The Metro Vancouver Retail Thread

[SpongeG]

New childrens wear store for Kerrisdale, good spot for it

European Children’s Fashion Retailer Catimini Enters Canadian Market with 1st Store
September 04, 2018



By Megan Harman

Upscale European children’s clothing retailer Catimini, known for its colourful and fashionable designs, is breaking into the Canadian market with a new store in Vancouver and potential for expansion to other cities.

The premium brand, which was established in 1972 in France, carries clothing for children ranging in age from newborn to 14 years old. Catimini has approximately 145 locations in more than 20 countries around the world, including both standalone stores and sales points within department stores.

Kidz Global Apparel Ltd., the licensed distributor for Catimini products in Canada, opened the first Canadian Catimini store on August 18th in Vancouver’s Kerrisdale neighbourhood.



https://www.retail-insider.com/retail-in...retailer-catimini-enters-canadian-market

[WestCoastEcho]

Originally Posted by WestCoastEcho

The old Sport Mart location on Broadway and Ash has a new occupant: Henry's Camera:

https://twitter.com/jackermann/status/1033525332282753024


This is the first time the chain has opened a store in BC; they primarily have stores in Ontario, and one store in Winnipeg.

Apparently, the store just opened yesterday, per their Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/HenrysCamera/posts/10157929885637501

I'm definitely going to make an attempt to swing by and check them out.

[SpongeG]

RE The uniqlo pop up sounds like it is just to promote the ap, doesn't seem like it will sell clothes but rather you can order it on the ap and pick it up at the pop up and check out some select items. Anyone know where it will go?

[jollyburger]

Originally Posted by SpongeG

RE The uniqlo pop up sounds like it is just to promote the ap, doesn't seem like it will sell clothes but rather you can order it on the ap and pick it up at the pop up and check out some select items. Anyone know where it will go?

It sounds like they'll have a "physical" popup store but you pretend you are entering the app. But correct on the side of not purchasing at the popup.

[Tetsuo]

Buy Low Foods Westminster Centre in uptown has closed.

Hearing that an Asian Supermarket will be going in (T&T?)

[Vin]

Pop-ups are over-rated. Only in Vancouver.....we have pop up retail, pop-up parks, pop-up movies, etc. So many good things are only temporary, just like our good weather.

[Firebrand]

Don’t forget pop-up restaurants. There are a lot of them on Granville St.

[Graham_Yvr]

Originally Posted by Firebrand

Don’t forget pop-up restaurants. There are a lot of them on Granville St.

There is? How do you define "pop-up"?

[SpongeG]

they last for a certain period of time, 1 month or 3 or 6.

[Sheba]

Guildford Walmart reopens after Legionnaires' disease scare

A Surrey Walmart reopened Saturday after closing Friday because water-cooling towers at Guildford Town Centre tested positive for the bacteria that causes legionnaires’ disease.

Fraser Health confirmed seven cases of legionnaires’ disease in patients who were in the Guildford area in the past two weeks. Officials spoke to them and their family members about possible sources of exposure, said Dr. Aamir Bharmal, a medical health officer with the authority.

After confirming that some of the patients had visited the Walmart at Guildford Town Centre, Fraser Health staff tested cooling towers, water features and decorative fountains inside the mall, where water is aerosolized, Bharmal said. The bacteria is carried in droplets of water.

The Guildford Walmart Supercentre closed on Friday “out of an abundance of caution,” after being contacted by Fraser Health about the investigation, said Anika Malik, director of corporate affairs for Walmart Canada.

On Saturday, Malik said while the business was shut they cleaned and sanitized the cooling towers and refrigeration units.

She said the refrigeration units remain off so the store cannot sell cold or frozen products until the coolers are turned back on, however the store is open for business.

“Public Health has confirmed that we are able to open the store without offering refrigerated or frozen products at this time. We look forward to welcoming our associates and customers to the store,” she said, in an email.

The coolers will not be turned back on until a health inspection takes place.

Cooling towers inside the mall and the Walmart tested positive for legionella bacteria, but are not definitively what made the patients get sick, so the health authority is continuing to investigate, inspect and resample, Bharmal said.

Fraser Health is also awaiting test results to determine whether all seven patients got sick from the same source.

“Our advice at this point isn’t to tell people to stay away from the mall, at all,” he said. “They are taking a lot of proactive measures to clean out the cooling towers.”

Bharmal said legionella is “not entirely unexpected” inside cooling towers because it is found naturally in soil, groundwater and freshwater.

But “even though it’s not expected, it’s not desirable,” he added. He said building water systems need to be periodically closed down for thorough cleaning.

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[Graham_Yvr]

Originally Posted by SpongeG

they last for a certain period of time, 1 month or 3 or 6.

Right, I understand that. I was questioning where these 'pop-up' restaurants were on Granville Street that Firebrand mentions.

[LeftCoaster]

Originally Posted by Vin

Pop-ups are over-rated. Only in Vancouver.....we have pop up retail, pop-up parks, pop-up movies, etc. So many good things are only temporary, just like our good weather.

Have you ever left Vancouver? Pop-ups are everywhere.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pop-up_retail
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tactical_urbanism#Pop-up_parks
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pop-up_restaurant

[Tetsuo]

Looks like Granville and Davie Blenz is finally reopening

[Conrad Yablonski]

Originally Posted by Tetsuo

Looks like Granville and Davie Blenz is finally reopening

Must have been structural issues with the building-closed for so long/now reopened and it still looks the same.

[supercanuck]

Originally Posted by supercanuck

Also GAP. Someone noted on these forums that Gap/Old Navy are moving to the old Best Buy location across the street from the mall.

Hmm...so I was at Coquitlam Centre this weekend and the Gap is now fully stocked again. Last month it was basically empty and closing down. Not sure what is happening there.

[jollyburger]

Originally Posted by Conrad Yablonski

Must have been structural issues with the building-closed for so long/now reopened and it still looks the same.

They said there was a fire when they closed last year.

[GeeCee]

Originally Posted by supercanuck

Hmm...so I was at Coquitlam Centre this weekend and the Gap is now fully stocked again. Last month it was basically empty and closing down. Not sure what is happening there.

They still have job postings up for the new store. Weird. I can't see them keeping both open?

https://jobs.gapinc.com/job/coquitlam/pr...-pinetree-village-new-store/1649/8690567

[NewfBC]

Originally Posted by GeeCee

They still have job postings up for the new store. Weird. I can't see them keeping both open?

https://jobs.gapinc.com/job/coquitlam/pr...-pinetree-village-new-store/1649/8690567

The job posting is for Old Navy.

Ron.

[Vin]

Originally Posted by LeftCoaster

Have you ever left Vancouver? Pop-ups are everywhere.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pop-up_retail
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tactical_urbanism#Pop-up_parks
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pop-up_restaurant

Ah yes, like I've never seen pop-ups in Richmond or Burnaby. They have things which are more permanent. "Everywhere" is a hyperbole.

[Vin]

Originally Posted by Conrad Yablonski

Must have been structural issues with the building-closed for so long/now reopened and it still looks the same.

That building's not even that old.