Sports Authority, 4900 West Kennedy Boulevard, Tampa, Florida

[Carolina Knight]

Originally Posted by cjairo191

But to OP, that appears to be a good location, but tight on space. Can't go wrong, but please build a garage, the Publix near me sometimes discourages me and I just leave cause parking lot is too full. Reason I never go to Trader Joes too.

With the site chosen, Publix could open a smaller store to accommodate surface level parking, or open a larger store with a parking garage. A smaller store with surface level parking appears to be a cost effective proposal that would be quicker to build.

[sinatras]

Originally Posted by MortonR

Agreed.

If I can get a commodity I need from Amazon delivered to my home for the same price I pay at the Walmart that’s 2-3 miles from my house, why would I bother driving to Walmart? If I factor in wear and tear, fuel and most importantly, my personal time, it’s a no-brainer to have Amazon bring the item to my home.

RM

Taking this discussion even further, e-commerce has really made the whole notion of "going to the store" as archaic as washing clothes by hand. Why? Because why would we go to the store and waste all that time and those resources just to take the risk of not finding what we need or are looking for? You can avoid all that waste by just going online.

And I say this as someone who loves going to stores!

However, imagine how many hours, days, months I have wasted going to the store, whether it's Macy's or Publix or Costco, only to find that they do not have the item I need to buy.

That sort of wasted exercise I think is eventually going to be mostly eliminated by e-commerce.