Well, Canada makes things hard for foreign retailers to do business so this is unsurprising. While Canadians might whine about Trump, they're far more protectionist than he's advocating the US be.
Zeus posted...
Well, Canada makes things hard for foreign retailers to do business so this is unsurprising. While Canadians might whine about Trump, they're far more protectionist than he's advocating the US be.
Even if true, it's not at all related to the Sears situation. Sears just refused to innovate and got left behind. Anything they sold you could get cheaper (and often better quality) somewhere else. Pretty much no one below the age of 50 ever stepped foot in the store anymore.
While Sears has had its issues, keep in mind that Canada even drove TARGET -- which is immensely successful in the US -- out of the country thanks to its onerous legislation.
Dynalo posted...
Zeus posted...
Well, Canada makes things hard for foreign retailers to do business so this is unsurprising. While Canadians might whine about Trump, they're far more protectionist than he's advocating the US be.
Even if true, it's not at all related to the Sears situation. Sears just refused to innovate and got left behind. Anything they sold you could get cheaper (and often better quality) somewhere else. Pretty much no one below the age of 50 ever stepped foot in the store anymore.
While Sears has had its issues, keep in mind that Canada even drove TARGET -- which is immensely successful in the US -- out of the country thanks to its onerous legislation.
Would you be sad if Brick and Mortar stores disappear?
Zeus posted...
While Sears has had its issues, keep in mind that Canada even drove TARGET -- which is immensely successful in the US -- out of the country thanks to its onerous legislation.
That's not why Target failed in Canada. Target failed in Canada because they didn't know how to appeal to Canadian shoppers. Corporate just kept running the stores and marketing like they were trying to sell to Americans.
Sears failing is a whole other issue, that has to do with horrible mismanagement. They had individual departments within Sears stores competing with each other, which killed sales of Sears brands (e.g. Kenmore, Craftsman), further hurting their bottom line.
Zeus posted...
Dynalo posted...
Zeus posted...
Well, Canada makes things hard for foreign retailers to do business so this is unsurprising. While Canadians might whine about Trump, they're far more protectionist than he's advocating the US be.
Even if true, it's not at all related to the Sears situation. Sears just refused to innovate and got left behind. Anything they sold you could get cheaper (and often better quality) somewhere else. Pretty much no one below the age of 50 ever stepped foot in the store anymore.
While Sears has had its issues, keep in mind that Canada even drove TARGET -- which is immensely successful in the US -- out of the country thanks to its onerous legislation.
Right...or it's because they sell the same shit as Walmart but more expensive.
(And, in general, I should probably just try to buy used, assembled bookcases instead of DIY assembly ones.
Except no, Target was forced to make a lot of expensive, pointless changes for the Canadian market.
Not in Canada. All Target sold were normal brands at significantly higher prices. Hell, they were more expensive than other supermarkets like Safeway and Superstore.
Dynalo posted...
Zeus posted...
Well, Canada makes things hard for foreign retailers to do business so this is unsurprising. While Canadians might whine about Trump, they're far more protectionist than he's advocating the US be.
Even if true, it's not at all related to the Sears situation. Sears just refused to innovate and got left behind. Anything they sold you could get cheaper (and often better quality) somewhere else. Pretty much no one below the age of 50 ever stepped foot in the store anymore.
While Sears has had its issues, keep in mind that Canada even drove TARGET -- which is immensely successful in the US -- out of the country thanks to its onerous legislation.
Part of TARGETs problem was they opened to many stores to quickly, and then couldnt keep things on the shelves.
If they opened maybe 5 or 6 stores, one in each major city (Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton,Toronto, and Montreal) they would have been more successful
Not in Canada. All Target sold were normal brands at significantly higher prices. Hell, they were more expensive than other supermarkets like Safeway and Superstore.
That and as someone that really enjoyed shopping at Target in the US, the Canadian stores were different
Despite my many trips to the US, I've never been to the Target there. However, many of my coworkers make a point of stopping at Target when they go to the US, and they all said that the Canadian Targets were just overpriced garbage in comparison (basically they changed the Zellers name, but didn't actually change anything about the store... Which is why it failed again).
Part of TARGETs problem was they opened to many stores to quickly, and then couldnt keep things on the shelves.
If they opened maybe 5 or 6 stores, one in each major city (Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton,Toronto, and Montreal) they would have been more successful
Crap like Sears and Best Buy are essentially doomed. As they try to compete with online in price, they have less and less staff and the stores go to ruin. No one wants to shop in a store thats in ruin (okay, there's Walmart but they're a special case).
Zeus posted...
Well, Canada makes things hard for foreign retailers to do business so this is unsurprising. While Canadians might whine about Trump, they're far more protectionist than he's advocating the US be.
Even if true, it's not at all related to the Sears situation. Sears just refused to innovate and got left behind. Anything they sold you could get cheaper (and often better quality) somewhere else. Pretty much no one below the age of 50 ever stepped foot in the store anymore.
Brick and mortar stores need to change drastically. ITs not realistic to compete with online, if only because of the logistic issues and theft/losses (those exist in warehouses of online-only stores too, but not nearly as much).
ShadosAtPhoenix posted...
Brick and mortar stores need to change drastically. ITs not realistic to compete with online, if only because of the logistic issues and theft/losses (those exist in warehouses of online-only stores too, but not nearly as much).
So what are they going to do then? Convert all those buildings to apartments?
It depends on your local county/government and what they do with the land I imagine. I have areas by me where dollar trees and other stores have been closed for years and they haven't done anything with them. It brings down the value of the neighborhood and county if there are a lot of empty buildings.
The writing is on the wall for stores that aren't WalMart, Costco, and Target. Im expecting Sears US division, Kmart, or Kohls to go next.
The retailer has been in trouble since June
