Canadian Retail Thread

[TorontoDrew]

Originally Posted by OutOfTowner

Is there an ad schedule app for Shitty Square?

Until now, I have only dreamt of ever seeng a giant Vitamin Water ad..

#Bucket list.

I'll find you one if you can find me an app for best time to ride your new Ferris Wheel.

# Bucket List.

[OutOfTowner]

Originally Posted by TorontoDrew

I'll find you one if you can find me an app for best time to ride your new Ferris Wheel.

# Bucket List.

Hey no worries! Maybe I'll check out your latest shitbox condo at your World's Ugliest Condofront.

That'll be super exciting!

(just let me know when the nearest Beer Store closes - I hear it's fairly 'dry', as far as 'water'fronts go)

Or maybe I should head to the toxic industrial wastelands (before the inevitable shitbox condos arrive)?

[osmo]

Originally Posted by OutOfTowner

Is there an ad schedule app for Shitty Square?

Until now, I have only dreamt of ever seeng a giant Vitamin Water ad..

#Bucket list.

I am not a fan of the change. Bigger, isn't always better. Dundas Square is falling victim to complacency and cheapness as all the AD boards are just converting to simple big LED boards. The texture and variety of the old boards added more life to the square versus a bunch of large TV screens we see now.

The old Labbat Blue beer can was the best thing the Square's AD features had, the old LG circle was nice as well. All those noted just added different textures that actually caught you eye. Nobody cares to look at a big TV screen unless it is something that really catches the eye. Only thing I have see of this was when H&M broadcasted their fashion show from Paris live, and people in the Square crowded to watch it.

Times Square is doing the LED boards big time as well but there is so much visual assault and variety there it really does not matter.

[Acajack]

It also doesn't matter because Times Square is... Times Square.

[caltrane74]

I don't know why you guys get so offended by Dundas Square. It is just a small fraction of the downtown core, there is the Waterfront/Harbourfront, Yorkville, Bloor West, Little Italy, India Bazaar, Greektown, Corsa Italia, Kenaignton Market, Chinatown, Entertainment District, Riverdale, Cabbagetown, Liberty Village, The Annex, Church-Wellesley Village, St. Lawrence Market, Queen Street West, West Queen West and King Street West. Plus I probably missed a few areas downtown, its so damn big.

Anyways, Dundas Square is the Toronto temple of massive consumer consumption, its where you go to buy stuff, in a way it has to be a little crass and over the top, with all these malls intersecting at one corner along with the quasi public square. People hanging out and buying stuff, little retailer and major brand sponsored events. It is one section of the city that the public/government has given over to retailers to sell their wares. It seems incredibly popular with people, when I go there it is always packed with people buying stuff. And like we mentioned before other cities have areas reserved for consumerism as well, like in Ginza or Shinjuku/Shianuba or Piccadilly,. If you don't like it you can go to the aforementioned areas of downtown to buy stuff, hang out grab a drink/bite.

[niwell]

Originally Posted by OutOfTowner

Hey no worries! Maybe I'll check out your latest shitbox condo at your World's Ugliest Condofront.

That'll be super exciting!

(just let me know when the nearest Beer Store closes - I hear it's fairly 'dry', as far as 'water'fronts go)

Or maybe I should head to the toxic industrial wastelands (before the inevitable shitbox condos arrive)?

It's funny how you claim some moral superiority over the rest of the forumers here based on some vague, poorly expressed anti-corporatism or whatever. Or making fun of people on a Skyscraper Board for talking about height...

And yet, 90% of your posts are semi-literate screeds in the middle of the night (wonder why...). Largely rambling rants against anything remotely related to Toronto. One could only wish to have such a fulfilling life. Did the city kick your dog as a kid? Of course we've all been over this before in your former guises.

[caltrane74]

He's like the white version of Tosin. Lol!

[davidivivid]

According to several sources, Tesla Motors will open a registered dealership in Quebec City in the coming months.

Tesla Motors veut s’implanter à Québec


Après Montréal, le fabricant californien de voitures électriques Tesla Motors lorgne le marché de Québec pour ouvrir un nouveau magasin, a appris Le Journal.

Selon nos informations, Tesla Motors aurait la ferme intention d’avoir un véritable point de services à Québec, dans le secteur de la rue Cyrille-Duquet, tout près du concessionnaire Porsche existant.

Tesla prévoit dépenser plusieurs centaines de milliers de dollars au cours des prochains mois pour aménager sa nouvelle salle d’exposition et son atelier dans un immeuble qui appartient actuellement au Fonds de placement immobilier Cominar.

La Ville de Québec aurait été mise au courant tout récemment des intentions de l’entreprise, dirigée par Elon Musk, de s’installer dans la capitale.

[...]

http://www.journaldequebec.com/2017/...anter-a-quebec

[kwoldtimer]

Given that they have stores in Canada, I'll ask - Amazon is buying Whole Foods. Brilliant or weird?

[Taeolas]

A comment from a friend of mine about that:

Bezos: "Alexa, buy dinner from Whole Foods"
Alexa: "OK. Buying Whole Foods"
Bezos: "Wait, what? ...crap."

As for the actual purchase... it's different. Not a bad way for Amazon to legitimize itself in the grocery market biz, and it takes out a competitor, while giving Whole Foods a readymade e-distribution chain.

[WhipperSnapper]

Brilliant?

I mean I like science fiction. Amazon is on the list should we end up with "a company" in a dystopian future

[caltrane74]

Pretty soon AMZN will be the only company.

Things are looking that way, I'm still trying to save up a $1000 USD to buy a single share. I bought APPL last week, and I want to own the FANG trade.

[WhipperSnapper]

Amazon share. Very elite. Apple? They're as common as people.

[MonctonRad]

Is Amazon actually making a profit yet?

[caltrane74]

They just paid 14 billion in Cash for Whole Foods, and every week they seem to put another traditional retailer out of business.


I think they are doing ok.

[WhipperSnapper]

Doesn't say much. They are very good at raising capital. There have also been others very good at raising capital in the past that no longer exist today. Eventually, you do need to show business acumen.

[caltrane74]

Huh?

Doesn't say much they are threatening the very existence of bricks and mortar retail.


How much acumen do you need?


Your buddies on Wall Street have valued the company at 200 times earnings, that is crazy and unheard of. What other company trades at such a ridiculous multiple? Obviously a lot of your rich banker friends and investors think very highly of Bezos to drive the stock so high.

[WhipperSnapper]

I'm speaking in general like I always do but, yeah, 200 times earnings speaks volumes that we are in for another tech correction at some point.

You can't pin every retail chain closing on Amazon either. That's just insanity.

[LeftCoaster]

42% of all online purchases in the United States go through Amazon. That is beyond impressive.

[isaidso]

I love Dundas Square. I'm just not a fan of the crappy building behind the wall of advertisement on the north side. They seemed so pre-occupied with the billboards that they forgot that they still needed to give Toronto a quality building.

Two smaller grievances: it's not a true public square and it's sloped. It's not public space even though it's used that way. Private security can ask anyone to exit the square for what ever reason they want. Secondly, that they put underground parking here compromised the success of the square from the get go. It still works but it's not as good as it could have been.

In other words, par for the course for Toronto. Berczy Park is one of the few times Toronto has been ambitious and delivered. Dundas Square is more in line with Toronto standards: not built right the first time. On the bright side, maybe 30 years from now Dundas Square will reach its potential. Overall I still like it.