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#91
Miscellaneous Retail Stuff / Dollar Tree considers selling ...
Last post by TheFugitive - June 06, 2024, 10:56:53 AMA marriage made in heaven, not so much. What was once seen as a saving growth opportunity for both chains has flatlined, and now Dollar Tree is reportedly considering selling off or separating it's Family Dollar stores to go back to concentrating on their core business.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/dollar-tree-family-dollar-stores-sale/
This seems not unlike the Sears-Kmart merger that was supposed to save both but saved neither. In my own experience living through the Ames-Zayre merger we were taking on a lot of headaches which, if they ever were going to produce increased profits those were years out in the future. What really happened was that we got our elbows into the Zayre stores and realized their situation was WAY worse than we had been told.
This does signal potential closures or remodels for the hybrid Family Dollar/Dollar Tree locations.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/dollar-tree-family-dollar-stores-sale/
This seems not unlike the Sears-Kmart merger that was supposed to save both but saved neither. In my own experience living through the Ames-Zayre merger we were taking on a lot of headaches which, if they ever were going to produce increased profits those were years out in the future. What really happened was that we got our elbows into the Zayre stores and realized their situation was WAY worse than we had been told.
This does signal potential closures or remodels for the hybrid Family Dollar/Dollar Tree locations.
#92
Defunct Department Stores / Re: Stuart's Department Stores
Last post by Retail_247 - June 04, 2024, 02:25:17 PM1992 ad for the Goffstown & Nashua NH stores
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#93
Defunct Department Stores / Re: Stuart's Department Stores
Last post by Retail_247 - June 04, 2024, 02:21:09 PM1993 newspaper ad
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#94
Defunct Department Stores / Re: Rich's
Last post by Retail_247 - June 04, 2024, 02:17:31 PMWakefield, RI store grand opening ad from 1994
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#95
Stores Shutting Down This Year....2024 / Re: 99 Cent Stores closing all...
Last post by TheFugitive - May 31, 2024, 12:34:31 PMDollar Tree has announced the acquisition of 170 former 99 Cent Stores locations and will re-open them.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/dollar-tree-acquires-170-99-cents-only-stores-will-reopen-them-as-dollar-tree-stores/ar-BB1nk10r?ocid=BingNewsSearch
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/dollar-tree-acquires-170-99-cents-only-stores-will-reopen-them-as-dollar-tree-stores/ar-BB1nk10r?ocid=BingNewsSearch
#96
Department Stores / Re: Walmart
Last post by TheFugitive - May 31, 2024, 09:12:31 AMHere's an article from Bloomberg claiming that Walmart actually pays some of their store managers half-a-million dollars per year.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-05-30/walmart-store-manager-salaries-reach-500-000
Krikey, maybe I bailed on retail management a bit too soon. Although based on conversations with people I know who worked in management there the odds are high that you could die from stress long before achieving that number.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-05-30/walmart-store-manager-salaries-reach-500-000
Krikey, maybe I bailed on retail management a bit too soon. Although based on conversations with people I know who worked in management there the odds are high that you could die from stress long before achieving that number.
#97
Shopping Cart Sightings / Re: More Ocean State Job Lot F...
Last post by Retail Regents - May 30, 2024, 06:38:16 PMQuote from: BillyGr on May 30, 2024, 01:14:11 PMQuote from: Retail Regents on May 28, 2024, 10:08:03 PMThe Schenectady now has a set of these. Apparently the original logos were filed off on all of them.
Wonder if they just moved them when the Albany store was closed down?
Seems logical that Schenectady is one of the closest to where the Albany store was (the other would be Troy by HVCC, but they have blue carts that seem to be all similar).
Could be, and more.
As far as Troy's carts, I'm sure they still have the Toys R Us carts. The other (slightly smaller) blue ones I believe were former Christmas Tree Shops units.
#98
Shopping Cart Sightings / Re: More Ocean State Job Lot F...
Last post by BillyGr - May 30, 2024, 01:14:11 PMQuote from: Retail Regents on May 28, 2024, 10:08:03 PMThe Schenectady now has a set of these. Apparently the original logos were filed off on all of them.
Wonder if they just moved them when the Albany store was closed down?
Seems logical that Schenectady is one of the closest to where the Albany store was (the other would be Troy by HVCC, but they have blue carts that seem to be all similar).
#99
Dead or Defunct Malls and Shopping Centers / Re: Century III FINALLY meets ...
Last post by TheFugitive - May 30, 2024, 11:57:05 AMEven as it's being torn down trespassers STILL continue to break into Century III to shoot video.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/five-people-arrested-accused-of-trespassing-at-century-iii-mall/ar-BB1njG5y?ocid=BingNewsSerp
This time the "shooting" could have been literal. Four adults and a juvenile broke in at 2AM on Wednesday to shoot video for a Facebook livestream.
Since the mall has no power they brought their own light, in the form of a flashlight that was mounted to a loaded hand gun!
Having seen the gun in the video the police opted to wait until these people left the mall and got back in their car before making an arrest.
The driving force behind every break-in at the mall has been somebody's desire to become an internet video star.
Maybe if you are going to do illegal things it's best not to livestream them on Facebook.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/five-people-arrested-accused-of-trespassing-at-century-iii-mall/ar-BB1njG5y?ocid=BingNewsSerp
This time the "shooting" could have been literal. Four adults and a juvenile broke in at 2AM on Wednesday to shoot video for a Facebook livestream.
Since the mall has no power they brought their own light, in the form of a flashlight that was mounted to a loaded hand gun!
Having seen the gun in the video the police opted to wait until these people left the mall and got back in their car before making an arrest.
The driving force behind every break-in at the mall has been somebody's desire to become an internet video star.
Maybe if you are going to do illegal things it's best not to livestream them on Facebook.
#100
Shopping Cart Sightings / Re: More Ocean State Job Lot F...
Last post by Retail Regents - May 28, 2024, 10:08:03 PMQuote from: Retail Regents on June 21, 2023, 04:31:38 PMUnited Steel & Wire cart from 2003 at the Albany store. Original retailer unknown.
The Schenectady now has a set of these. Apparently the original logos were filed off on all of them.