Retail in Richmans Hill: Crappy Tire
I posted yesterday on the retail stuff - WMT and the others (Krispy Kaput).
We have a street in Richmond Hill - southern most point - parallels both Hwy 7 and Hwy 407 - called High Tech Blvd. (no idea on the naming).
As you pass Yonge street going east, there is an Indigo and SilverShitty Theatre.
Over the bridge - Home Depot; across the street (going east) - smaller stuff - Staples; Winners; Sears Home; Brick
Then comes the real fun...
1) Sams Club
If you want to see a white elephant come here. Picture 6pm - 3 lines open, no more than 2 people per line. Costco (any) at that time - for get quickly in and out. Over a year and still doing poorly.
2) Canadian Tire
Moving their location from a bit more north to here it looks like. it is an Associate store - and as such, the owner is a cheap prick. This will be store #4 for him (if indeed his). Each one is a tad bigger than the last. This has got to be much bigger!! There are some real big ones - one of the more recent is 16th & 400 area. Not open yet, just moving dirt now. Not really a good location I think. Anyways it will be interesting how Crappy Tire will do. (maybe it is an extra store or replacing the other). Traffic will be brutal - what I have to go down there now to pick up a screw?
3) Loblaw
If not the biggest, one of the biggest in Canada. The new "walmart superstore" concept of Grocery + home crap etc. Since Dominion opened up a few years ago, I actually go there more. Esp 24 hours (=everyday; really 24hrs; excl holidays). Otherwise I go to No Frills. (RH has 3 Loblaw!) I find this Loblaw a tad larger than I like. I don't buy the mix. I can't see buying peanut butter, boneless skinless chicken and a bed spread on the same trip. (though the mix somehow does sound enticing!)
Interestingly, both Loblaw & Home Depot - these two, have introduced self scanning (making us WORK!) Home Depot has only one or two checkouts with people. Loblaw is going the other way - offering a number of machines but still lots of aisles with bodies.
Finding a lot of interesting stores being introduced in our pocket of the world. Too bad about Krispy Kreme. Someone in my office was convinced that KKD had lost business - "who wants all that sweet stuff". I laughed at the fact they were blind on the fact that Canaduh has more Donut shops per capita than any other place on earth (excluding the Town of Springfield I suppose - DOH!). We have our fair share in RH, and personally, they had business all the time. The model was broken. Everytime I walked into KKD they gave me a free donut. I took my son and his friend, we bot milk and coffee but that was it. And not the first week, all the time!! Imagine a 70-80cent donut free each time you go!
Cheerios!
B
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