Good Afternoon,
I saw a news item this morning that Shopko, a Midwestern retailer out of Wisconsin, filed for bankruptcy this morning in Federal court in Omaha. When I reading headlines around lunchtime, I saw an item from the Lincoln Journal Star that Shopko is closing all four of its stores in Lincoln, Nebraska by April , 2019.
Shopko wasn't a bad chain, the stores were always clean and they had a nice variety of products to sell BUT they always seemed understaffed while having the help wanted signs out and for a store chain with stores similar in size to a regular Target and with prices inline with Target and Walmart, there was a notable lack of customers. If I forgot laundry soap, I could get laundry soap with out turning around because there were two Shopkos on the way.
I wonder if Shopko will join the list of retailers that had success and didn't change with the times like Woolworths/Woolco, Kresges/Kmart, Grants, Wards and perhaps Sears.
Jeff T.
I saw a news item this morning that Shopko, a Midwestern retailer out of Wisconsin, filed for bankruptcy this morning in Federal court in Omaha. When I reading headlines around lunchtime, I saw an item from the Lincoln Journal Star that Shopko is closing all four of its stores in Lincoln, Nebraska by April , 2019.
Shopko wasn't a bad chain, the stores were always clean and they had a nice variety of products to sell BUT they always seemed understaffed while having the help wanted signs out and for a store chain with stores similar in size to a regular Target and with prices inline with Target and Walmart, there was a notable lack of customers. If I forgot laundry soap, I could get laundry soap with out turning around because there were two Shopkos on the way.
I wonder if Shopko will join the list of retailers that had success and didn't change with the times like Woolworths/Woolco, Kresges/Kmart, Grants, Wards and perhaps Sears.
Jeff T.
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