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Iceland boss Richard Walker vows to open shop in Falkland Islands
Friday 04 September 2026 3:35 pm | Updated: Friday 04 September 2026 3:38 pm Tensions have re-emerged over the…
#Iceland #IS #Europe #Europa #EU #Argentina #business #EdMiliband #falklands #FalklandsWar #iceland #island #JavierMilei #News #Politics #retail #retailer #retailers #RichardWalker #supermarket #SUPERMARKETS #uksupermarket #uksupermarkets #WesStreeting
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Tuesday, August 11, 2026
No escape from the Russian terror playbook . . . . . North Korea sending more ballistic missiles, troops to Russia as Ukraine's drones fly farther . . . . . Fire reported at Russian oil refinery located over 6,000 kilometers from Ukraine as Wildberries targeted again . . . . . and morehttps://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/08/tuesday-august-11-2026/
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Want to see the death of a large Canadian #retailer in slow-motion?
Princess Auto. [1] It's dying of #MBA disease.
I don't go there as often as I used to. I wasn't sure why, exactly - it's a great place if you want to pick up some weird #tool you'll use once a year and you don't want to drop the big bucks on a name-brand, and you're okay putting up with it being a little less #skookum or awkward to use.
I was there recently, though, and the reason clicked. It's turning into Generic Big Retailer. People like Princess Auto because it's not like other retailers that might carry many of the same items, like Canadian Tire.
Among other things, I was there to get a can of electrical contact cleaner and some spray lubricants. And when I got to that aisle, I found -- virtually all of the products were "WD-40" brand. Contact cleaner, rust penetrating lubricant, white lithium grease -- all from WD-40.
This isn't a good thing, and it isn't what professionals and serious amateurs want. If you go to a mechanic or a machinist or some other skilled pro, you'll find all this stuff in their shop supplies, but they'll all be from different brands, and if you're not in the business, you won't have ever heard of them before.
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[1] For USAnians, it's something like Harbour Freight, but with more big-iron stuff for farmers and whatnot.
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For $REASONS, I wanted to buy something locally. Looking online, I ended up finding it in stock at #Visions, so I bought it there and paid online, and chose the pick up option. Because they do "free" shipping, if you pick up you get a gift card for a few bucks as a discount.
But that gift card expires in, like, a month, so I had $35 burning a hole in my pocket. I went back there today to spend it on a MicroSD card that would just about use the whole amount.
And boy, was it difficult to get them to complete the sale without giving them my name, address, and all the rest. Eventually prevailed, but ... I haven't seen this level of aggressive info collection on walk-in customers since Radio Shack was still a (real) thing.
Do brick-and-mortar retailers not realize just how off-putting this sort of thing is?
#retail #retailer #BrickAndMortar #online #shopping #privacy #data #DataCollection #FreeShipping #GiftCard
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As #FamilyDollar #stores close, #DollarTree may sell off the struggling #discount #retailer entirely
https://www.fastcompany.com/91136099/dollar-tree-may-spin-off-family-dollar-closing-stores-update