Retail Watchers

I often checkout at Target using the rarely used Snack Bar self checkout machine. I have had people.give me nasty stares for doing so but there's nothing wrong with it.

If restaurants are going to push the app so hard, they need a separate line for it. I shouldn't have to wait in the drive thru line behind everyone else. And most of the time, the designated pick up spots aren't much better since you are waiting for an employee to get free to deliver your order to y...

NotMyHotDog!

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/03/14/dicks-sporting-goods-dks-earnings-q4-2023.html?&qsearchterm=Dicks%20sporting%20goods Dick's reported their best results ever came in this past holiday season. Seems like they're taking over a lot of mall space and getting a lot out of it. They're also benefiting ...

The one thing I find odd at Dick's is that they remove all their clearance merchandise, which I assume goes to their clearance stores. So after the season, there are few deals to be found. While I think that it's smart not to have clearance merchandise competing with full price merchandising, for us...

I guess these brands do not mean the same thing they once meant. Sort of feels like Forever 21 bought everything. Forever 21 is Authentic Brands. So yeah, Forever 21 did buy everything. I guess what I mean more is that instead of taking these brands and letting the brands continue operating how the...

Looking at some of what they sell with the mountain logo at Sam's Club, my perception is the stuff is... not the quality I would expect of this brand... I thought cursive was taught around 2nd or 3rd grade. Totally agree. Same for the Gap and Banana Republic items sold at Costco and Sam's. Total ga...

So essentially a well funded Green Zebra market that ran out of cash after the pandemic. Those were about 5000 sq ft stores in Portland

When Lands End changed their logo, it took several years to fully switch it out. For seven seasons, you saw a mix of labels. I think some items have a much longer lead time than we think.

And speaking of Macy's.....news broke today that 150 locations are to close in the next few years. https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/27/investing/macys-closing-150-stores/index.html Wait... didn't they already close all their poorly performing stores? I'm now starting the countdown clock for them. T-5 ye...