Retail Watchers

There is a San Francisco area Eataly in San Jose, California at Westfield Valley Fair Mall. It really brings in many people to the mall. These food halls and restaurants are keeping many of these malls in business. A Korean grocery store, H Mart, is being planned in a suburb of San Francisco called ...

These food halls and expensive restaurants are all the rage now instead of department stores.

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Target seems to love the peg board. Many of the walls are painted gray now. It seems very dull and colorless.

I think Target is a nicer environment to shop in, even if it costs a little more than Walmart.

Do you think Sears could compete with Ross if it went to that type of a format?

Dollar Tree thinks that people will just flock to their stores. The Dollar Tree stores in the San Francisco Bay Area are in terrible shape right now. They are messy, have problems with stocking, there is junk in the aisles, security guards at the front doors searching your personal belongings, etc. ...

Closing at 8 will be a disaster. During summer it is sunny until almost 9 PM at night. The days are burning hot at 90 to 100 degrees. People only come out after it cools down around 8:30 PM. The restaurants will lose tons of customers if they close at 8.

Five Below attracts teenagers and young adults due to the pop culture items. The stores look fancy with colorful signage. Many of these customers would never set foot in a messy Dollar Tree. Trying to sell Five Below items at Dollar Tree will be hit or miss. The pop culture items may sit there for a...

Cracker Barrel is planning drastic changes due to their financial struggles. They are planning price changes, menu changes, and a restaurant size decrease of 15%. They say the number of seats will be the same, but the restaurant will be reduced by 15 percent. The restaurant will be really packed if ...

Cracker Barrel is jumping on the sweet heat trend with hot honey. They have a new bee sting chicken sandwich. Also they have a watermelon lemonade now. I am almost curious to go and try one. It would be long drive since they closed so many restaurants recently. https://www.brandeating.com/2024/05/cr...