Retail Watchers

Perhaps, but better than Home Depot's HR department supposedly speaking on behalf of their own employees regarding their "issues".

Whole Foods under Amazon converted all their baggers into online order pullers (my speculation). There are NO baggers any longer in the WF stores I visit. There are SO many clerks on the sales floor pulling orders that they are obstructing shoppers from shopping. RIDICULOUS! It is an obstacle course...

Starbucks has decided to close locations based on employee security. Nothing else. Their decision to close a store in West Hollywood, which was very high volume, is evidence. Discussions of franchise or corporate stores are irrelevant. Starbucks will continue to close stores they fell the city will...

The Coachella Valley is a struggle for most retailers. The seasonal nature is extreme and challenging to manage (IMO, beyond the skill set of most). The high end areas like Indian Wells seem to have the most problems for retailers. I believe (as far as grocers go) that Stater Bros. gets this area th...

Well said buckguy.......................especially regarding what "companies say"!

Total nonsense!

But if Kanye has anything to do with it, I'm not surprised.

Maybe Rite Aid wants to convert to a new Dollar store/Hispanic format? Would conversions to Save A Lot/Rite Aid combinations help? I think the active Save a Lot/Rite Aid combinations have all closed/sold to Walgreens (who did not continue the Save a Lot arrangement). CVS has a hispanic format calle...

The Walmart in Pleasanton is not a Supercenter and the manager of the store was fired a short time ago. The store has been suffering from a lack of sales. It is a ghost town with very few customers and tons of out of stock items. The manager could not handle his store and they got rid of him. The s...

Speaking of Bed, Bath, and Beyond dying, its CFO did just that after falling from a high-rise in New York City. BBB CFO Plunges to His Death When it comes to defenestration like that, something serious is going to go down. Like the company is in imminent danger of total failure or he was in violati...

They were supposed to build a full-line Nordstrom in Palm Desert years ago but it never happened. The real estate bust around 2008 ruined that PLUS................there just isn't enough "seasonal business" to sustain a FULL service store. The Coachella Valley is not a retail paradise by ...