Starbucks Closures!

[bsrsharma]

only businesses I know that will open competing stores right across the street from each other.

Surely you have seen 2, 3 and sometimes even 4 gas stations at intersections – though competing brands. I think we have way too much over-retailing. Can anyone count the number of Walmarts in Oceanside – is it 3 or 4? All point to coming Commercial Real estate crash as the malls go dark.

[Noob]

Do we need any further proof that we are in a recession? Soccer Mom’s and Dad’s across the USA are forgoing their daily $4.00 caffeine fix.

[Noob]

Do we need any further proof that we are in a recession? Soccer Mom’s and Dad’s across the USA are forgoing their daily $4.00 caffeine fix.

[Noob]

Do we need any further proof that we are in a recession? Soccer Mom’s and Dad’s across the USA are forgoing their daily $4.00 caffeine fix.

[Noob]

Do we need any further proof that we are in a recession? Soccer Mom’s and Dad’s across the USA are forgoing their daily $4.00 caffeine fix.

[Noob]

Do we need any further proof that we are in a recession? Soccer Mom’s and Dad’s across the USA are forgoing their daily $4.00 caffeine fix.

[meadandale]

[quote=bsrsharma]only businesses I know that will open competing stores right across the street from each other.

Surely you have seen 2, 3 and sometimes even 4 gas stations at intersections – though competing brands.[/quote]

That’s the key difference, COMPETING BRANDS. You wouldn’t see Shell open gas stations across the street from each other.

[meadandale]

[quote=bsrsharma]only businesses I know that will open competing stores right across the street from each other.

Surely you have seen 2, 3 and sometimes even 4 gas stations at intersections – though competing brands.[/quote]

That’s the key difference, COMPETING BRANDS. You wouldn’t see Shell open gas stations across the street from each other.

[meadandale]

[quote=bsrsharma]only businesses I know that will open competing stores right across the street from each other.

Surely you have seen 2, 3 and sometimes even 4 gas stations at intersections – though competing brands.[/quote]

That’s the key difference, COMPETING BRANDS. You wouldn’t see Shell open gas stations across the street from each other.

[meadandale]

[quote=bsrsharma]only businesses I know that will open competing stores right across the street from each other.

Surely you have seen 2, 3 and sometimes even 4 gas stations at intersections – though competing brands.[/quote]

That’s the key difference, COMPETING BRANDS. You wouldn’t see Shell open gas stations across the street from each other.

[meadandale]

[quote=bsrsharma]only businesses I know that will open competing stores right across the street from each other.

Surely you have seen 2, 3 and sometimes even 4 gas stations at intersections – though competing brands.[/quote]

That’s the key difference, COMPETING BRANDS. You wouldn’t see Shell open gas stations across the street from each other.

[TuVu]

I think, along with the overbuilding (we could easily walk to three SBs in our old neighborhood), what is happening is what usually happens. Just like having a cell phone used to be a status symbol, people thought that buying a Starbucks coffee announced, “Hey, I’m not only a coffee gourmet, I can afford it!” Once everyone did it, it lost its glamour. Just a fad. I never fell for it, but I certainly fell for similar things in my 20s/30s, when appearances are everything, or so it seems.

My drug of choice in the mornings is Diet Coke. I drink it for the caf, not the lack of calories, because my parents brought us up on hideous Shasta diet drinks and — arghhh! — Tab, and regular soft drinks are too sweet for me.

[TuVu]

I think, along with the overbuilding (we could easily walk to three SBs in our old neighborhood), what is happening is what usually happens. Just like having a cell phone used to be a status symbol, people thought that buying a Starbucks coffee announced, “Hey, I’m not only a coffee gourmet, I can afford it!” Once everyone did it, it lost its glamour. Just a fad. I never fell for it, but I certainly fell for similar things in my 20s/30s, when appearances are everything, or so it seems.

My drug of choice in the mornings is Diet Coke. I drink it for the caf, not the lack of calories, because my parents brought us up on hideous Shasta diet drinks and — arghhh! — Tab, and regular soft drinks are too sweet for me.

[TuVu]

I think, along with the overbuilding (we could easily walk to three SBs in our old neighborhood), what is happening is what usually happens. Just like having a cell phone used to be a status symbol, people thought that buying a Starbucks coffee announced, “Hey, I’m not only a coffee gourmet, I can afford it!” Once everyone did it, it lost its glamour. Just a fad. I never fell for it, but I certainly fell for similar things in my 20s/30s, when appearances are everything, or so it seems.

My drug of choice in the mornings is Diet Coke. I drink it for the caf, not the lack of calories, because my parents brought us up on hideous Shasta diet drinks and — arghhh! — Tab, and regular soft drinks are too sweet for me.

[TuVu]

I think, along with the overbuilding (we could easily walk to three SBs in our old neighborhood), what is happening is what usually happens. Just like having a cell phone used to be a status symbol, people thought that buying a Starbucks coffee announced, “Hey, I’m not only a coffee gourmet, I can afford it!” Once everyone did it, it lost its glamour. Just a fad. I never fell for it, but I certainly fell for similar things in my 20s/30s, when appearances are everything, or so it seems.

My drug of choice in the mornings is Diet Coke. I drink it for the caf, not the lack of calories, because my parents brought us up on hideous Shasta diet drinks and — arghhh! — Tab, and regular soft drinks are too sweet for me.

[Author]

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