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September 4th, 2018, 6:39 am
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September 4th, 2018, 6:39 am
Walmart Venturing Into Vet Services, Grooming, & Dog Washes
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Alpha8472 »
Yesterday, 9:02 pm
Walmart is adding vet services, grooming, and dog washes. I wonder if PetSmart is worried.
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Walmart observations
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Super S »
February 20th, 2019, 10:06 am
I have been noticing a decline in the Walmart closest to my home.
A little background: Several years back, a second Walmart was built in Longview,...
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September 18th, 2023, 10:25 pm
Kohl's closing Albuquerque/Coronado Center due to theft
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dcpeachy »
September 16th, 2023, 6:02 am
I saw this on the news last night. The store closes today, 9/16, due to theft. This store was a former two-level Mervyn's (and before that Liberty...
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September 18th, 2023, 9:57 pm
Kohl's Opening 45 Sephora Stores This Year
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Alpha8472 »
September 12th, 2023, 11:27 pm
Kohl's is opening up 45 Sephora shops this Fall in September to October.
I visited my local Kohl's Saturday evening and saw a bright illuminated...
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September 15th, 2023, 12:05 am
TransformCo (Sears/Kmart) Official Thread 2023: Finally the end?
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retailfanmitchell019 »
December 31st, 2022, 9:57 pm
Sears Hometown and the appliance division is now becoming a thing of the past.
Sears has 13 mainline stores left. They also still have two Home &...
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September 4th, 2023, 4:50 pm
Walmart Asking Pharmacists To Take Pay Cuts
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Alpha8472 »
August 30th, 2023, 5:06 pm
They are asking pharmacists to voluntarily take pay cuts. Pharmacy hours were reduced 2 hours causing more work to be done in fewer hours. It is much...
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September 4th, 2023, 10:56 am
Walmart Kicking Out Independent Vision Centers
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Alpha8472 »
August 29th, 2023, 9:46 pm
Walmart is terminating its agreement with National Vision to run Vision Centers inside of some California Walmart stores.
Some Walmart Vision...
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August 29th, 2023, 9:46 pm
Barbie Movie Increases Retail Sales
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Alpha8472 »
August 13th, 2023, 11:51 pm
The Barbie Movie has increased retail sales. I saw a fairly large Barbie section at a local Macy's. I am surprised that the Toys R Us store inside of...
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August 13th, 2023, 11:51 pm
Sears reopening Union Gap, WA and Burbank, CA
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storewanderer »
July 30th, 2023, 2:31 am
PR interview with Sears.
Straightforward regarding reopenings in CA and WA. Translation is pretty easy. That should be Burbank and Union Gap. In...
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August 8th, 2023, 2:22 pm
California Mall Target Bans Teens After 4 PM
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Alpha8472 »
August 5th, 2023, 10:16 pm
Teenagers and young without parents will be kicked out after 4 PM at the Valley Plaza Mall Target in Bakersfield.
There were reports of shoplifting...
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August 8th, 2023, 12:03 am
Kohl's To Open 100 Small Format Stores
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Alpha8472 »
November 3rd, 2022, 11:08 pm
These stores will be about 35,000 square feet and feature self checkout. The checkouts will be to the side of the store instead of at the entrance so...
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August 6th, 2023, 10:20 pm
Impulse Spending Is Down, Clothing Sales Affected The Most
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Alpha8472 »
July 28th, 2023, 12:03 pm
Clothing is the number one impulse buy followed by groceries. Technology and coffee are the least impulse categories. Coffee sales and technology are...
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July 28th, 2023, 11:19 pm
Macy’s 2020
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architect »
January 4th, 2020, 6:03 am
During Macy’s last earnings report, it was announced that sales were good both online and at their top-tier locations, but plummeting sales at their...
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July 26th, 2023, 9:09 am
Former Portland Kmart destroyed by fire
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Super S »
July 24th, 2023, 7:10 am
The former Kmart at 122nd & Sandy in Portland caught fire a few days ago and looks to be destroyed:
This building has sat vacant since Kmart...
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July 25th, 2023, 9:31 pm
Target online sales drop
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storewanderer »
May 19th, 2023, 12:46 am
This is not a surprise. Target's online efforts are clumsy and inefficient. Especially for low/no margin food, their process is a complete disaster....
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July 21st, 2023, 1:40 pm
Bealls and Burkes Outlet To Rebrand To Beal's
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Alpha8472 »
April 14th, 2023, 4:06 am
Apparently the company wants to get rid of the word Outlet as it makes their stores sound low quality.
Bealls Department store will be rebranded to...
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July 20th, 2023, 8:00 am
Target Liquidation of items at Big Lots
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storewanderer »
May 20th, 2023, 5:55 pm
Big Lots posted about the below on Facebook on May 8. I've been in 4 different Big Lots since then (one yesterday, the other two last weekend), and...
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June 28th, 2023, 7:19 am
Nordstrom, Saks Off 5th Closing San Francisco
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ClownLoach »
May 2nd, 2023, 4:13 pm
Here we go again. Nordstrom is closing their massive San Francisco location at Westfield San Francisco Centre along with the nearby Rack store. Saks...
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June 17th, 2023, 1:32 am
Nordstrom Rack Rebranding & Expanding
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Alpha8472 »
April 13th, 2023, 6:29 pm
The new Nordstrom Rack logo looks like it says Crack instead of Rack.
I can't believe they paid a company to design this new logo and marketing...
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May 13th, 2023, 9:38 pm
TJ Maxx-Mira Loma, CA- Reusable Bag Shoplifting
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storewanderer »
May 3rd, 2023, 2:22 pm
This is something. Shoplifter 1 runs out with a ton of big purses (who knows if they stuffed other items into the purses). Shoplifter 2 tries to run...
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May 6th, 2023, 12:19 am
Walmart 2023 Closings
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arizonaguy »
February 9th, 2023, 12:49 pm
Georgia:
1801 Howell Mill Rd NW, Atlanta, GA 30318
This location is closing due to a fire set during a shoplifting attempt.
Illinois:
17550...
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May 5th, 2023, 6:43 am
Target 2022
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Romr123 »
February 6th, 2022, 9:12 am
I'll kick off a discussion of Target 2022 with a report from my visit last night at about 6:30 to the Super Target in Menifee, CA. Right off the...
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April 26th, 2023, 12:48 am
JCPenney closings 2023
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Super S »
January 17th, 2023, 10:04 pm
A couple of JCPenney store closures have been announced:
Elkhart, Indiana:
Oswego, New York:
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April 8th, 2023, 9:31 pm
Nordstrom exiting Canada
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Groceteria »
March 2nd, 2023, 1:50 pm
Nordstrom closing down in Canada, shuttering all 13 stores
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March 31st, 2023, 8:40 am
Is "SuperTarget" making a comeback?
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BatteryMill »
March 8th, 2023, 3:43 pm
Several news articles are alleging that the SuperTarget brand is making a comeback through a remodel in Naperville, Illinois.
The latter...
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