News on retail chains (was: New Mall Retail)

[Dan416]

You would think an Eaton Centre location for any store would be a very well performing store. I wonder if Pottery Barn is leaving by choice or whether their lease was up and someone else offered more money for the space?

 

[JasonParis]

Eaton's was where Zellers is currently located at both Erin Mills and Square One.

...and Bramalea City Centre.

 

[Dan416]

...and Bramalea City Centre.

And Sheridan Centre.

 

[realtygeek]

i wonder why its closes and I wonder if my guess of a j crew going into that spot is right, if its not j crew what else could it be? Pink maybe or even gilly hicks?

Isn't J Crew more suited to the 3rd Floor with Banana Republic, BCBG, Mendocino, etc?

 

[pw20]

Isn't J Crew more suited to the 3rd Floor with Banana Republic, BCBG, Mendocino, etc?

That pottery barn NEVER made any money. No one buys furniture from the Eaton Centre and a Pottery Barn cannot survive off of selling pillar candles alone... It also is in "the lower-end" of the mall, where PB's price point is fairly high.

I believe the space would be a bit big for J. Crew - you may see it carved into two spaces. I'm also not sure J. Crew will open more then two or three stores in the Toronto market.

 

[Dan416]

That pottery barn NEVER made any money. No one buys furniture from the Eaton Centre and a Pottery Barn cannot survive off of selling pillar candles alone... It also is in "the lower-end" of the mall, where PB's price point is fairly high.

I believe the space would be a bit big for J. Crew - you may see it carved into two spaces. I'm also not sure J. Crew will open more then two or three stores in the Toronto market.

Eaton Centre, Sherway, Yorkdale?

 

[airplane-dude]

Eaton's was where Zellers is currently located at both Erin Mills and Square One.

So the only Mississauga Zellers locations in the 90's were Westwood, Westdale and Dixie @ Dundas?

And what about Brampton? Back in the 90's was there even one Zellers there? Because Shoppers World was a Kmart and Bramalea was Eatons and the Trinity Common one hadn't been built yet.

 

[adma]

Maybe as a Zellers reference point, one can hearken back to Towers locations...

http://www.towersdepartmentstores.info/pages/stores.htm#Store_List

 

[pw20]

Eaton Centre, Sherway, Yorkdale?

Coruscanit Cognoscente - I can update you this week... or early next week - I know they've begun interviewing for managers so I will find out where the stores are.

 

[Dan416]

Coruscanit Cognoscente - I can update you this week... or early next week - I know they've begun interviewing for managers so I will find out where the stores are.

I watch this thread so if you want to post your insider info here when you find out that'd be cool. I'm just curious in general

 

[Student99]

And Sheridan Centre.

If memory serves correct, Eaton's was actually on the far eastern end. I believe the zellers was once a K-Mart.

 

[samsonyuen]

That's a huge space Pottery Barn had in Eaton Centre. Maybe they should open at Square One and/or Yonge and Eglinton.

 

[taal]

That's a huge space Pottery Barn had in Eaton Centre. Maybe they should open at Square One and/or Yonge and Eglinton.

Not sure how they'd do in any mall to be honest.

Y&E is a good idea actually - on the street somewher though - there's a kitchen store and something similiar right beside each other and they're always extermely busy (fromp opending to closing).

 

[realtygeek]

Not sure how they'd do in any mall to be honest.

Y&E is a good idea actually - on the street somewher though - there's a kitchen store and something similiar right beside each other and they're always extermely busy (fromp opending to closing).

It would be good competition for the Restoration Hardware at Yonge & Broadway.

 

[prosperegal]

When PB closes, The Eaton Centre will probably be one of the few locations with a Williams-Sonoma and NO Pottery Barn.

I don't think the Pottery Barn location is necessarily too big for J.Crew, though.