Canadian Retail Thread

[osirisboy]

Urbandreamer is trolling all of you

[Djeffery]

Originally Posted by Loco101

That must be one of the last Costco locations that was originally a Price Club? Many of those Price Club warehouses that opened in the 1980s and 1990s were located out of the way a bit. They tended to be away from other retailers on purpose. Most locations built as Costco have tended to be among other retail stores and businesses. At least from my observations.

I got a Costco membership right around the turn of the millennium when one opened in Sudbury and have renewed every year.

Back when this one opened, it was literally across the road from the city limits. It has the 401 on one side of it, and the main drag that runs into downtown London on the front side of it was the city limit at the time. It did have some commercial area around it, like a Leon's, Superstore grocery store and Towers (which became a Zellers). Kind of out of the way for the city itself, but handy because of being right at the main exit from the 401.

The other Costco on the other end of town, which was built at the same time as Sam's Club was coming in (the 2 literally had a race to be open first, each offering the contractors a bonus if they beat the other store, which was awesome for the companies working on both lol) was a big piece of open land in the middle of a dense residential area on one side and commercial on the other. It was already a traffic headache before lol.

[whatnext]

Originally Posted by zahav

I have a small one theatre cinema right down the street from me, and it's a Cineplex! So I get Scene points etc. and good screens, but it is a totally old school one-screen theatre about 3 mins walk away

The Park, right? I'm sure Cineplex hates having to operate that! It must have been part of the deal when they bought Festival Cinemas from Leonard Schein.

[zahav]

Yes the Park indeed. I figured there must have been something in the buyout that dictated it had to stay, but I'm definitely not complaing

[amiradnan]

Originally Posted by SpongeG

J. | Junaid Jamshed is a store brand from Pakistan, they opened a store in Missisauga last week



from their facebook page

Thanks

[SpongeG]

Eataly is now open in Toronto

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a longer thourough tour
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[Djeffery]

Unfortunate timing of that scroll under the headline in that first picture lol

[kwoldtimer]

It will be interesting to revisit how they're doing a year from now.

[WhipperSnapper]

I think they will do fine considering Metro, Loblaws, Sobeys can be pricey for average groceries and exorbitant for specialty groceries.

[le calmar]

Lowes to close 34 stores in Canada, including 26 RONA.

https://business.financialpost.com/n...-in-canada/amp

[stefanYEG]

^Damn, the convenient little Rona by my place was hit. I've used that store A LOT in the last 3ish years.

[SHOFEAR]

I don't understand Rona. We were doing bathroom Reno's last year and our contractor got contractor pricing through Rona so we were encouraged to shop there. The selection sucked. It was like cheap builder quality everything.

Making the transition about a year ago from a crammed shoebox in the sky to an amazing attached two story house built in 1979 I've spent a shit ton at home stores. Tools, lumber, yard stuff, it has all added up. I've probably spent $60,000 in brick and mortar stores.

Probably less than $1,000 at Rona, maybe $5,000 at Canadian tire, a few hundred at Lowes, maybe $1,000 at Windsor, and all the rest at Home Depot.

That's not including the online specialty stuff.

Maybe Rona is the go to for contractors, but for the homeowner...its useless.

Also of note is that the locations to be closed don't include Edmonton's Whitemud/Calgary Trail location. You could fire a cannon down the isles most days and not hit a shopper. If that didn't make the cut for closing...wow.

[esquire]

^ You notice that much of a difference? To me Rona/Home Depot were always kind of like 6 of one, half dozen of the other. If there is some kind of Air Miles promo I'll go to Rona, otherwise I just sort of defaulted to Home Depot.

[MacLac]

Originally Posted by SHOFEAR

I don't understand Rona. We were doing bathroom Reno's last year and our contractor got contractor pricing through Rona so we were encouraged to shop there. The selection sucked. It was like cheap builder quality everything.

Making the transition about a year ago from a crammed shoebox in the sky to an amazing attached two story house built in 1979 I've spent a shit ton at home stores. Tools, lumber, yard stuff, it has all added up. I've probably spent $60,000 in brick and mortar stores.

Probably less than $1,000 at Rona, maybe $5,000 at Canadian tire, a few hundred at Lowes, maybe $1,000 at Windsor, and all the rest at Home Depot.

That's not including the online specialty stuff.

Maybe Rona is the go to for contractors, but for the homeowner...its useless.

Also of note is that the locations to be closed don't include Edmonton's Whitemud/Calgary Trail location. You could fire a cannon down the isles most days and not hit a shopper. If that didn't make the cut for closing...wow.

That particular location - dirty aisles, pallets of material that should be on shelves left in the aisles, packed Saturday, only 1 till open, pricing didn't match the shelf.....left without paying - 8 years ago....never been back since.

[le calmar]

This is the second round of store closures in one year as Lowes closed over 30 stores last year (again, Rona for the most part). Some uncompetitive stores remain open and I expect to see more closures in the future.

I went to a Rona in Carleton Place two months ago (one of those very large boxes, seems overkill in a small suburban town) and the aisles were completely deserted. I don't go often enough to say if this happens regularly, but the situation sure didn't look good.

[GreaterMontréal]

Rona is getting eaten alive in Quebec by the other big players. I wouldn't be surprised to see Rona getting ousted in the province.

[p_xavier]

Originally Posted by GreaterMontréal

Rona is getting eaten alive in Quebec by the other big players. I wouldn't be surprised to see Rona getting ousted in the province.

It's a given, the newer adminstration don't get the local market at all. They are managing all stores with the same cheap products as the US. Rona used to carry items for the specific needs of their store's region.

[WhipperSnapper]

I don't care for any of the box stores. However, Home Depot has always had the best deals and Rona had the one off specialty items. Lowes is too expensive. That would be unfortunate about Rona.

[wave46]

Originally Posted by p_xavier

It's a given, the newer adminstration don't get the local market at all. They are managing all stores with the same cheap products as the US. Rona used to carry items for the specific needs of their store's region.

The trick is that a US retailer buys a Canadian one and then proceeds to run it into the ground. They then substitute in their parent brand from the US.

See: Futureshop/Best Buy

[Airboy]

We loose our Rona (Beaver Lumber/Totem) but there is a big box Lowes only about 700 meters away. I was surprised this stayed open for the last few years after the big box opened.

There is a HD right next door and it held its own until the Lowes opened.