Retail Watchers

I feel we'll get another major merger somewhere.

Hope you'll be able to get a glimpse at Australian retail, and compare it while still covering American retail as well. Good luck!

McDonald's is a strong example as most of their celebrity meals can be accessed only through the mobile app.

Super S wrote: ↑November 6th, 2023, 5:48 pm The Midwest might be the least impacted region of all if this merger goes through. By far the least amount of overlap of any region.

Northeast? As far as I know it's all Albertsons up there (Acme, Shaw's, Star Market, Kings).

Do like how Stater Bros. still does drop ceilings, looks like a modern boutique store combined with a 1980s Albertsons.

Even if this category generates few sales for Best Buy, how much foot traffic is it generating? Taking it away gives people one less reason to go to Best Buy. I understand trying to keep the store feeling modern/with the times, and maybe Best Buy feels having this type of dinosaur physical media in...

Not sure why this thread hasn't been made yet... Best Buy is discontinuing their DVD and Blu-ray collection. This change takes effect as of Q1 2024, across Best Buy's physical and online operations. It follows after their 2018 discontinuation of the compact disc format. This does leave questions, as...

My only prediction is more obvious, Meijer is Michigan-based and has been in the Detroit area for much of its existence, therefore they understand the city and can adapt to marketing well.

The retailer that just won't stay dead.

It looks like the first Kroger Marketplace...in Plano. It sounds like... Fred Meyer. They've also got a "new" Smiths Marketplace in east Las Vegas that is pretty much a Fred Meyer with reduced apparel and no electronics. I don't see or hear anything new here. I believe that most Kroger Ma...