pigfarmer
tall, thin, irritable
eeeee ... not so much with them I think. Like using atomic weapons on Godzilla, they just got bigger and stronger.
eeeee ... not so much with them I think. Like using atomic weapons on Godzilla, they just got bigger and stronger.
The shadow
The shadow knows!
This is the end...
This could finally be Sears' and Kmart's last holiday shopping season - CNN
This could finally be Sears' and Kmart's last holiday shopping season - CNN
Standingstones
Celestial
The days of large department stores are at an end. Lord and Taylor, Sears, K Mart are finished. JC Penneys and a few others aren’t far behind. There used to be two Sears stores in Harrisburg PA. One store is a derelict building and the other is a liquor store now. Internet businesses beat the big box stores to a pulp.
wwkirk
Celestial
The mid-borough Sears store closed in 2014. However, we still have The Bay Plaza Shopping Center, which has a mall inside of it.
Built only 25 years ago, the larger center, together with the mall, contains Macy's, JCPenney, Staples, Kmart, Saks Off 5th, Old Navy, a multiplex movie theater, several restaurants, a fitness club, many small stores, and some office space. (For some reason, Barnes & Noble couldn't hang, and was replaced about 4-5 years ago.)
Although located in the Bronx, the mall component (which opened the same year Sears closed) is strategically situated at Hutchinson River Parkway and I-95, so it serves suburban customers in addition to locals.
Apparently, the shopping center plus mall is quite successful.
I fully accept the notion that online shopping will tend to dominate in the foreseeable future. But I also believe many people will choose to shop in person where the circumstances are right.
Although located in the Bronx, the mall component (which opened the same year Sears closed) is strategically situated at Hutchinson River Parkway and I-95, so it serves suburban customers in addition to locals.
Apparently, the shopping center plus mall is quite successful.
I fully accept the notion that online shopping will tend to dominate in the foreseeable future. But I also believe many people will choose to shop in person where the circumstances are right.
The shadow
The shadow knows!
Once upon a time long ago .
pigfarmer
tall, thin, irritable
Went to the big local mall yesterday - haven't done that in maybe two years and that's not all because of the pandemic. . It still has most of it's anchor stores - those with outside entrances. I could see Target and Best Buy doing just fine as standalone stores. What the hell a Dick's or Macy's has to offer is less clear. The stores that are only inside the mall are doomed. That said, there was a bit more foot traffic than I expected.
Even a pandemic can't get rid of those nasty massage chairs. Who the hell wants to 'relax' in a vibrating recliner in the middle of a shopping mall ?
Even a pandemic can't get rid of those nasty massage chairs. Who the hell wants to 'relax' in a vibrating recliner in the middle of a shopping mall ?
nivek
As Above So Below
Standingstones
Celestial
The last time I was in a mall I went to purchase a gift card at Macy’s for my wife. This mall has a closed Sears and a JC Penneys that is hanging on. How those other small stores are staying in business is beyond me.