storewanderer wrote:norcalriteaidclerk wrote: ↑November 28th, 2022, 1:09 am
It appears that the installation of new pinpads(apparently paused for now)is being done in random order without regards to store volume(Manzanita makes sense but Placerville Fair Lane?!)in a similar manner to when the exterior signs were changed on most of the stores: Sacramento Watt still had red signs as of at least July while otoh many of the 49 California locations that have closed since Halloween 2021(i.e.,5712 Folsom)did receive new exterior signs.
NYC Manhattan is now officially down to ten open locations remaining with 282 eighth avenue in Chelsea just closed.As it stands right now 481 California RAD locations remain(49 fewer than at this time 14 months ago),and hopefully the ship gets 'rited' in a timely enough manner that the Golden State will still have at least 470 RAD locations at this point twelve months from now.I however do find it interesting that some new items that we began carrying within the past month or two are already going on clearance.
Something has to be up with that Watt site not getting new signs. Like pending relocation or downsizing or exterior shopping center remodel or something.
I don't understand putting those items on clearance now, seems like they could run some ads at 24.99 etc. which would be more than competitive with other retailers promoting those now, then wait until after Christmas to do a 75% off. May not want the $$ tied up in the inventory. Cannot believe the pricing on the glass holiday villages in seasonal at some locations either but these villages look nicer than previous years, remind me of the old Lenox ones Longs used to have.
I do recall reading that renovations are planned for the 1969-era Arden Creek Town Center (parent center of 1730 Watt) which include a pair of new pad buildings in the parking lot along Watt (the center doesn't quite need all that parking space);while the payless building was refacaded in 2003-04 when RAD downside remodeled the first time(about 40% of the original payless footprint was split off into the current Smart and final storefront, RAD would get a first generation Wellness remodel around 2012 and was using the entire revised floor space until the chainwide cuts to non-core general merchandise within the past three years), it's entirely possible that the whole existing center gets refacaded including the current PetSmart which retains the original 1969 facade dating from when Albertsons (closed by the mid-1980's,later occupied by Miller's outpost for nearly a decade)opened.It must be noted that Sunrise Village owner merlone Geier (
http://www.merlonegeier.com)also owns Arden Creek Town Center.
Outside of the NYC 5 boroughs,it appears that closure activity has mercifully paused for November and December.However, considering that labor coverage hours are cut and that 'new' items are getting clearanced almost as soon as the get introduced onto store shelves,it still feels like a false sense of security as the company will come under the microscope of Wall Street just days before Christmas(fy2023q3 earnings). It's nice to see anti-theft shelving installed at 5409 Sunrise (only after being beaten to the punch by both Marconi and Manzanita),but the fact the pharmacy volume has declined could be problematic along with rumors of possible enmity between the company and Sunrise Village management.
Also, according to a new interior shot posted to Google maps earlier this month, Roseville Foothills(decor last updated two decades ago)doesn't appear to shelve off space but aisle segments towards the front have been removed, registers are present by both entrances,and the lobby area especially seems spacious.
Additionally a fair percentage of the 49 California RAD locations that have closed since Halloween 2021 were already in the sunset of their leases and were never listed in the surplus property listing,and at least a couple have had new tenants lined up:Riverside/3849 Chicago is already undergoing conversion into a WSS shoe store while Visalia South Mooney(only 7-8 months left on its lease when it closed in January)is now a furniture store.Neither store got a wellness remodel.
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