Sandy Springs 9th-most affluent U.S. community (Atlanta, Bloomingdale: sales, buying)

[johnatl]

Originally Posted by mike7586

I guess these rich people in Sandy Springs don't shop at Bloomingdales??

Not at Perimeter, anyway. That store has been going down for a while now, imo. Bad/no service, hassles with returns, missing/invisible management, a "could give a damn" attitude with many employees, etc.

I think the decision to close that store was made many, many months ago.

It's a testiment to our market strength that it only took one day for a new anchor in Von Maur to take over that space. How often does that happen around the country when an anchor leaves a mall?

[gumboula]

Originally Posted by bikefrontier

Does anyone else find it odd that the median household income is $71,592 while median house value is 6.8x that value ($486,500)? Thats quite a difference.

Households with low incomes would contribute to the $71k number, but not the $486k number because they will not own homes.

[gumboula]

Originally Posted by johnatl

Not at Perimeter, anyway. That store has been going down for a while now, imo. Bad/no service, hassles with returns, missing/invisible management, a "could give a damn" attitude with many employees, etc.

I think the decision to close that store was made many, many months ago.

It's a testiment to our market strength that it only took one day for a new anchor in Von Maur to take over that space. How often does that happen around the country when an anchor leaves a mall?

What, I missed this? Von Maur is replacing Bloomingdales at Perimeter?

[lastminutemom]

Originally Posted by johnatl

Not at Perimeter, anyway. That store has been going down for a while now, imo. Bad/no service, hassles with returns, missing/invisible management, a "could give a damn" attitude with many employees, etc.

I think the decision to close that store was made many, many months ago.

It's a testiment to our market strength that it only took one day for a new anchor in Von Maur to take over that space. How often does that happen around the country when an anchor leaves a mall?

I think the Mall management knew for a while as well. In fact, I suspect Bloomingdale's parent company had asked for a deal on the rent and was refused a while ago. (Perhaps because Von Maur was already interested.)

[fil]

Originally Posted by bikefrontier View Post
Does anyone else find it odd that the median household income is $71,592 while median house value is 6.8x that value ($486,500)? Thats quite a difference.

Originally Posted by gumboula

Households with low incomes would contribute to the $71k number, but not the $486k number because they will not own homes.

Some of those households probably do not need to work anymore.

[Iconographer]

Originally Posted by johnatl

Not at Perimeter, anyway. That store has been going down for a while now, imo. Bad/no service, hassles with returns, missing/invisible management, a "could give a damn" attitude with many employees, etc.

I think the decision to close that store was made many, many months ago.

It's a testiment to our market strength that it only took one day for a new anchor in Von Maur to take over that space. How often does that happen around the country when an anchor leaves a mall?

In addition, Von Maur plans to expand and renovate the space.

[gumboula]

Originally Posted by fil

Some of those households probably do not need to work anymore.

Huh?

[hotboi]

Originally Posted by cityrover

SS was the only GA town/neighborhood i've seen a ferarri on the street

SS rich people seem to be more subtle. I have seen far more exotic cars in John's Creek, Roswell, Alpharetta and Duluth, oh and of course Buckhead.

[nrgpill]

That Bloomingdale was the worst location I can remember. They essentially needed to fire everyone and start over w/ a new buyer first. As a joke, me and my wife put a deathclock on that location because it was never serious about wanting to succeed there. I hate to see it go but Federated completely misread the demographics of would-be shoppers there. In comparison, there are Bloomingdales in Brooklyn i'd much rather shop at than Atlanta Neiman's.

One kind suggestion on drawing people to Bloomingdales's - have the best shoe selection and be a bit more progressive with brands. Nobody wants bootcut true religions anymore and people have access to smartphones where they can clearly see the selection there is about outlet-mall quality when comparing bloomingdales in other cities.

Originally Posted by mike7586

I guess these rich people in Sandy Springs don't shop at Bloomingdales??

[10 feet tall]

Originally Posted by nrgpill

That Bloomingdale was the worst location I can remember. They essentially needed to fire everyone and start over w/ a new buyer first. As a joke, me and my wife put a deathclock on that location because it was never serious about wanting to succeed there. I hate to see it go but Federated completely misread the demographics of would-be shoppers there. In comparison, there are Bloomingdales in Brooklyn i'd much rather shop at than Atlanta Neiman's.

One kind suggestion on drawing people to Bloomingdales's - have the best shoe selection and be a bit more progressive with brands. Nobody wants bootcut true religions anymore and people have access to smartphones where they can clearly see the selection there is about outlet-mall quality when comparing bloomingdales in other cities.

I don't know anyone under 50 who shops at any mall departments stores anymore anyway.