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RE: General Retail News - MacBerry - 11-13-2016
(11-10-2016, 01:50 AM)Elmira Guy Wrote: Beer Store rolls out online ordering service in Kitchener, Waterloo
http://www.570news.com/2016/11/09/beer-store-rolls-online-ordering-service-kitchener-waterloo/
Does it take a month like the LCBO online ordering?
RE: General Retail News - panamaniac - 11-14-2016
(11-13-2016, 11:44 PM)MacBerry Wrote:(11-10-2016, 01:50 AM)Elmira Guy Wrote: Beer Store rolls out online ordering service in Kitchener, Waterloo
http://www.570news.com/2016/11/09/beer-store-rolls-online-ordering-service-kitchener-waterloo/
Does it take a month like the LCBO online ordering?
Orders ready for pick-up in as little as 30 minutes, supposedly.
RE: General Retail News - Viewfromthe42 - 11-14-2016
The LCBO and Beer Store ones are different. LCBO gives you access to everything they carry in the province, so I used it to order things that weren't available within the region. I could have paid extra to have it within a couple days, but didn't feel a need, so it took a few weeks. It's also shipped to you, and even if your local LCBO had everything you ordered, it would still be packaged from their central location before shipping.
Beer Store is only for whatever a particular store has on hand, so it's easy for them to prepare it in only a few minutes.
So it's not a fair comparison to make.
RE: General Retail News - BuildingScout - 11-14-2016
LCBO launches innovation hub in Kitchener to explore new technology
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/small-business/sb-managing/lcbo-launches-innovation-hub-in-kitchener-to-explore-new-technology/article32723977/
RE: General Retail News - Elmira Guy - 11-14-2016
Sinkhole swallows 2 people in front of shopping mall
http://kitchener.ctvnews.ca/mobile/sinkhole-swallows-2-people-in-front-of-shopping-mall-1.3160121
RE: General Retail News - Coke6pk - 11-15-2016
(11-14-2016, 08:56 PM)Elmira Guy Wrote: Sinkhole swallows 2 people in front of shopping mall
http://kitchener.ctvnews.ca/mobile/sinkhole-swallows-2-people-in-front-of-shopping-mall-1.3160121
Wowza! I walked in thru those doors just shortly before this, and was at the watch counter getting a new battery put in when the water started flooding in the front of the store!
(Side note: When we saw the flooding, the sales person said "I blame iON... they are messing up everything around here")
Coke
RE: General Retail News - DHLawrence - 11-17-2016
Wasn't there a flood a couple years ago at Fairview? Long before the construction started?
RE: General Retail News - JoeKW - 11-17-2016
There's always floods at Fairview.
RE: General Retail News - panamaniac - 12-13-2016
Household China will close in the coming year, after 58 years in business.
http://www.570news.com/2016/12/13/household-china-waterloo-celebrating-last-christmas-closing/
RE: General Retail News - KevinL - 02-02-2017
Home Outfitters at Laurentian Plaza (Ottawa/Strasburg) will be closing soon. Its neighbouring unit is the vacant former Target, so that leaves that side of the centre particularly empty.
RE: General Retail News - razzie13 - 02-06-2017
I can see that whole Target/Home Outfitters section bring demolished eventually and condos or apartments put in to help support remaining businesses closer to Ottawa Street. With Sunrise so close I can't see many places wanting space at Laurentian
RE: General Retail News - TMKM94 - 02-06-2017
The only thing I could see opening up in the old Target space would be another fitness place/gym or another big box furniture store, but I'm guessing there are more then enough of both in KW already. Maybe Ikea would open there if/when they decide to build a full size location? I would have thought Giant Tiger would work perfect there but they just renovated there Greenbrook location not too long ago so I think there happy with the location they have.
RE: General Retail News - nms - 02-06-2017
In case anyone was worried about an over saturation of Tim Hortons in west Waterloo, it looks like the new building at the Fisher-Hallman/Erb Zehrs plaza will not be having a Tim Hortons after all. The largest space will be home to a new branch the Meridian Credit Union. Incidentally, there is a variance application for the property to allow more retail space in the main building (as opposed to either food service or office space).
RE: General Retail News - DHLawrence - 02-08-2017
O.W. Sports to close in Uptown.
RE: General Retail News - Bob_McBob - 02-12-2017
There are more signs up at the new little strip mall in the parking lot of Beechwood Plaza. In addition to the already-mentioned Meridian Banking, there's also Magicuts, Sketchley, tripcentral.ca. Nothing much of interest. I wonder what's going on with the old KFC location that has been vacant for years.