Archive for the ‘children’ tag
Through The Eyes Of A Child no comments
Skating Rink / Jackie's Total Child Care, 3521 Edmund Highway: 2022 5 comments
I wasn't aware of this place; in fact I wasn't aware that Airport Boulevard changed names to Edmund Highway, but as commenter Gypsie reports, it is in fact closed. It's a fairly large building and property, so it will be interesting to see what happens here.
(Hat tip to commenter Gypsie)
UPDATE 7 November 2022: Adding "Skating Rink" to the post title, based on the comments.
My Gym Northeast Columbia, 110 Forum Drive Suite 1: 2020 5 comments
My Gym was on a Sandhill endcap, on the Lowes wing. The last review I can find for them is about a year ago, so I am pretty sure this is another business closing we can chalk up to COVID-19.
This is the same suite that was originally home to The Grilled Cheese Company.
Babies "Я" Us, 254 Harbison Boulevard: April 2018 6 comments
Nothing Held Back
Well, continuing the story from the Toys 'Я' Us post, this is the same thing but in a more advanced stage. The Babies "Я" Us closeout sale has been going since February and is now in the end stages, if this WLTX story is still current.
One thing I didn't mention in the Toys closing is that both business units share a common problem on top of everything else: The US, other Western nations and Japan are currently in a "baby bust" situation. That means even if they could regain their former appeal to the customer base, the customer base itself is shrinking, or as the Four Seasons once said Bye, Bye, Baby, Goodbye!
(Hat tip to commenter Andrew I think)
UPDATE 15 June 2023 -- Now Hobby Lobby:
Also adding map icon.
Gymboree, Richland Mall: Summer 2017 7 comments
Well, there has been speculation for a while, what with Gymboree's Chapter 11 filing, but the other shoe dropped today:
SAN FRANCISCO – Children's clothing seller Gymboree Corp. is closing 350 stores as its works to restructure in bankruptcy.
The San Francisco-based company said Tuesday that it's mostly closing Gymboree and Crazy 8 stores. It also operates Janie and Jack stores. The company will have more than 900 locations after the stores are shut down.
The full closing list is here, and includes, unsurprisingly, this Richland Mall store, as well as the one at Sandhill. The closing sales are supposed to start on 18 July.
I took these pictures back in early June and even then, the whole store was 50% off -- I don't think this is a big surprise to them.
I have to admit I had never heard of Janie and Jack or Crazy 8.
UPDATE 3 February 2021 -- Here's another picture I just came across apparently from 26 April 2013:
Also adding a map icon.