[Moncton] Retail Thread - Page 166

OUIR@random · #**3301** Posted **Jan 17, 2016, 5:02 PM**

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Originally Posted by Budyser

A Costco move out of Wheeler park would make me happy.

I would agree with all of your 3 points above, I don't care for Costco or that nightmare on the weekend. They can take their store and their possible gas station and bring it down on Mapleton.

josh_cat_eyes · #**3302** Posted **Jan 18, 2016, 3:32 AM**

If Costco were to move, the city would have to reconfigure the traffic lights going north on Mapleton @ Trinity so that there would be only 1 turning lane, and 2 lanes going straight through. If not for Costco it almost certainly would be like this now I'd imagine.

micks5477 · #**3303** Posted **Jan 19, 2016, 3:14 AM**

I am not sure how many Asian and Chinese restaurants this town can support. But another one is opening up on Mountain Road near the Vape store. I think the address is 1225 Mountain Road. It is called My Asian Noodle.

Good2go · #**3304** Posted **Jan 19, 2016, 3:39 PM**

T&T reports the Dieppe Mary Browns location has closed, a For Lease sign is in the window and the locks have been changed.

MonctonRad · #**3305** Posted **Jan 19, 2016, 5:20 PM**

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Originally Posted by Good2go

T&T reports the Dieppe Mary Browns location has closed, a For Lease sign is in the window and the locks have been changed.

Not too many ex-patriot Newfoundlanders in Dieppe i guess.......

Scarface · #**3306** Posted **Jan 19, 2016, 7:23 PM**

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Originally Posted by Good2go

T&T reports the Dieppe Mary Browns location has closed, a For Lease sign is in the window and the locks have been changed.

I'm wondering if the one in Moncton will see the same faith. Mom went there when it should have been a Rush, and she said there where no more then 10 people. they pick me up something from Big Leagues, and that's where it took the most time... They where packed, and trying to give out orders as quick as possible.

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Originally Posted by MonctonRad

Not too many ex-patriot Newfoundlanders in Dieppe i guess.......

This made me chuckle.

L'homard · #**3307** Posted **Jan 19, 2016, 7:38 PM**

Sorry to see them close. A very nice older couple from Newfoundland ran it. I ate there often enough. I think one problem might have been that they were quite invisible so far back from the road in a strip plaza that was mostly vacant.
(No biggie but just for the record that's not a For Lease sign in the window.)

bigrivernb · #**3308** Posted **Jan 19, 2016, 9:28 PM**

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Originally Posted by Good2go

T&T reports the Dieppe Mary Browns location has closed, a For Lease sign is in the window and the locks have been changed.

The website is saying its temporarily closed.

"Mary’s Brown’s Famous Chicken & Taters"
18 RUE CHAMPLAIN, UNIT 9 (TEMPORARILY CLOSED)
DIEPPE, NB
Phone: 506-862-6279

Hours
Monday: 11am-9pm
Tuesday: 11am-8pm
Wednesday: 11am-8pm
Thursday: 11am-9pm
Friday: 11am-9pm
Saturday: 11am-9pm
Sunday: 11am-8pm

MonctonRad · #**3309** Posted **Jan 19, 2016, 9:54 PM**

Maybe they're looking for new franchisees.

habs33 · #**3310** Posted **Jan 20, 2016, 2:07 PM**

Just saw this on twitter

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IKEA Canada making an announcement in Halifax Friday morning. Mayor Mike Savage expected to attend.

https://twitter.com/CBCNS/status/689808082545872896

MonctonRad · #**3311** Posted **Jan 20, 2016, 6:43 PM**

Yep, sounds like the real deal.

Now the next big question will be if IKEA follows up this announcement with a future one for a pick-up point store in Moncton.

stephan.richard · #**3312** Posted **Jan 21, 2016, 1:01 AM**

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Originally Posted by MonctonRad

Yep, sounds like the real deal.

Now the next big question will be if IKEA follows up this announcement with a future one for a pick-up point store in Moncton.

I would hope so to with Moncton being in a central location and also with being a central location for a pickup location. I never thought in a million years that moncton would have been big enough to support a full fledged one and I think that the announcement may include a announcement of a Moncton pick up location at the same time.

The Moncton area really needs a retail boost. The only thing that I am hoping for now is to see if Tagner or Premium outlets would be ready to set up an outlet mall in the maritimes

josh_cat_eyes · #**3313** Posted **Jan 21, 2016, 3:24 AM**

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Originally Posted by stephan.richard

I would hope so to with Moncton being in a central location and also with being a central location for a pickup location. I never thought in a million years that moncton would have been big enough to support a full fledged one and I think that the announcement may include a announcement of a Moncton pick up location at the same time.

I never thought of this option. Could St. John's perhaps support a pickup point store too? Halifax with a real store & Moncton & St. John's with pickup stores all at the same announcement would make alot of sense.
How pissed would people in Quebec be if Halifax got their own store!

stephan.richard · #**3314** Posted **Jan 21, 2016, 5:21 AM**

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Originally Posted by josh_cat_eyes

I never thought of this option. Could St. John's perhaps support a pickup point store too? Halifax with a real store & Moncton & St. John's with pickup stores all at the same announcement would make alot of sense.
How pissed would people in Quebec be if Halifax got their own store!

I think the reason why Quebec City did not get a full fledged IKEA is probably their proximity from the city of Montreal. That could have played a major factor in that decision.

And i hope that we will be able to fill in all Vacant retail areas in town and I hope that the old Canadian Tire location will be occupied when they decamp there to the new spot at the Northwest Center.

pierremoncton · #**3315** Posted **Jan 21, 2016, 1:51 PM**

Monctonians have instructions for Ikea: build here, not Halifax

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/moncton-ikea-halifax-1.3412468

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Mike Smith of MyBoxBuyer.com started making delivery runs from Ikea stores in Quebec and Ontario to the Maritimes in 2011.

At his peak, he had a crew of 20 people travelling several times a month.

"After operating for six months, the demand was so high, we were filling 50 three-foot containers full of furniture. In the back of my mind, I knew it was a very real possibility Ikea would come here."

...

Kathy Connell, Miramichi resident, was shopping in Moncton on Wednesday.

She says she's still holding out for the chain to set up shop in the hub city.

"If they had one in Moncton it would be wonderful. Not in Halifax, that's too far," she said.

An Ikea spokesperson said the company is unable to comment on Friday's announcement nor confirm which city is part of its expansion plans.

A full store in Halifax is likely a fait accompli, but here's a quick exercise comparing catchment areas between Moncton and Halifax based on data I pulled from this tool: https://www.freemaptools.com/find-population.htm

Total population within given radius

Distance (km)-----50--------100--------150----------200----------250----------300
Moncton------176,107----300,380----762,303----1,414,265----1,627,169----1,848,645
Halifax------390,905----558,160----698,352----1,035,982----1,286,330----1,511,997

I would think that the local area (within 100 km) is more important to Ikea than the long-distance catchment area. On top of that, I wouldn't be surprised to see Moncton's long-distance catchment area fall within the next couple of decades due to population decline in rural NB.

OliverD · #**3316** Posted **Jan 21, 2016, 2:16 PM**

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Originally Posted by pierremoncton

Monctonians have instructions for Ikea: build here, not Halifax

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/moncton-ikea-halifax-1.3412468

A full store in Halifax is likely a fait accompli, but here's a quick exercise comparing catchment areas between Moncton and Halifax based on data I pulled from this tool: https://www.freemaptools.com/find-population.htm

Total population within given radius

Distance (km)-----50--------100--------150----------200----------250----------300
Moncton------176,107----300,380----762,303----1,414,265----1,627,169----1,848,645
Halifax------390,905----558,160----698,352----1,035,982----1,286,330----1,511,997

I would think that the local area (within 100 km) is more important to Ikea than the long-distance catchment area. On top of that, I wouldn't be surprised to see Moncton's long-distance catchment area fall within the next couple of decades due to population decline in rural NB.

Agreed. For a store like this the primary concern is the local population. I'm confident Moncton will eventually get one of the small format stores.

OliverD · #**3317** Posted **Jan 21, 2016, 2:18 PM**

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Originally Posted by stephan.richard

I think the reason why Quebec City did not get a full fledged IKEA is probably their proximity from the city of Montreal. That could have played a major factor in that decision.

The pickup stores are also a great way to gauge interest in a market. A lot of people are probably reluctant to order online from IKEA today because of shipping costs and because there's a lot of items you simply can't get. So online orders alone probably aren't a great indicator of interest.

BlackYear · #**3318** Posted **Jan 21, 2016, 2:23 PM**

Halifax Ikea:

- 100% of stock coming in by the truck loads from Toronto & Montreal on the TransCanada Highway, flying through Moncton.

- Once on store shelves in Halifax, 99% of stock to return back on the same highway going North to homes all across the Atlantic!

*EDIT: 75% going North, 25% going East & West!

MonctonRad · #**3319** Posted **Jan 21, 2016, 2:49 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Budyser

Halifax Ikea:

- 100% of stock coming in by the truck loads from Toronto & Montreal on the TransCanada Highway, flying through Moncton.

- Once on store shelves in Halifax, 99% of stock to return back on the same highway going North to homes all across the Atlantic!

*EDIT: 75% going North, 25% going East & West!

This sounds like a perfect rationale for putting a pick-up point store in Moncton!

Seriously, if you have to drive all the way to Halifax with your merchandise anyway, a quick pit stop in Moncton to drop off some goods would be a no brainer for IKEA, especially if the pick-up point is in Mapleton Crossing. A store there would be right at the exit off the TCH - perfect!!

Taeolas · #**3320** Posted **Jan 21, 2016, 2:53 PM**

I agree, the 50km and 100km catchment numbers are probably the most important. Those are the people who will be visiting the store after work, or ducking in over lunch; the bread and butter or rather swedish meatball, of the store's customer base. In that respect, Halifax has twice the available population available, and even then is probably still at the low end of what Ikea probably wants for a minimum number of potential customers.

Pickup stores for Moncton in the near future is a no brainer (I wouldn't be surprised if they announce both a Full Halifax AND a Pickup Moncton store tomorrow to be honest. I'm not expecting it, but I wouldn't be surprised.) And as I said in the Freddy thread, if they end up growing like Costco (probably not all that comparable but fairly close) that could see Pickup stores in SJ and Freddy in the medium (10-yearish) future beyond that.