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General Retail News
A thread for general retail news in Waterloo Region
General Retail News
A thread for general retail news in Waterloo Region
The Shops at Waterloo Town Square - January 15, 2010
Tadpole's New Location @ 95 King Street South on Willis Way - Unit C102
Website: http://www.tadpoleshoppe.com/
Eve Chocolatier @ 75 King Street South (replaced Tadpole) - Unit 58
Website: www.evechocolatier.com
Exclusive Elements @ 75 King Street South (beside Valu-Mart) - Unit 28B
Last edited by UrbanWaterloo; 01-16-2010 at 01:22 AM.
"Out of the Past" which was located on 100 Queen St. South is moving their location to 10 King St. East. The location is where Les Fleurs used to be. Another Queen st business moving to King. Glad to see vacancies filling up on King. Hurts Queen a bit though.
The Office Depot on Weber Street in Waterloo will be closing on January 30. Most items in the store are 50% off until the end of the month - including furniture and electronics.
There were signs up on the doors. It doesn't look as if they will be relocating. This is unfortunate, as I preferred Office Depot over Staples. Now there really is no alternative for office supplies and stationery in Waterloo Region with Basics and Grand & Toy gone now as well...
Laurier Optical will be moving into the empty space beside Shoppers Drug Mart at 260 King st West.
HMV in the University Shops Plaza is permanently closing this Saturday, February 13. The Waterloo location will be replaced by a new store at Conestoga Mall some time in the late spring.
Thats definitely too bad. While the whole plaza thing wasn't the best land use, it did provide some street side retail. Unfortunately, one more shop is headed to a mall.
That sucks, but the space will be snapped up in second.Originally Posted by Duke-of-Waterloo
A McDonalds would just rake in the cash at that location - especially if it stayed open 24 hrs on weekends to catch the after bar/club grease fix. The unit is a good size for a McDonalds too. I mean, have you ever seen how insane the drive-thru line is at the Columbia St McDonalds at 2:00 am on a Saturday? Just a thought...
When does the American Apparel open in Uptown?
Soon. I was looking into the window yesterday and the flooring, lights, drywall is in.
Ray Delions Mens Clothiers Store at Westmount Place is closing. All inventory is being liquidated at 50% off. The sale continues until everything is gone. I think the owner is retiring.
This is really too bad. I liked this store, and they had great service. It was independently and locally owned. If I can recall, it was one of the only stores locally that sold Lacoste for men.
I went yesterday to check out the deals. It's locked up and there is a notice of failure to pay rent.
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That's weird. I saw an ad on the back page of the local section of The Record yesterday for the store closing sale. I heard that they might be closing about a month ago. I was going to maybe stop by today to see if there were any deals, but I guess not anymore! Thanks for saving me the trip!
I wonder if we can look forward to seeing the remaining stock show up in the local WINNERS store once it's liquidated?
Ray Delion's has been closed for several months now. Perhaps the landlord is having a liquidation sale on a specific day but the actual store has been closed for a while.
American Apparel is supposed to be opening March 18th (same as the Conestoga Mall H&M). Hardwood flooring is in and vinyl signage is up.
Apparently 2010 is going to be a big year for Waterloo retail -- there have been rumours of Zara and Forever21 opening up in the mall. Urban Outfitters is supposedly interested in opening around here, too.
It's only time before Lululemon opens too. Just a matter of where.
It'd be nice if 2010 became a big year for retail in the core as well. Lots of retail heading to the malls. I guess they'll have to fill up at some point.
Laurier Optical (260 King Street West) - March 11, 2010
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