Archive for the ‘Retail Channel Checks’ Category
Kirkland - small crowds. First time in their store, interesting array of paintings/frames, decorations
Wet Seal - small crowds
ANF/Hollister/Gilly Hicks - empty. Clerks at Gilly Hicks gave me strange looks when I walked in
Hot Topic - medium crowds. They have a T-shirt for everything, skater boi demo
Gamestop - small crowds. Plenty of New Super Mario Bros [...]
Gamestop - the promotions of “buy 2 used games get 1 free” and “$20 extra trade-in credit for 4 games” attracted mass crowds. I visited 3 stores and all had super long lines. They were sold out of New Super Mario Bros. Wii and the 120GB PS3. I saw a kid trying to [...]
Macys - small crowds. Black Friday coupons didn’t work with K-cups or cookware
Electronic Arts - Best Buy had a bin near the cashier that looked un-touched for discounted ($35) recently released EA games
Best Buy - small crowds
T.J. Maxx - medium crowds
Walmart - large crowds. Tons of people buying TVs. The $700 50 inch Sanyo plasma [...]
One of my hobbies is that I shop a lot. I spend many hours a week looking at prices on popular online stores, looking at best seller lists, going to malls, and making my weekly rounds at Costco and Best Buy.
You wouldn’t believe how many times I’ve made money by buying a stock because I [...]
Noticed in my weekend circular that Gamestop has an Electronic Arts game promotion coupon till November 9th, 2009. Buy 1 EA game you get $10 off. Buy 2 EA games you get $25 off. Usually when game sales are going well, you don’t get these kind of big discounts.
Best Buy
They are doing a buy 2 videogames get 1 free promotion, which obviously isn’t good for Gamestop. It will be interesting to see if Amazon decides to match it as they did with ToysRuS’s same promotion a few weeks ago.
Green Mountain Coffee Roasters
All the local grocery stores, Costco, Bed Bath Beyond, and even [...]
One of my hobbies is shopping and observing what retailers are doing and what people are buying. At least a couple times a month, I visit Costco, Best Buy, Target, Walmart, Bed Bath and Beyond, local malls, etc. I will post my anecdotal observations as I see them.
-Keurig single-serve coffee makers are on [...]