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#261 Victoria Watcher

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Posted 20 April 2019 - 10:50 AM

I'm just wondering what the source would have been.

 



#262 Jackerbie

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Posted 04 July 2019 - 08:32 AM

So, not south island (or even BC at this time), but Walmart is set to introduce the "store within a store" concept to select Canadian locations. Dutch retailer HEMA will be opening "stores within a store" through a partnership with Walmart, starting with locations in Ontario. HEMA also plans standalone stores as it expands.

 

via https://nltimes.nl/2...artners-walmart


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#263 shoeflack

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Posted 04 July 2019 - 09:22 AM

So, not south island (or even BC at this time), but Walmart is set to introduce the "store within a store" concept to select Canadian locations. Dutch retailer HEMA will be opening "stores within a store" through a partnership with Walmart, starting with locations in Ontario. HEMA also plans standalone stores as it expands.

 

via https://nltimes.nl/2...artners-walmart

 

Interesting. The Walmart at Uptown has had an enclosed "store within a store" under construction for a couple months now on the upper level...anyone know what's going in there? The entire upper floor layout has been changed.



#264 Nparker

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Posted 04 July 2019 - 09:24 AM

I've been trying to figure out what that enclosed space on the second level is going to be for a while now.



#265 Jackerbie

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Posted 04 July 2019 - 09:50 AM

Sounds like HEMA Amsterdam will not be the first "store within a store" at Walmart. Chinese retailer Miniso and the UPS Store also have locations inside a brand new Toronto-area Walmart. It has been branded as an "Urban Supercentre."



#266 AllseeingEye

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Posted 04 July 2019 - 01:04 PM

I've been trying to figure out what that enclosed space on the second level is going to be for a while now.

It better be something amazing, since when we went back to exchange a defective unit they'd moved the blender aisle, and it took me about 5-6 minutes to figure out where the durn things had been moved to.....



#267 Nparker

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Posted 04 July 2019 - 01:05 PM

On the plus side, Walmart is finally starting to re-stock their upstairs shelves now that everything has found a new home. Still lots of movement in the grocery section downstairs though.



#268 sdwright.vic

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Posted 04 July 2019 - 03:07 PM

The revamped grocery aisles are pretty ghetto now with their grimy dingy refrigerators they must of bought from some third world country.

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#269 Victoria Watcher

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Posted 04 July 2019 - 07:33 PM

It better be something amazing, since when we went back to exchange a defective unit they'd moved the blender aisle, and it took me about 5-6 minutes to figure out where the durn things had been moved to.....


1st world problems.
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#270 zoomer

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Posted 04 July 2019 - 08:05 PM

I heard months ago it would be a Miniso upstairs at Walmart.

#271 Nparker

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Posted 04 July 2019 - 08:08 PM

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miniso



#272 DustMagnet

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Posted 04 July 2019 - 08:21 PM

A little store selling Chinese goods inside a bigger store selling Chinese goods?  Seems more of a Russian model...

 

EDIT: The Wikipedia article makes Miniso sound a bit shady.


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#273 AllseeingEye

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Posted 04 July 2019 - 09:44 PM

1st world problems.

Nah, simply a tongue in cheek facetious response to NParker's post. Although I must confess it was Mrs ASE who actually discovered the new home of the blender clans and not I, as I'd quickly lost interest in favor of the electronics area....



#274 exc911ence

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Posted 07 July 2019 - 11:20 AM

The revamped grocery aisles are pretty ghetto now with their grimy dingy refrigerators they must of bought from some third world country.

 

Because Loblaws got all the free fridges from the Feds.



#275 kenmuir

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Posted 20 July 2019 - 03:47 PM

The 'express lane' cash registers by the doors are gone, replaced with an expanded self checkout area.  Regular cash registers are going from the double-deep arrangement to a single row of cashiers, each with a double output belt ala Superstore.

 

Does this mean we're going to have to bag our own groceries?



#276 Cats4Hire

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Posted 20 July 2019 - 03:57 PM

Does this mean we're going to have to bag our own groceries?

Ever since they started charging for plastic bags if I bring my own I've always had to bag my own stuff. 



#277 Nparker

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Posted 20 July 2019 - 04:19 PM

Ever since they started charging for plastic bags if I bring my own I've always had to bag my own stuff. 

Walmart staff bag my groceries when I bring my own bags.



#278 Cats4Hire

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Posted 20 July 2019 - 04:22 PM

Walmart staff bag my groceries when I bring my own bags.

Uptown or Langford? At Uptown whenever I bring my own bags they just shove the stuff onto the counter thing and I need to bag them myself



#279 Nparker

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Posted 20 July 2019 - 04:23 PM

Uptown. I've never had to bag my own groceries..



#280 Cats4Hire

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Posted 20 July 2019 - 04:57 PM

Interesting, I rarely actually buy groceries at Wal Mart so maybe that's it? I don't know why they would bag some stuff for you though.



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