Retail Watchers

SuperValu seems to have learned that the Lucky banner is associated with a traditional supermarket that had a good reputation for price and variety and acceptable perishable quality, rather rather than a bare bones discount store as previous conversions to Lucky were. Given the big 3 of SoCal have ...

In other words, Toys R Us is losing money if they solely sell toys. By adding a convenience market, they hope to 1) make kids and parents happy 2) drive up sales at those 260 stores.

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According to the California Alcoholic Beverage Control Department, April 19 was the start date for CVS ownership of all Longs liquor licenses. The CVS unit that operates California stores, Garfield Beach CVS LLC, replaced Longs brand products with CVS brand and gave each store (excluding the diveste...

A selected group of SoCal division stores now have a reduced pricing program in light of the recession. The weekly ad says the old shelf price and their new "we've cut" price tag. It does not mean the store is closing. This program is at the following stores: 920 N Ventura Rd, Oxnard 13003...

The Wild Oats store in Pasadena, CA is being remodeled into a Fresh & Easy. This location once had the western regional offices for Wild Oats.

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A few notes regarding this topic: - Yes, Longs is slowly turning into CVS. West Covina (Eastland) CA is still open as of today but Rancho Cucamonga closed sometime in last month or two ago. CVS closed the Longs because there are 2 other CVS locations in the city (Haven near Church in the Terra Vista...

Why would some of you think Kroger would be interested in Sears Holdings or acquiring the remnants of failing retailers? Kroger operates rival Fred Meyer Marketplace, which I think is closer (or similar) to Target and Walmart rather than Sears/Kmart. If Kroger was interested, they could buy the Supe...

I think Rite Aid will continue to survive. Yes inventory is low in some stores - a few years ago when I went to a Rite Aid to purchase some sale items on the same day the ad came out (Sunday), it would be all gone. My neighborhood store in West Covina CA at one point (2007) was given a low B grade b...

KNBC in its report on these closures said after all 9 closed, Albertsons will have 275 stores in the Southern California division (excludes the 3 Lucky stores, which operates as part of the division). Canoga Park had their interior shown last week on the KTLA Morning News. It has the 1998 Lucky deco...

CVS's current retail formats includes CVS/Longs, ProCare Specialty Pharmacy, and Beauty360. Last November (2008), CVS developed and opened Beauty360 , a new chain inspired by their beauty and cosmetics sections inside CVS Pharmacies. Beauty360 stores are to be adjacent to selected brand-new CVS loca...