Retail workers or store owners

[WadeWatts]

If any of you work in retail or own a retail store, how has it been this year, are you way down in sales or is it business as usual?

 

[Kowboy On Sherdog]

One goes out of business and two more pop up around here.

 

[Streeter]

A friend owned a franchise in a mall. In the 2010s. He lost so much money he didn't last a year even. No clue how mall stores stay open now. They gotta losing tons

 

[TrueBias]

Im an asset protection manager at a big box store in a mall that people keep saying will close for the last 10 years. Mall is busy today and our sales are good because we treat each store as a warehouse. By doing so, we act as a replica of Amazon.

Theft is bigger than ever.

 

[Thepaintbucket]

Im an asset protection manager at a big box store in a mall that people keep saying will close for the last 10 years. Mall is busy today and our sales are good because we treat each store as a warehouse. By doing so, we act as a replica of Amazon.

Theft is bigger than ever.

Are we talking malls or outlet malls. All of the malls around me are in horrible shape. You will either see senior citizens walking around to get there daily exercise in the morning or it's Ghost Town past 12 pm

 

[TrueBias]

Are we talking malls or outlet malls. All of the malls around me are in horrible shape. You will either see senior citizens walking around to get there daily exercise in the morning or it's Ghost Town past 12 pm

Mall

 

[Stoic1]

Malls are moving from retail good to service industries. No joke.

The mall near me has lost almost all of its retail stores. The military recruiters remain of course. Food court is down to 2 places.

But it has:

A boxing gym with 2 rings.
A kickboxing gym.
A large BJJ club.
An asian massage.
A phone repair kiosk.
A hair/brow/nail salon.
Planet fitness.
Movie theater.

 

[GSP_37]

The malls here resorted to being like flea markets where vendors set up maybe every Sunday like flea market, not store. I guess too expensive for storefront and tons of empty spaces at the mall. There's one shit store that seems to sell shit trinkets and no idea how they afford rent with huge space and another one right next door for workshops I think.

I think the malls need to allow titty bars inside the malls to quickly rent out the spaces.

 

[Wrath of Foamy]

I've noticed it in England. Recessions, COVID and general competition has left a lot of units empty.

The closure of Debenhams left about three storeys of units empty in the Peacock Centre in Woking, and they've been empty for years. There was an American style burger joint next to it as well that got closed down, and that unit is also still empty.

A lot of businesses seem to come and go.

 

[liner]

I'm don't think im considered retail. I rent cars at avisbudget. For me right now it's crazy last 2 months my commission and salary was 25,500$. People are definitely renting cars here in colorado