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by DFWRetaileWatcher
December 4th, 2021, 1:07 pm
Forum: Department Store Chains
Topic: Macy's Closing 10 Stores in January 2022
Replies: 44
Views: 7444

Re: Macy's Closing 10 Stores in January 2022

Macy's is shrewd. If they give advanced warning, some of these malls may offer a discount on rent to make Macy's stay. Some of those malls will be doomed if they lose a major anchor such as Macy's. Many malls are barely hanging on. Once Macy's leaves the malls will get little traffic. West Valley M...
by DFWRetaileWatcher
November 30th, 2021, 6:17 pm
Forum: Department Store Chains
Topic: Is 2021 finally the end for Sears/Kmart?
Replies: 266
Views: 63449

Re: Is 2021 finally the end for Sears/Kmart?

Jack Welch's failed model of management also led to the collapse of Albertsons Inc. Larry Johnston came from GE's European division and I'm sure applied the GE model of management. I'd say Walmart today is like Sears or Kmart 30 years ago. At its peak, but could start to do major store purges in 10...
by DFWRetaileWatcher
November 26th, 2021, 10:48 am
Forum: Restaurant Chains
Topic: Short staffed restaurants
Replies: 102
Views: 19708

Re: Short staffed restaurants

‘Sorry!’ Customers with prepaid Thanksgiving meal orders find doors shut at Boston Market in Rancho Cucamonga https://www.pe.com/2021/11/25/sorry-customers-with-prepaid-thanksgiving-meal-orders-find-doors-shut-at-boston-market-in-rancho-cucamonga/ Customers who showed up at Boston Market on Foothil...
by DFWRetaileWatcher
November 18th, 2021, 8:58 am
Forum: Restaurant Chains
Topic: Applebee's Cheetos Wings & Fried Cheese
Replies: 3
Views: 791

Re: Applebee's Cheetos Wings & Fried Cheese

Cheeto-coated wings just doesn't sound appetizing to me.
by DFWRetaileWatcher
November 12th, 2021, 1:10 pm
Forum: Restaurant Chains
Topic: Mcdonalds Eyebrow Remodel
Replies: 38
Views: 7705

Re: Mcdonalds Eyebrow Remodel

To be fair, all of the pictures you posted are "generic" red-brick-and-mansard-roof variations on a single theme, just like stores today. It's a different architectural style, but just as cookie-cutter as the examples you posted. Nostalgia is a hell of a drug The Mansard roof at least had...
by DFWRetaileWatcher
October 24th, 2021, 8:08 am
Forum: Restaurant Chains
Topic: Mcdonalds Eyebrow Remodel
Replies: 38
Views: 7705

Re: Mcdonalds Eyebrow Remodel

I miss all of the old skool fast food restaurant decors in general. It gave them a certain regal distinction. The remodels in 2021 just scream "generic" and "value engineered." https://dehayf5mhw1h7.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/sites/757/2017/12/04113711/McDonaldsSJ.jpg http...
by DFWRetaileWatcher
October 24th, 2021, 7:11 am
Forum: Department Store Chains
Topic: Walmart observations
Replies: 931
Views: 150167

Re: Walmart observations

Walmart used to have department managers who would spend their days changing price tags and restocking the shelves. Then they fired them a year or 2 ago. Now no one changes the price tags, and customers have to get price adjustments, and the store loses money. To save a little money, they cut jobs....
by DFWRetaileWatcher
October 24th, 2021, 6:54 am
Forum: Department Store Chains
Topic: Walmart observations
Replies: 931
Views: 150167

Re: Walmart observations

Five months (and counting) since I've set foot in a Wal-Mart and after reading all these stories guess I'm not really missing out on all that much am I. I've only stepped inside a Walmart twice in the past five months: 1. My asshole of a cat decided to revenge urinate on my couch (I caught him in t...
by DFWRetaileWatcher
September 26th, 2021, 12:29 pm
Forum: Southwest & Hawai'i USA (Excluding California)
Topic: DFW Grocers Market Share 2021
Replies: 28
Views: 7528

Re: DFW Grocers Market Share 2021

I ignored the fact that Target's share is above Tom Thumb, yet with a lower store count. I am assuming the majority of those are not Super Target locations (but some are). The fact that Target is getting higher share with a lower store count than Tom Thumb, shows just how poorly Tom Thumb is doing....
by DFWRetaileWatcher
September 26th, 2021, 12:22 pm
Forum: Southwest & Hawai'i USA (Excluding California)
Topic: DFW Grocers Market Share 2021
Replies: 28
Views: 7528

Re: DFW Grocers Market Share 2021

Another takeway I got from this article and the other posts in this thread is that no one really knows what to do with the DFW retail market. They know they all want in (to be expected, given it's the fastest growing market in the US), but they all seem to struggle with executing a strategy that wa...