SEARS要把RIDEAU CENTER的店关了

[ottawa_it_blue_collar]

有便宜货捡吗？看来百货业是江河日下了。

 

[简单简单]

那个租金开销一直很大，他们选的地方不好

 

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N年前就谣传说，专卖店早晚得把百货店扼杀。

大而全档次不高不低没特色，谁去啊。反正我什么时候进过SEARS，我已经不记得了。

 

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那个租金开销一直很大，他们选的地方不好

是的。那里的THE BAY早晚也得关门。

 

[asdfqwer]

上礼拜去了次Carlingwood Mall里面那个Sears，已经沦落得跟Zellers一个味道了。如果Rideau Center店再关门，那可以把Sears从购物店里彻底清除了。

 

[第N个马甲]

yesterday, I saw Esprit is closed in college square

 

[ccc]

SEARS腾出这地儿还赚了一笔。

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/story/2012/03/02/sears-stores-cadillac.html?cmp=rss

Sears Canada Inc. is closing large stores in three Canadian cities — Vancouver, Calgary and Ottawa.

"While we had no plans to close stores, the transaction for these three specific locations provides an attractive financial benefit for the company," president and CEO Calvin McDonald said in a statement Friday.

The retailer will get $170 million from real estate developer and landlord Cadillac Fairview Corp. Ltd. Sears will look into opening other stores in the three cities, the company said.

 

[gaopeng1980]

加拿大的Sears已经算是很幸运的了，因为加拿大的网购实在太不发达了

 

[Obiwan]

SEARS腾出这地儿还赚了一笔。

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/story/2012/03/02/sears-stores-cadillac.html?cmp=rss

Sears Canada Inc. is closing large stores in three Canadian cities — Vancouver, Calgary and Ottawa.

"While we had no plans to close stores, the transaction for these three specific locations provides an attractive financial benefit for the company," president and CEO Calvin McDonald said in a statement Friday.

The retailer will get $170 million from real estate developer and landlord Cadillac Fairview Corp. Ltd. Sears will look into opening other stores in the three cities, the company said.

I know, it is not a bad deal for SEARS, and it also seems the developer has plan for the soon to be vacant location. Rideau Centre has really changed in last 5 years with some upscale stores moved in. Anxious to see who will take over the SEARS location in Rideau Centre.

 

[简单简单]

They can just throw in several famous or luxury brand outlets. People will go crazy and line up in no time.

 

[ccc]

They can just throw in several famous or luxury brand outlets. People will go crazy and line up in no time.

This was what I thought too.

 

[简单简单]

Peter Kovessy at the Ottawa Business Journal fleshes out the discussion about which large retailers might be interested in the Rideau Centre space. He quotes the Rideau Centre's general manager, Cindy VanBuskirk.

The departure of Sears could open up opportunities for retailers who currently do not have a presence in Ottawa, which Ms. VanBuskirk said in an earlier interview is sometimes due to the unavailability of space within the city's prime shopping locations.

Speaking at last fall's Ottawa Real Estate Forum, Ms. VanBuskirk said there are several retailers who should have Ottawa on their radar, such as Crate & Barrel, Victoria's Secret, J.Crew, Anthropolgie and H&M. She named several other retailers that she'd like to see come to Ottawa, including Juicy Couture, Brooks Brothers, Williams-Sonoma and Pottery Barn.

"The reason they are not here is either that they are just coming to Canada and just going into the Toronto market, and Ottawa is a year or two away or - as in the case of H&M - they haven't been able to get the right real estate here. They can't find the right location, with the right size at the right time."

Could it be a H&M? LOL

 

[Obiwan]

In order to take over 3 stories space, only TARGET will be able to do it; however, Rideau Centre will not likely to have TARGET moving in. That leaves H&M, but H&M will only take 2 stories the max, that leaves one level for others such as Pottery Barn, Victoria Secret etc..

 

[简单简单]

Rumor says Nordstrom is coming.

 

[乐极生悲]

期待大sale....