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Grex > Agora35 > #164: Thoughts about candy and retailing | |
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jep
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response 63 of 81:
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Dec 2 05:04 UTC 2000 |
Starbucks is a coffee shop chain.
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mdw
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response 64 of 81:
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Dec 2 07:49 UTC 2000 |
Almost anywhere *but* in A^2, Starbucks is almost like dandelions - they
sprout up almost anywhere, but most often in young devloping shopping
malls. I'm not quite sure why one hasn't appeared in downtown A^2 yet,
but possibly the early and rapid deployment of a large number of other
coffeehouses has scared Starbucks off. ERC may be the local equivalent
of Starbucks, since they *do* seem to be everywhere. There are two ways
I could see Starbucks entering the A^2 market: (1) the coffeehouse
market in A^2 crashes, all of the indigenous specimens go belly-up, and
Starbucks enters the resulting vacuum, or (2) Starbucks buys out ERC.
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scg
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response 65 of 81:
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Dec 2 09:01 UTC 2000 |
I think there's a Starbucks at State and Liberty in Ann Arbor, where the
Gratzi Cafe used to be.
In the San Francisco Financial District, where I work, there is at least one
Starbucks per block, and sometimes more. There's at least one in Berkeley
as well.
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scott
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response 66 of 81:
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Dec 2 13:24 UTC 2000 |
Yup, there's a Starbucks at State and Liberty.
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bruin
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response 67 of 81:
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Dec 2 15:50 UTC 2000 |
There is also a Starbucks at Arborland Mall.
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bru
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response 68 of 81:
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Dec 2 17:55 UTC 2000 |
and one in the Arborland mall.
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polygon
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response 69 of 81:
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Dec 2 18:14 UTC 2000 |
Is there an echo in here?
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gull
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response 70 of 81:
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Dec 2 18:51 UTC 2000 |
There's at least three of 'em in the O'Hare terminal.
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beeswing
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response 71 of 81:
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Dec 2 20:50 UTC 2000 |
within a year Memphis got 5 of them.
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remmers
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response 72 of 81:
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Dec 2 20:53 UTC 2000 |
This discussion reminds me of the Simpsons episode where an entire
mall converted to Starbucks outlets in about five seconds.
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scg
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response 73 of 81:
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Dec 2 23:29 UTC 2000 |
Yeah, I was noticing that about O'Hare. Both O'Hare and Denver, the two
United hubs where I seem to end up somewhat frequently, seem pretty shopping
mall like.
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goose
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response 74 of 81:
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Dec 3 17:20 UTC 2000 |
Heathrow has a huge mall inside it.
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gull
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response 75 of 81:
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Dec 3 19:14 UTC 2000 |
Pittsburg's terminal has a pretty good sized mall in it too, inside the
secured area. It must be a real headache to have to secure what's basically
a small shopping center, with all the merchandise and employees coming in
and out.
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slynne
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response 76 of 81:
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Dec 3 20:22 UTC 2000 |
Notice that there are NO Starbucks in Ypsilanti. hahaha.
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happyboy
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response 77 of 81:
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Dec 3 20:49 UTC 2000 |
we have muggs, the mudd puddle, vinyl joe's, and some
x-ian place.
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slynne
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response 78 of 81:
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Dec 3 20:59 UTC 2000 |
I am waiting for aaron to say: "Yeah but you have Wal-mart, Big Lots and
a never ending supply of guests for the Jerry Springer show"
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beeswing
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response 79 of 81:
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Dec 3 21:29 UTC 2000 |
Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam has mall areas throughout. By far one of
the coolest airports I've seen.
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scg
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response 80 of 81:
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Dec 3 21:42 UTC 2000 |
Yeah, Schiphol was cool.
I think it was the first shopping mall/airport I saw, so I thought it was
really impressively strange. I'm not sure whether after spending a bunch of
time in O'Hare and Denver recently I'd still find Schiphol so strange or not.
I did get the distinct (but quite possibly wrong) impression that Schiphol
was catering to local shoppers as well as travelers, while O'Hare and Denver's
shopping is probably targeted excslusively at the multitude of people going
from one United flight to another.
SFO's United terminal has a bunch of restaurants in it. It's certainly got
far more in the way of restaurants or shopping than Detroit Metro does, but
it's nowhere near on the scale of Denver or O'Hare. Then again, it's a much
smaller United terminal.
(I do love SFO, though. It's one of the few big city airports I've been in
where it's generally possible to get from the front door to the gate in just
a few minutes. It's arranged quite wonderfully)
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ea
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response 81 of 81:
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Dec 4 02:01 UTC 2000 |
Syracuse's airport is really boring. One bar, one Sbarro (Pizza), one
bakery that's only open 3 hours a day, and one little stand selling
newspapers, paperbacks, and overpriced packs of gum. Although it is
easier to get from the door to the gate quickly, its terrible if you
have to spend any amount of time there (I was stuck there for 4 hours
once while waiting for a flight (original flight was canceled))
Detroit Metro, while somewhat zoo-ish, is a good airport to spend time
in. You have your choice of restaurants, or you could just excercise by
walking back and forth up from the A concourse to the F concourse. Or
just walk up and down C concourse. ;)
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