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Speaking of Manhattan, I was at one of the Times Square fleshpots back in the 1990's. 4-5 of us strangers formed a little group. One of us, an Asian guy, was in a particularly good mood. He ordered drinks for the group. Turns out he sold the little fruit store, his father founded and worked 24/7 to build the business, for $5million to a developer.
 
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Promo said:
It would certainly help if you would learn to write in English. Your bad grammar, poor spelling and your idiotic use of ".....," all contribute to your virtually unreadable posts.

Let me put it in a format I understand: it wood ......; loser, ...... helP if you,...... coward;..... "rite" in engLish,...like a man wood
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And yet another example of promo's troll posting.

Consisting of nothing more than childish insulting,... and proof once again,...

,..."it wood ......; loser, ...... helP if you,...... coward;..... "rite" in engLish,...like a man wood"

He can't read and write English above a grade two level.

And wouldn't know what it is to be a man,... even though his mommy tried to explain it to him.
 
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I think Winners, etc secret sauce is that they make you think you're buying heavily discounted goods when the truth is you're not actually saving much at all.
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If you know the product you look for and comparison shop yes there are deals to be had. I bought a Lodge cast iron pan for $24.99, it was selling on amazon.ca for $39.99.
 
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SkyRider said:
Speaking of Manhattan, I was at one of the Times Square fleshpots back in the 1990's. 4-5 of us strangers formed a little group. One of us, an Asian guy, was in a particularly good mood. He ordered drinks for the group. Turns out he sold the little fruit store, his father founded and worked 24/7 to build the business, for $5million to a developer.
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Not bad at all. According to the inflation calculator, that would be like selling for $8,412,903.23 today.
http://www.bankofcanada.ca/rates/related/inflation-calculator/
 
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One way for the retail stores to survive is to go hybrid. They can sell their current items as they do now and incorporate the same Amazon business model into their existing business. The consumers can order items that are not stocked in store and can receive them by delivery or pick up at a counter in the store. Canadian Tire is considering opening a small add on grocery store to some of their locations. They would only stock the most popular items and have a nearby storage area to replenish stock.
 
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Ceiling Cat said:
One way for the retail stores to survive is to go hybrid. They can sell their current items as they do now and incorporate the same Amazon business model into their existing business. The consumers can order items that are not stocked in store and can receive them by delivery or pick up at a counter in the store. Canadian Tire is considering opening a small add on grocery store to some of their locations. They would only stock the most popular items and have a nearby storage area to replenish stock.
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Much easier said than done.

Also, as far as restaurants go, many are using 3rd party delivery apps, to access customers and deliver food. Still very challenging.
 
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No insults, just facts.


Fast, your mommy;...... made me a man;.......
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For a low life like you,...insults are the only "facts" you know,...

You are an ignorant ass hole,...happy now,...this is your reputation on display here,...nothing but ignorant insults,...live with it.
 
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The Manhattanization of Toronto. Soon every gas station, parking lot and vacant lot will be an office building and/or a condo.

Those mom and pops that actually own their building and land will be richly rewarded.
 
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For a low life like you,...insults are the only "facts" you know,...
You are an ignorant ass hole,...happy now,...this is your reputation on display here,...nothing but ignorant insults,...live with it.
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World's oldest line gets such an angry response. superstar_88 was correct; you certainly do have a short fuse.

You do realize that;....... every word I used in post #33;..... was taken from one of YOUR recent posts ;....... ;...... ummm ;...... actually, you probably had no idea at all.

Do you play poker by any chance? I just learned the game, unfortunately I'm not very good. I bet I could learn a thing or two from you!
 
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Much easier said than done.

Also, as far as restaurants go, many are using 3rd party delivery apps, to access customers and deliver food. Still very challenging.
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Not really.

Now defunct Future Shop did this and their owner Best Buy does as well.

Pick-up can be done in-store or delivered.

Sears had catalogue stores many years ago, more for rural areas where they didn't have a retail store. Sears also delivered with their own fleet of delivery trucks too. Maybe if they had kept this up with an outsourcing for delivery, they wouldn't be in this mess now.
 
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Yeah, there is absolutely no logic in that.
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Only confirms you can't follow logic,...of any sort.

Just what don't you understand about the relationship,... Amazon, and display .

I'm willing to help you out,...please let me know.
 
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dirkd101 said:
Not really.

Now defunct Future Shop did this and their owner Best Buy does as well.

Pick-up can be done in-store or delivered.

Sears had catalogue stores many years ago, more for rural areas where they didn't have a retail store. Sears also delivered with their own fleet of delivery trucks too. Maybe if they had kept this up with an outsourcing for delivery, they wouldn't be in this mess now.
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However by the end they were following the Target Canada model: advertising to bring customers into stores with empty shelves.

Department stores were really the first malls, offering under one roof all sorts of goods you used to have to travel from shop to shop to find.

As you pointed out Sears and Eatons were the Amazon of their day, letting you buy almost anything — Sears sold and delivered three-bedroom houses — from the comfort of your home and have it delivered. Eatons stabled their delivery horses by the railway tracks on Coxwell.

But malls are also having the same tough times, and being abandoned wherever they cannot figure out how to attract customers who can shop by clicking on pictures. On the other hand, there are more small shops than ever popping up and offering hand-made items, and one-offs in my neighbourhood. And the IndoChine model that combines personal interaction with on-line access to inventory is also doing well. I suspect, there will always be someone nimbler than most everyone else to defy the norm and dart in to separate customers from their cash. In the marketplace, the only thing that never changes is that things are always changing.
 
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james t kirk said:
I would be 100 percent in favour of taxing companies like Amazon that do not have a bricks and mortar stores.

They just build a warehouse in some boon dock location somewhere far away and strip money away from the local economy. Stores contribute to the local economy with jobs and spin off jobs. Amazon shipping from a warehouse in Kentucky does not. But they'll take your money just the same.
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Amazon have several buildings in Mississauga and Brampton.
 
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james t kirk said:
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There was a great article in the Globe and Mail recently about skyrocketing rents in Toronto and how they are forcing the closing of so many really great restaurants. Many of us have had the experience of phoning our favourite little restaurant only to find that they shuttered recently. Sometimes, it's that the owners weren't really good business people (too many freeloaders, not keeping a watch on the till, worrying too much about the kitchen and not enough about up front), but many times of late it's been that the lease comes due.

I don't know how a local restaurant can pay the kind of rents that landlords are looking for. Two people go out for dinner and it's 150 say all in. So they might walk away with $100. You need to sell a lot of whatever food to just pay the rent.

Obviously one solution is to buy the building, but most chefs don't want the hassle and aren't prepared to deal with it, and obviously, you need to have a lot of money or be willing to borrow it.

In a way, the landlords are shooting themselves in the foot. They could have a vacant store front for months, even years. Many landlords have owned the buildings for decades, even had it passed to them by parents and yet every chance to raise the rent, they'll go for it. (Others don't but it's human nature to get as much as you can for your asset.) New landlords have invested in a property and they need to cover the mortgage, maintenance and taxes and that's huge.

The restauranteurs could move to less happening areas, but how far out is too far out? I'm not going to drive up to Rexdale to have dinner any time soon. I can think of a few less happening areas in Toronto that are still urban - the junction, Annette Street, Keele and St. Claire, Dupont Street, Davenport, Parliament street'ish, Mimico etc. etc. but even there, the rent is very high.
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James,

I work in Concord, Dante Ristorante and Pizzeria went out of business months ago. What a bummer. But they couldn't pay the rents. Exactly what you're saying.
 
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Promo said:
Well said! Even the touching dildos part, lol. Dangerous Dan’s Diner on Queen at Broadview is a another good example. He told me his rent and related expenses were >$200K per year and that he's going to have to move as a result. Great little greasy spoon, but the restaurant would have to be full noon to 8PM to afford that rent.

Toronto used to have a vibrant core including the sections you mentioned. Many of us in the suburbs would regularly travel into the city to shop, stroll and buy dinner, but that's rapidly changing. About the only thing that brings me in now is the occasional show or dinner. Even Yonge Street has lost 70% of it's cool little shops. I'd hate to see Toronto go the way of other US cities, the Path after hours is almost there now.

After car tinkering, my hobby is building plastic model dioramas. Toronto used to have 10+ excellent stores dedicated to this hobby. We're now down to 1-2. Sure, I can buy my plastic models for less money on the Internet, but the B&M stores allowed me to discover new tools and materials and talk to the store staff and fellow hobbyists for ideas. I can't stress enough how valuable these little stores are for bringing people together with similar interests.
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I agree! I wonder how the fuck they can afford to stay in those places. I see a lot of small shops emptying out, or mom and pop shop dollar stores in strip plazas, empty.

Is that comic book and model shop next door to the Kingsway Theater in Etobicoke still there?
 
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