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Originally Posted by officedweller
What should be more worrying to Nordstrom (in the Vancouver market) is that 2 past department stores who tried to move upscale both failed - first Woodward's, then Eaton's (and that doesn't count Sears' attempt to maintain eatons as a higher end division). On top of that, since then, Husdon's Bay has moved upscale and Holt Renfrew has expanded.
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Eaton's and later Sears attempted to go 'upscale' but they were really not up to standard with truly international department stores like French retailer La Fayette or Japanese ones like Isetan, Takashimaya or Daimaru, or British department store giant Harrod's or Derbenhams.
The interior decor of Sears in downtown Van was halfheartedly done, and the overall ambience just felt a little better than its suburban counterparts, which are really appalling by international retail standards. Hence not only tourists, but even locals rejected these mediocre stores.
Vancouver has never ever seen any world class department store but I have to say the recent improvements by the Bay downtown is looking positive, if only they could lower their price tags more.
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