Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
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Painting with a broad brush never seems to get the job done right.
I'm sure Talbot's did their marketing research and I am certain, a big chain store will have the resources to succeed. Some people talk like a 20 minute drive is the the other side of the world. People go where they need to go, to get what they need. BTW - I go to MVP and am 15 years older than my friends in their 50's, In terms of exercise, I run circles around them.
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Not only is it unseemly, I've always found that the ones who love to talk about how much they have are usually the ones who are lying through their teeth.
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Its not a problem, I'm an investor & I care about the decisions that affect my investments--the demo-person may have have looked @ Tv as a total entity--its a major fop--to not look at the closer demo's--that are a real aspect of growth. the store will be gone in 5 years !!!
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Agree. I read recently that the "average" annual income of the Village resident is well over $95,000.
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What do women want?
Although Talbots was once publicly traded, it no longer is. A few years ago, they made a mess of things when they decided to chase younger women, thus alienating their core customer base of more mature women.
And like that song from The Music Man says,"You Gotta Know The Territory" -- and so Talbots stock is no more. Talbots was acquired in 2012 by Sycamore Partners, a private equity firm. Sycamore Partners recently acquired Belk. Hey.....Belk is in SS, too. Not on the square but not far away. Something tells me this private equity firm is savvy enough to understand location, location, location......and demographics. (Talbots seems to have gotten over their thing for younger women.) Classic Boomer |
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Boomer says no. |
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They looked @ the Villages as a total entity, they didn't focus, and as employees--its other peoples $$$--big mistake
It will fail, |
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I live near SS, I used to go to Brownwood, but it is so dead there, also i dont like the Country / farm / redneck theme. And one of my favorite restaurants Las Tappas has run amuck. I went south of 466a today, looks like levittown from the 1950s, anybody care about landscaping and trees? Awful.
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In general I like to see businesses be successful, but as long as I am not financially associated with them...it doesn't really matter or affect me.
Since they are not publicly traded, why would anyone really care what happens with or to them? |
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I am so surprised. All along I thought you were a male.
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"If you build it, they will come."
We live in the middle. Have no problem going to Brownwood to shop at Tommy Bahama nor do we have a problem going to Spanish Springs to shop at Chico's. Won't have a problem going to Talbot's. It's a lot closer than the drive to Traverse City. |
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My wife shops Chico's both in The Villages and in Central Illinois. I know Chico's have size 0 and 00 sizes and maybe she likes the way they size their clothes. She said that she shopped Talbots when she was a working woman.
ColdWater Creek didn't make it in Sumter Landing. We live in the unlandscaped area of The Villages south of 466A but shop along the 441 corridor, S.S., Sumter Landing, Brownwood, Ocala and Orlando. As far as Spanish Springs shoppers they come from, Leesburg, Tavares, Eustis, Mt. Dora and retirement communities up and down the US 441 Corridor. Spanish Springs has a "big draw" besides residents of The Villages. I suppose Talbots did their marketing due diligence and it shows one of their stores fits in Spanish Springs. I wouldn't bet against them.
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///// Happy Thanksgiving.
It would have just gotten erased anyway, what's the use. |
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