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RE: General Retail News - razzie13 - 03-18-2021
You can't tell from the outside, but Fairview Park Walmart has been getting renovated for months and months now, and at the current pace, seems like it could take a while yet. Between removing the auto center space and the McDonald's space, they have enough room to add fresh foods and expand order pickup capability.
RE: General Retail News - taylortbb - 03-19-2021
The Scotiabank at 1 Victoria has a sign up that they're closing June 2, consolidating everything in the King/Ontario branch. Can't say I'm surprised, I never thought two Scotiabank locations so close to each other made much sense these days.
RE: General Retail News - danbrotherston - 03-19-2021
(03-19-2021, 01:59 PM)taylortbb Wrote: The Scotiabank at 1 Victoria has a sign up that they're closing June 2, consolidating everything in the King/Ontario branch. Can't say I'm surprised, I never thought two Scotiabank locations so close to each other made much sense these days.
Well, I agree that it doesn't make much sense, it is strange that they would open it in the first place, then close it. If anything I would have expected the old location to close.
RE: General Retail News - tomh009 - 03-19-2021
(03-19-2021, 02:25 PM)danbrotherston Wrote:(03-19-2021, 01:59 PM)taylortbb Wrote: The Scotiabank at 1 Victoria has a sign up that they're closing June 2, consolidating everything in the King/Ontario branch. Can't say I'm surprised, I never thought two Scotiabank locations so close to each other made much sense these days.
Well, I agree that it doesn't make much sense, it is strange that they would open it in the first place, then close it. If anything I would have expected the old location to close.
The 1 Victoria location is really quite small, they would not be able to accommodate the entire downtown staff there.
RE: General Retail News - danbrotherston - 03-19-2021
(03-19-2021, 02:51 PM)tomh009 Wrote:(03-19-2021, 02:25 PM)danbrotherston Wrote: Well, I agree that it doesn't make much sense, it is strange that they would open it in the first place, then close it. If anything I would have expected the old location to close.
The 1 Victoria location is really quite small, they would not be able to accommodate the entire downtown staff there.
So what were they thinking when they opened it?
RE: General Retail News - tomh009 - 03-19-2021
(03-19-2021, 03:25 PM)danbrotherston Wrote:(03-19-2021, 02:51 PM)tomh009 Wrote: The 1 Victoria location is really quite small, they would not be able to accommodate the entire downtown staff there.
So what were they thinking when they opened it?
That's what I wonder, too!
RE: General Retail News - jeffster - 03-22-2021
(03-19-2021, 03:38 PM)tomh009 Wrote:(03-19-2021, 03:25 PM)danbrotherston Wrote: So what were they thinking when they opened it?
That's what I wonder, too!
Maybe they were thinking that they'd get a lot of business from new mortgage clients.
RE: General Retail News - neonjoe - 03-22-2021
Wasn’t it a ScotiaBank Solitions essentially Teller Machines with someone there to help with other services. Not a full branch.
https://www.scotiabank.com/ca/en/0,,10245,00.html
RE: General Retail News - KevinL - 03-23-2021
I imagine it relied on pre-pandemic walk-in numbers; now that most such consultations are virtual/remote, it's obsolete.
RE: General Retail News - tomh009 - 03-31-2021
Wine Rack in DTK is no more. The sign is still up, but the interior has been stripped down. No sign on the door to indicate closing, though, neither permanent nor temporary.
On the upside, the former bible mission shop on Scott St has a new tenant. Based on the signage, it looks like it'll be mostly middle eastern products.
RE: General Retail News - KevinL - 03-31-2021
I saw on Twitter that the Wine Rack couldn't survive both the new LCBO opening and the pandemic.
RE: General Retail News - tomh009 - 03-31-2021
(03-31-2021, 08:43 PM)KevinL Wrote: I saw on Twitter that the Wine Rack couldn't survive both the new LCBO opening and the pandemic.
The LCBO surely had an impact: it's a much nicer store than the old one, slightly bigger, more visible to the street -- and much closer to the Wine Rack.
But I would have thought that the pandemic would be increasing the retail sales of alcohol since bars and restaurants are closed ...
RE: General Retail News - Acitta - 03-31-2021
(03-31-2021, 08:43 PM)KevinL Wrote: I saw on Twitter that the Wine Rack couldn't survive both the new LCBO opening and the pandemic.The one advantage of the Wine Rack is that it was open later than the LCBO or the Beer Store.
RE: General Retail News - plam - 03-31-2021
(03-31-2021, 10:17 PM)Acitta Wrote:(03-31-2021, 08:43 PM)KevinL Wrote: I saw on Twitter that the Wine Rack couldn't survive both the new LCBO opening and the pandemic.The one advantage of the Wine Rack is that it was open later than the LCBO or the Beer Store.
But has less selection...
RE: General Retail News - danbrotherston - 03-31-2021
(03-31-2021, 10:53 PM)plam Wrote:(03-31-2021, 10:17 PM)Acitta Wrote: The one advantage of the Wine Rack is that it was open later than the LCBO or the Beer Store.
But has less selection...
Late at night it has more selection.