EQUITY RETAIL BLOG

PA to shut down failing wine kiosk program

As I reported a few weeks ago, the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board’s (PLCB’s) wine kiosk experiment was not going well (Hurricanes increase wine sales, not kiosks). And now it appears the program is done. The Philadelphia Inquirer reported yesterday that the PLCB is shutting down the wine kiosk program due to a financial dispute with […]

Wegmans wins top customer service honor

According to a survey of more than 16,000 consumers who ranked grocery stores on various aspects of their customer service, Wegmans had the highest overall score of all U.S. grocery stores. Safeway was tops on the list among Canadian grocery stores. In the U.S., Trader Joe’s, Publix, Harris Teeter and Whole Foods also received high […]

Target Does it Again!

Target successfully launched another relationship with a high-end label.  This time it was Missoni.  As widely report, the Target web site crashed several times and their were lines in many stores when the clothes were made available.   Washington Post Article

Levin Furniture & Some Big Stores

Levin Mattress (aka Levin Furniture) is opening some big stores in the Pittsburgh and NE Ohio markets. Levin Furniture finds mattress business anything but sleepy Levin Furniture is taking one of its core products — the mattress — and rolling out a new store concept around it. So far, the company has established a new […]

The Produce is on the Roof

Sorry, I couldn’t resist posting this article.  Look at the points the author is making about why it’s better to grow the produce on the roof.   UPI Article Fresh produce grown on supermarket roof NEW YORK, Sept. 14 (UPI) — The local foods movement involves farmers selling directly to consumers, but a U.S. company calls […]

One Person's Take on JC Penney

Click on the link below to understand one person’s take on JC Penney, their current status, and where they are headed.  This person is bullish on the company.   Seeking Alpha Article?

Redner's Market to open in former Super Fresh space

Redner’s Market has begun hiring for its new location at the Shops at Lionville Station in Chester Springs, PA, formerly the home of a Super Fresh supermarket. The new store is scheduled to open on November 2. Although Redner’s is known as a “no-frills” warehouse market, this new, full-service store will offer bakery, deli, seafood, […]

Sears Holdings Looking to Leverage Brands

Is Sears Holdings finally going to start focusing on selling the brands worldwide in other venues as well as making money off their vast real estate holdings? See the good article from Seeking Alpha.

Burlington Coat's New Line of Credit

Burlington Coat now has an amended credit agreement that will now come due in September of 2016. Burlington Coat Factory Investments Holdings, Inc. and its operating subsidiaries (the “Company”), a nationwide retailer based in Burlington, New Jersey, today announced that on September 2, 2011, Burlington Coat Factory Warehouse Corporation (“BCFWC”) entered into a Second Amended […]

Will Sears Kmart Last Another Year?

The following is one person’s blunt analysis of whether the once retailing giants will last much longer.  Your thoughts? Esquire Article It was a great story, but it was not a retail story. It was a real estate story, perfect for 2005. And then the real estate market crashed. All of a sudden, the whole […]