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Macy's might close its big store in San Francisco's Union Square. This could happen in 2025 or later as part of their plan to shut down some stores that aren't doing so great. They want to focus on making the stores they keep even better and opening smaller ones. Macy's has been trying to keep up with shoppers who want different things now and areas where it's tough for stores to do well. They're planning to close about 150 stores by 2026, but they'll keep about 350 open and make them nicer. In the real estate biz, we often see similar challenges and changes. At Cudd Realty, we're all about helping small businesses and our community in North Texas. When big retail stores like Macy's change their plans, it can make new opportunities for local businesses and real estate. That's where we can help figure out what's best for everyone. Thinking about how changes in the retail world could open up new real estate chances? Wanting to get the inside scoop on how it might impact your plans? Reach out and let's have a conversation about what's happening and where you could fit in. Call or text me, Michael Cudd, at 940-595-0138. Let's turn change into an opportunity together. #CuddRealty #NorthTexasRealEstateNews #RetailChanges #CommunityGrowth #RealEstateOpportunities

Macy's might close its big store in San Francisco's Union Square. This could happen in 2025 or later as part of their plan to shut down some stores that aren't doing so great. They want to focus on making the stores they keep even better and opening smaller ones. Macy's has been trying to keep up with shoppers who want different things now and areas where it's tough for stores to do well. They're planning to close about 150 stores by 2026, but they'll keep about 350 open and make them nicer. In the real estate biz, we often see similar challenges and changes. At Cudd Realty, we're all about helping small businesses and our community in North Texas. When big retail stores like Macy's change their plans, it can make new opportunities for local businesses and real estate. That's where we can help figure out what's best for everyone. Thinking about how changes in the retail world could open up new real estate chances? Wanting to get the inside scoop on how it might impact your plans? Reach out and let's have a conversation about what's happening and where you could fit in. Call or text me, Michael Cudd, at 940-595-0138. Let's turn change into an opportunity together. #CuddRealty #NorthTexasRealEstateNews #RetailChanges #CommunityGrowth #RealEstateOpportunities

This expansion is big for Wawa as they continue to build in their home market as they also continue to expand into new states. Unfortunately while they do this as well as other chains that are going into new markets it is killing the small guys. Not only the franchise owners of 7-Eleven stores that have to compete but even the small business Independent stores. These guys work in their stores open to close to provide for their families. It’s definitely becoming harder and you can see that by the drastic decrease in independent retail accounts since 2020. There’s been 20k+ accounts that have closed in the independent convenience retail channel and still going. While so many say support small business they seldom thing of the c&g channel. A couple of the main drivers of this in my opinion, Covid has driven the need for cleanliness and people feel the chains have a cleaner store. While a good reason but how clean are these chains? Have you checked their health department scores?? I know theirs time I go into a restroom at a chain and they are absolutely horrendous. Now my other opinion, a lot of these independents that don’t have thin “G” in C&G have to face the facts that “one stop shop” is a necessity. People’s time is more valuable than ever. If you don’t mind share my thoughts and help grow my audience.

Macy's might close its big store in San Francisco's Union Square. This could happen in 2025 or later as part of their plan to shut down some stores that aren't doing so great. They want to focus on making the stores they keep even better and opening smaller ones. Macy's has been trying to keep up with shoppers who want different things now and areas where it's tough for stores to do well. They're planning to close about 150 stores by 2026, but they'll keep about 350 open and make them nicer. In the real estate biz, we often see similar challenges and changes. At Cudd Realty, we're all about helping small businesses and our community in North Texas. When big retail stores like Macy's change their plans, it can make new opportunities for local businesses and real estate. That's where we can help figure out what's best for everyone. Thinking about how changes in the retail world could open up new real estate chances? Wanting to get the inside scoop on how it might impact your plans? Reach out and let's have a conversation about what's happening and where you could fit in. Call or text me, Michael Cudd, at 940-595-0138. Let's turn change into an opportunity together. #CuddRealty #NorthTexasRealEstateNews #RetailChanges #CommunityGrowth #RealEstateOpportunities

🔹 Attention all professionals and industry insiders: Carpetright has announced the closure of most of its shops, resulting in the unfortunate loss of nearly 1,600 jobs. This move comes as a significant development in the retail sector, highlighting the challenges faced by traditional brick-and-mortar stores in the current market landscape. As we witness this shift, let's reflect on the industry's resilience and adaptability in the face of change. Join the conversation and share your insights on the future of retail. #Carpetright #RetailSector #AdaptabilityNeeded https://ift.tt/gi7yKs0

"Unlike Walmart, which remained in the Walton family, or Target, which handled its transformation from family-owned business to public corporation far better, Kmart underwent very early rapid growth and then began a long period of coasting and decline." "While Kmart has long been viewed as a sort of downmarket Walmart clone, it’s worth noting that Kmart came first—not just because the company that became Kmart goes back to 1899, but because the opening of the first modern Kmart in 1962 beat the opening of the first Walmart by a few months. It was not until the 1990s that Walmart became a major national player in the discount department store industry. It’s more accurate to say that Walmart beat Kmart at its own game than that Kmart failed to properly imitate Walmart." "Like Kmart, Howard Johnson’s made several attempts to revitalize its business. A parade of managers who had none of the personal investment of the chain’s founder, Howard Deering Johnson, successively took the reins. The company began to introduce new restaurant concepts, and it underwent a series of acquisitions as well as the division of its hotel and restaurant businesses. All of this flux and churn depressed morale, eroded managerial continuity, and left the once-great restaurant half of the company to fend for itself as its numbers dwindled." "Throughout this long, slow decline, nobody seriously attempted a “reboot” of the company; nobody bothered to attempt monetizing whatever goodwill the name still held, by, say, bringing back the real recipes of the famous 28 flavors of ice cream. That kind of investment or passion or capital was gone." "Despite the former ubiquity of both Howard Johnson’s and Kmart—and notwithstanding the nostalgia of their small communities of fans—both chains have left hardly a trace in the popular culture. In business, as in life, past performance is no guarantee of future results. The demise of Howard Johnson’s, and likewise that of Kmart, is a cautionary business tale. But it’s also a humbling and almost spooky story." Kmart Elegy A formerly dominant American retail chain nears extinction by Addison Del Mastro The Bulwark (X: @BulwarkOnline) https://lnkd.in/ed7hFsgj And here is an article showing images of the rise and fall of a store whose building was once the tallest department store in the world and which in the course of the decline of the city of Detroit was eventually demolished in 1998. But as history seems to be like a revolving door (Jorge Drexler dixit) a new building has been erected on this site that will house the headquarters of another company that has also seen better times in the past, GM (https://lnkd.in/egtC4395) The life and death of Hudson's department store The Detroit News https://lnkd.in/eRzShcBe

MORE WALMARTS IN NORTH TEXAS: The world's largest retailer is bringing three more stores to Dallas' suburbs! This expands Walmart's footprint in DFW, even as the metroplex already houses more Walmart stores than any other metro area in the country! According to the Dallas Business Journal, the new stores are coming to Frisco, Melissa, and Celina, with construction expected to begin this summer. This is all part of the retailer's plan to build more Walmart Supercenters across the nation, and they're focusing on a spot that is seeing historic levels of population surge. This is just more good news for the DFW area, as Slaughter Investing uses the creation of Walmart or big grocery stores (like HEB which is also expanding it's footprint here) as one of its key metrics for a boom market or a pre-boom market. Are you ready to join the ranks of North Texas investors? Start by booking a consult call with Leah at https://lnkd.in/gbiZFWxU! For just $125, she'll analyze your investments one by one and tell you how you can transform your portfolio into a wealth-building machine! READ MORE ABOUT WALMART: https://lnkd.in/eF9MfJ_x

MORE WALMARTS IN NORTH TEXAS: The world's largest retailer is bringing three more stores to Dallas' suburbs! This expands Walmart's footprint in DFW, even as the metroplex already houses more Walmart stores than any other metro area in the country! According to the Dallas Business Journal, the new stores are coming to Frisco, Melissa, and Celina, with construction expected to begin this summer. This is all part of the retailer's plan to build more Walmart Supercenters across the nation, and they're focusing on a spot that is seeing historic levels of population surge. This is just more good news for the DFW area, as Slaughter Investing uses the creation of Walmart or big grocery stores (like HEB which is also expanding it's footprint here) as one of its key metrics for a boom market or a pre-boom market. Are you ready to join the ranks of North Texas investors? Start by booking a consult call with Leah at https://lnkd.in/gVhxJ4cm! For just $125, she'll analyze your investments one by one and tell you how you can transform your portfolio into a wealth-building machine! READ MORE ABOUT WALMART: https://lnkd.in/e3_JXSC3

Oh no! My passionate San Francisco cheerleading is hitting a big bump. Macy's has announced that they will be closing their iconic Union Square store in the next two years. I saw the headline and immediately cringed in anticipation of the onslaught of snide remarks from the San Francisco cynics and naysayers. I will confess that I did have a moment of "what the heck?". Yet if we read the entire article and other similar articles the story is clearly not so much about the woes of downtown San Francisco, thought that is a part of the story. It is primarily another chapter in the story of the evolution of retail in America. I use that term "evolution" literally. It is perfect evidence of our friend Charles Darwin, survivial of the fittest. Macy's has struggled for decades to find their legs as a mass retailer. At one point they were going upscale, then focus on designers, then a push to middle America as the surviving national department store and more recently expansion into off price. The bottom line is that they have never figured out how to truly adapt and move beyond the 20th century (maybe even 19th century) department store legacy. If there have been recent questions, these announcement prove it, Macy's is essentially going out of business. They will continue to cut costs, save investment, tweak and try new ideas, but the future value is primarily in their real estate and to a minor amount tied to their brand. So, yes it is another bruise to downtown San Francisco, but we are in no way on the ropes, or even stunned. Who is going to bet against the ability of the San Francisco market to adapt? Really, the modern day captital of innovation and resilience? Lots of work ahead for sure, but Macy's departure is another opportunity for The City by the Bay to come back even stronger. Chris Wilson Garrick Brown James Cook John T Chang Bryan Ley #sanfrancisco #cre #retailrealestate #trustedadvisor

With the growing trend of vacant big box retail stores, cities are grappling with how to repurpose these spaces. We’ve tapped into this opportunity by transforming these empty retail locations into high-demand storage units. This approach not only revitalizes unused urban areas but also meets the increasing need for storage solutions. Here’s a behind the scenes looking into our Parma Heights, Ohio project. #realestate #storage #realestateinvesting