Retail Watchers

The only correlation that HEB does not have to Publix is that they have not been able to replicate the formula outside their home state. I do not expect that to continue much longer, as I think they are itching to expand somewhere again outside Texas and northern Mexico. They tried to expand into L...

It seems to be that this merger would have had a better chance if they had divested to other retailers? Like in California, divesting to Save Mart with a rebrand of the stores to Lucky. In Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Alaska, divesting QFC and Carr’s to URM, the owner of Rosauers would have made s...

I don't think it is successful though; the store has a very low customer count from what I've seen. The other issue is Smart & Final isn't really even any deal... Vons would be a better deal a lot of the time... Smart & Final is good for its consistency. The prices aren't great, but they ar...

I replied to an ad and spoke to a recruiter. They did not give the name of the retailer but from the description, it can't be anyone other than Rite Aid. The ads were posted by a company called "Frontline Media Solutions". I couldn't determine who has contracted them, but the person I spok...

I thought the small store fad died in the 2000s. Walmart abandoned "Marketside", Safeway/Vons gave up on "The Market", and of course Fresh & Easy was a colossal failure.

But someone has to keep throwing money at it hoping they figure it out...

It's obvious that Stop & Shop is struggling , and while it looks like the other banners seem to be doing really well, I see signs that the company overall is struggling. We have the closure of home-delivery fulfillment warehouses in NJ and throughout Giant-MD , some as new as just three months ...

My experience as well with Gelson's (and also Jensen's in the Desert). The value balance (price vs service vs quality vs variety) is way off. Service up front is subpar for the price. Variety, for lack of a better word, un-modern. Perhaps old school gourmet? It's just plain boring and does not matc...

Is there possibly a city ordinance for no sign walkers in West Hollywood? Mammoth Lakes doesn't appear to be looking for sign walkers either... extremely high volume store there... I can't find evidence of any city ordinances prohibiting sign walkers in either city ("town" for Mammoth). E...

I am wondering if the Union Square store was basically a consolation prize to activist investors. It has been claimed that the Herald Square store, if sold, would be worth more than the entire company's valuation, so I'm sure there is tremendous pressure from certain investors to sell it. Perhaps se...

I do think Kroger can legally fight the FTC successfully if they want to, but the question is how much time and money will it take, and is it worth the ongoing uncertainty? I don't think it is worth it. Do you mean with the current deal with C&S, or a new deal? With the current deal, I don't se...