Retail Watchers

storewanderer wrote: ↑January 25th, 2024, 12:42 am Kmart Guam has not made a Facebook post since late November. Previously they posted an ad basically every week.

I wonder what happened.

Kmart Guam's Facebook is back, although with a rather hilarious post about a huge mess made in the store.

storewanderer wrote: ↑January 25th, 2024, 10:06 pm

BatteryMill wrote: ↑January 25th, 2024, 7:21 pm Only one (!) full-line Kmart in the 50 states left. Unless, the last one in NJ is still open. Did that one close?

Yes, it is gone. Just the NY one remains.

Looks like I must have confused it for Avenel, which shut down in 2022.

Only one (!) full-line Kmart in the 50 states left. Unless, the last one in NJ is still open. Did that one close?

Looks like the removal of physical media displays has begun, per multiple sources. Many have took to social media to forecast a grim outlook for Best Buy in the wake of this decision.

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...