Dante's was the best damn pizza in this city. It's a shame when one like that has to go.
Sears Canada
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I understand they have a total of 4 building, one of those is their new Canadian warehouse on the border of Brampton and Georgetown. My brother interviewed there as a warehouse shift supervisor, but the pay was on the low side. Place is huge (almost 1M sq ft.) and highly automated. All the robotics and improved processes allow this warehouse to be able to ship your order within 2 hours of you placing the order, the traditional ways typically took a minimum of 2 days.
That ridiculous, useless squirm does not change the fact you are an ass hole.
You are still a low life ignorant ass,... for that insult referring my mother,...
You were the first to bring up my mother in post #45. Yet when I dish your shit back at you ;....... you have a spaz. You need serious, serious help Sweety.
I was her first brother ;....... guarantee I wasn't her last. Once they have black ;....... they can never go back.
Speaking of mothers, those MILF models in the Sears catalog were hot as pancakes. So sad to see Sears go under, Sears Holding Corp. hit a peak of of $192 in YR2007 and had been declining since then to settle @ 6.86 today. As with Sears Canada Inc., it hit a peak at $41 in YR2000 and stabilized until 2010 between $20-$30, which took a downturn to settle at $0.80 today. Great position if you were a short trend trader, not so good for Eddie Lampert.
Maybe Gerrard St. East? It runs parallel to and is in between The Danforth to the north and Queen St to the south. Seems ripe for an influx considering how its immediate surroundings have all expanded and gentrified over the past decade - Riverdale to its north/West, Upper Beaches to the East, The Beaches to the South-East, Leslieville to the South. It already has an anchor with big chain stores in Gerrard Square, and lots of storefronts along Gerrard St.
Wow, a couple of automated postal stations with a handful of employees
Everything you order from Amazon comes out of the usa. All of Amazon's infrastructure is in the USA. And even then, it's just a massive box out in the boon docks.
There's probably more employees at my local Walmart than there is in all of Amazon in Canada.
And another high class response,...from some little punk hiding behind the internet,...says a lot about an individual.
And another high class response,...from some little punk hiding behind the internet,...says a lot about an individual.
Spend a lot of time on the porch do you,...???
According to BNN, Lampert has been stripping cash out of Sears instead of re-investing the money in the stores. This was also a favourite tactic of Conrad Black. He would have Hollinger the public company pay his private company hundreds of million dollars in "management fees".
Your local Walmart must be pretty big! Amazon currently has close to 2500 employees in the GTA and plans to ship >75% of all products from within Canada by the end of the year.
Majority of those jobs are low end and low paying, but surprisingly Amazon is well reviewed by their employees: https://ca.indeed.com/cmp/Amazon.com/reviews (assume many of those are fake reviews for both sides). Looking at their Cdn home page, they are advertising lots of tech jobs, ~190 in Toronto: https://www.amazon.jobs/en/location...sort=relevant&location[]=toronto-canada&cache
Still ........ I'm a Brick & Mortar guy for most of my purchases. I need to buy a new cordless drill this weekend. How do you get a feel for weight and balance unless you hold it in your hand? How ergonomic is the grip and controls? Can it fit into tight spots? Does the battery pop out easily? I'll pay extra for the privilege.
Amazon buying Whole Foods to move into brick and mortar.
http://www.ctvnews.ca/business/amaz...-in-bold-move-into-brick-and-mortar-1.3462171
http://www.ctvnews.ca/business/amaz...-in-bold-move-into-brick-and-mortar-1.3462171
Ok, I exaggerated a wee bit.
But according to the interwebs, Walmart Canada employs 91,000 people in Canada. Sure, a lot of them are low skill low wages, but they still have jobs and they still generate wealth for the economy. As you yourself stated, your own brother took a pass on Amazon due to the low salary offered.
Plus there are lots of spin off jobs associated with running a store that there simply are not with Amazon.
I'd rather support a company that gives back to the Canadian economy rather than one that essentially does not. I have ordered from Amazon, but it's only when it's a last resort and can't be found anywhere else.
As far as Amazon being a great place to work according to indeed.com, there have been many stories in the media about how Amazon is essentially a sweat shop. Literally and figuratively. For example. at their distribution centres in the US, their warehouses did not have air conditioning and it was literally an oven in there and the ambulances would park outside to take employees to the hospital suffering from the effects of extreme heat and no ventilation.
Then there was this article recently in the New York times that was fascinating to read about the corporate culture at Amazon where their white collar / tech people are treated with no respect and expected to be at work 16 hours a day every day regardless. I believe in working hard and taking responsibility, but I'm not a big believer in being a bully or the bully culture of companies that think it's OK to work the shit out of people.
And it's not unique to just north America. There was a scathing article in Huffpost UK about the treatment of Amazon employees in the UK.
All in all, any company that issues you demerit points for being in the hospital with kidney infection doesn't sound like a good place to work.
^^^^^----- Hey, I agree with you, but time marches on. Consumers are so focused on paying the lowest possible amount; wages, quality, variety and service all suffer.
For non-commodity products, I've always been willing to pay for quality, but it's getting harder and harder to identify and evaluate well built products. The online retail culture accelerates that problem.
Wal-Mart is also famous for low wages, poor working conditions and ugly customers. ;-) So is Target, the current Sears, Home Depot ..... and even Tim Hortons.
For non-commodity products, I've always been willing to pay for quality, but it's getting harder and harder to identify and evaluate well built products. The online retail culture accelerates that problem.
Wal-Mart is also famous for low wages, poor working conditions and ugly customers. ;-) So is Target, the current Sears, Home Depot ..... and even Tim Hortons.
Going to be very interesting with Amazon in a space occupied by Walmart, Loblaws, Sobeys etc.
Sobeys already on the automation bandwagon https://www.thestar.com/business/te...f-automation-sweeping-canadian-retailers.html
In related news, Nike is slashing 1200 jobs.
Another example of rising property taxes for commercial real estate:
http://www.blogto.com/arts/2017/06/toronto-rallies-save-401-richmond/
"In 2012, UrbanSpace, the building’s owner, paid close to $447,000 in property taxes, with its rate increasing steadily to that point at 1 per cent per year," says the petition. "Then in 2013, it jumped to $520,280. By 2016, the bill was within a few hundred dollars of $700,000. Without some kind of intervention, the building’s 2017 tax bill will be $846,210.73." It could go up to $1.29 million by 2020.
http://www.blogto.com/arts/2017/06/toronto-rallies-save-401-richmond/
"In 2012, UrbanSpace, the building’s owner, paid close to $447,000 in property taxes, with its rate increasing steadily to that point at 1 per cent per year," says the petition. "Then in 2013, it jumped to $520,280. By 2016, the bill was within a few hundred dollars of $700,000. Without some kind of intervention, the building’s 2017 tax bill will be $846,210.73." It could go up to $1.29 million by 2020.
http://business.financialpost.com/p...pens/wcm/e7b72632-ed26-4cf1-8aeb-e8a8d988847a
Looks like the end for Sears Canada is imminent with a bankruptcy filing and liquidation to follow. Tough to fill that big empty mall space.
Looks like the end for Sears Canada is imminent with a bankruptcy filing and liquidation to follow. Tough to fill that big empty mall space.
Couldn`t agree more! Totally hate these new outdoor fucking malls! As for Sears, they priced themselves right out of business. Years ago they used to be an affordable department store. Now, their prices have gotten ridiculous! I do feel for the employees who must be vary worried right now about their future.
