 different states, but only one location in 6 of those states, and no more than 3 locations in any state besides California. The one here in Greensboro is the only location in North Carolina. Looking at the menu, their prices are ...

The two Burlington stores are both former Weingarten's grocery stores, each around 25-30k Sqft. As for Socal Dollar Store Business filings, trace them to Parminder Singh, who seems to also be a real estate investor in the area. At this point, with the Burlington, Ollies, and Dollar Tree pickups, ha...