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by ClownLoach
April 29th, 2024, 3:04 pm
Forum: Specialty Retail Chains
Topic: Advance Auto already closing CA stores?
Replies: 12
Views: 438

Re: Advance Auto already closing CA stores?

Must have happened before I got here, and that would be before they got most of these Pep Boys units converted. I thought the Reno Car Quest (Rock Blvd.) had Advance branding for a brief time period around 2018-2019 range, but either I imagined it or it never did. So I wonder how long this closed s...
by ClownLoach
April 29th, 2024, 2:54 pm
Forum: Non Region-Specific
Topic: 🛒 Kroger-Albertsons Merger: National Impact
Replies: 452
Views: 30201

Re: 🛒 Kroger-Albertsons Merger: National Impact

Keep in mind the termination date can be dragged out to October 9. I’d think after that, the merger will almost certainly be stopped. I doubt Trump would approve this merger assuming such a scenario were to happen, considering his friendship with the Gristedes owner in NYC. I haven't kept up with w...
by ClownLoach
April 29th, 2024, 2:44 pm
Forum: Non Region-Specific
Topic: 🛒 Kroger-Albertsons Merger: National Impact
Replies: 452
Views: 30201

Re: 🛒 Kroger-Albertsons Merger: National Impact

The trial with the Washington AG has been OK'd by the courts and is now set by September. If Kroger was hoping to get this wrapped up by election day that's looking less and less likely. https://www.kulr8.com/news/court-rules-antitrust-lawsuit-against-kroger-albertsons-merger-can-proceed/article_5c...
by ClownLoach
April 29th, 2024, 2:36 pm
Forum: Specialty Retail Chains
Topic: What's Office Depot's future
Replies: 30
Views: 1134

Re: What's Office Depot's future

I know Office Depot has been closing stores and it seems like they have been shutting down stores for 10+ years now. And they are closing stores that seem like they should be profitable (Davis, California for example) and are keeping stores open that seem like they should have closed years ago (sti...
by ClownLoach
April 29th, 2024, 7:24 am
Forum: Non Region-Specific
Topic: Store Evacuations
Replies: 18
Views: 395

Re: Store Evacuations

I am surprised by the lack of PA systems. Even if the PA system is for emergency use only, it should be present. I have concerns about the health effects of some stores where the employees wear headsets all day and talk to each other via these headsets. Radiation and such concerns. I know we all ha...
by ClownLoach
April 29th, 2024, 6:57 am
Forum: Specialty Retail Chains
Topic: Do Google Reviews indicate a store's performance??
Replies: 3
Views: 130

Re: Do Google Reviews indicate a store's performance??

I am wondering if Google Reviews are an indicator of how a store is performing?? Does the Best Buy in Park City having only 735 reviews versus the average store having about 2,000 reviews indicate that store's underperformance. Or OfficeMax in Tupelo, Mississippi only having 126 reviews despite bei...
by ClownLoach
April 28th, 2024, 10:19 pm
Forum: Department Store Chains
Topic: Nordstrom going to Private Equity?
Replies: 27
Views: 1242

Re: Nordstrom going to Private Equity?

They've probably hit a tipping point with the Rack stores where they can't add much more made-for-outlet stuff, although they are more interesting to visit than Marshall's. The problem for all these places is that outside of the bubble that occurred around COVID because of bottlenecks, there is les...
by ClownLoach
April 28th, 2024, 10:15 pm
Forum: Non Region-Specific
Topic: Store Evacuations
Replies: 18
Views: 395

Re: Store Evacuations

I am surprised by the lack of PA systems. Even if the PA system is for emergency use only, it should be present. I have concerns about the health effects of some stores where the employees wear headsets all day and talk to each other via these headsets. Radiation and such concerns. I know we all ha...
by ClownLoach
April 28th, 2024, 9:56 pm
Forum: Non Region-Specific
Topic: Store Evacuations
Replies: 18
Views: 395

Re: Store Evacuations

A local Costco near me had a chemical spill. Employees noticed a white cloud moving through the store. This led to an evacuation of the entire store. An estimated 1,000 people were in the store at the time. I have been in several stores during emergency evacuations. Some were orderly and some were ...
by ClownLoach
April 28th, 2024, 5:41 pm
Forum: Specialty Retail Chains
Topic: Do Google Reviews indicate a store's performance??
Replies: 3
Views: 130

Re: Do Google Reviews indicate a store's performance??

I am wondering if Google Reviews are an indicator of how a store is performing?? Does the Best Buy in Park City having only 735 reviews versus the average store having about 2,000 reviews indicate that store's underperformance. Or OfficeMax in Tupelo, Mississippi only having 126 reviews despite bei...