Retail Watchers

I was in a rich suburb called Pleasant Hill in the San Francisco Bay Area and the Chevron statipn was very nice, but the windows had bars.

These...

This chain has already been spotlighted across social media for some poor quality products.
Now, the chain is moving to $5 for some products....

Utah's mall that's been through some ups and downs since its 1990s heyday is trying some things. For one, I think it's pretty cool to host the city's...

In the United Kingdom they have a word for someone who drives a vehicle through the front of a building so that the contents can be stolen:...

Two new Shake Shack locations are opening this year in the San Francisco Bay Area. One is at Stonestown Galleria and one at Bay Street Shopping...

Publix is ending their free prescription program June 1, after giving away over 100 million free prescriptions. The free program started in 2007....

Two new sandwiches are here featuring Carolina Gold BBQ sauce. A provocative name to bring in the crowds?

The former Vallco Mall is being turned into a housing development with some mixed use space. There will be expensive housing, office space, and some...

Some time in the last few months, a company based in New York called Parts Authority acquired a local chain based in Vancouver, WA called Cost Less...

Former K-mart to be demolished. Vons to replace with new build. Current Vons in center will be filled with new tenant(s).

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They're shutting down the Amazon 4 star, Amazon Books, and popup stores while focusing on Amazon Fresh, Amazon Go, Amazon Style, and Whole...

This is the second time Saars has opened and closed in Port Angeles. This store was a former Albertsons/Haggen. Looks pretty bad inside. Almost like...

They got $15 million to develop a very small store. 3 years and they are closing.

Article a few months ago warning of closure.

In a place...

Anybody have memories of shopping at the old Robinsons-May in Beverly Hills CA next to the Beverly Hilton (store entrance on 9900 Wilshire Blvd,...

Raleys built a new store next to this old store in Sacramento and opened it in 2020. However they kept the old store open as a dark store to fulfill...

I am not sure what exactly the deal is with some of these fast food franchisees in CA but their pricing strikes me as way out of line. I don't think...

Adams, which owns many smaller newspapers around the western and midwestern United States is price checking identical items across markets and also...

Buena Park-based Chinese grocer Tawa Supermarket (dba 99 Ranch Market, Cravings by 99 Ranch Market and 168 Market) this month issued their annual...

We haven't had Save A Lot out here for a long time, pre-Albertsons reunification . . . looks like the image of the front of a store at least looks...

In a bit of an odd reversal from what we normally hear about retail crime, the City of Issaquah(WA) is proposing two ordinances in response to what...

Automated drive thru ordering via voice is already being introduced. Some of those ordering kiosks are awful.

Steve Easterbrook, the former CEO of McDonald's who was terminated in 2018 over an inappropriate employee relationship, has agreed to return $105...

A massive mob of 80 people robbed a Nordstrom store in the affluent suburb of San Francisco called Walnut Creek on Saturday. Twenty-five cars blocked...

Starbucks is collaborating with Amazon to open a store in Manhattan with no cashiers. Starbucks drinks are ordered through their mobile app for...