Business & Finance All Portland Walmart stores to permanently close

[Captain X]

 

[Buba]

You clickbait tease you!

This is what I found:
Walmart is preparing to close two of its biggest Portland metro area stores — and the only two actually located within the Portland city limits.

 

[Nemesis]

If your inner-city store is constantly dealing with theft by undesirables, the decision to close is an easy one.

 

[Husky_Khan]

But wait, there's more!

"We have decided to permanently close our downtown Portland cafe (1171 SW Jefferson St) with the last full day of operation being this Thursday, April 13," the chain wrote in an Instagram post. "The team members at this cafe have been on the front line enduring extreme violence and criminal activity on an almost daily basis for the last few years– crime and violence that is only increasing in frequency and severity."

It added further that this crime has ranged "From theft, to physical displays of violence, threats of harm, break-ins, window smashing, and repeated traumatic in-cafe incidents where both staff and patrons feel unsafe."

"We have brought all the resources to bear that we have access to: doubling up on shifts, locking one entrance, de-escalation training, hazard pay, and heightened management oversight. This has proven to not be a temporary situation—and it is not a situation we can manage," Coava Coffee wrote.

Rest in Peace Coava Coffee Roasters.

Portland coffee shop set to close due to ‘extreme violence’ and ‘crime’

Coava Coffee Roasters, a local Portland chain declared “with a heavy heart” that it will shut down one of its locations due to lawlessness in the area.

nypost.com

 

[Husky_Khan]

Actually now that I look into it... a lot of Wal-Mart stores are closing.

Walmart is closing a batch of stores in 2023 — here's the full list

Walmart is set to close 19 US stores in 11 states and DC, in addition to shuttering its pickup-only concepts in Illinois and Arkansas.

www.businessinsider.com

Some of them seem pretty normal business stuff. Pick-up only concept stores being closed for example or stores in random places like Hawaii.

But four Wal-Marts are closing in Chicago... and another Wal-Mart is closing in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota (where Daunte Wright shooting and protests took place). One can only wonder if "underperformance" could be related to some sort of situation perhaps unique to Democrat run urban communities.

 

[Typhonis]

I wonder what sort of losses those stores were reporting? You can cheat self checkout after all.

 

[Husky_Khan]

Well at least the crime rates (especially shoplifting) should drop.

Watch: Chicago residents complain about Walmart leaving their neighborhoods, say they "deserve to be able to shop" at stores they've repeatedly looted

Today, citizens of the leftist utopia of Chiraq are surprised that private businesses would pull out of their crime-ridden neighborhoods!

notthebee.com

Plus they can build their own Wal-Mart.

 

[Typhonis]

Looks like Wal Mart has said "OK, build your own."

 

[Husky_Khan]

Noooo not REI!

All of those people engaging in longterm urban camping within Portland will have nowhere else to... uhhh provision themselves. This is so discriminatory, closing down outdoor retail stores where the demand for their products exists the most.

REI to close only Portland store, citing break-ins, theft

The outdoor company said its Portland store experienced more thefts and break-ins in recent months than at any time in its history.

www.oregonlive.com

Going the way of the smaller outdoor retail store that closed last Novermber, Rains PDX.

Iconic Portland outerwear store shuts down, citing public safety issues

“Our city is in peril. Small businesses (and large) cannot sustain doing business in our city’s current state. We have no protection, or recourse, against the criminal behavior that goes unpunished,” the closure notice read.

thepostmillennial.com

 

[Buba]

Cuddling criminals drives business away - who'd had thunk that ...

Now for Portland to demand (more) tax money.

 

[Typhonis]

It may be worse than that. Does Portland have a sales tax they issue to stores that operate inside city limits? Because that source of tax income is going to dry up as more stores leave the city.

 

[Husky_Khan]

Exiled Records closing its doors after fifteen years in operation in idyllic Portland, allegedly due to an increase in crime and breakings and a reduction of customer foot traffic to the location.

Why is this happening?!?!?!

Iconic record shop in Portland shuts down amid skyrocketing crime

“It was finally after the third break-in, I had just said, ‘If this happens again, I can’t do it anymore.’”

thepostmillennial.com

This lawlessness must've been inspired by seeing all of those Right Wingers storming the Capitol on January 6th.

 

[Emperor Tippy]

Would be interesting to see how long before a store goes members only. Like if I had to run a shop in a shop lifting city I would go "nope, put up twelve hundred dollars per year for a membership. when you become a member you get twelve hundred dollars in store credit".

Then use locking entry booths that they have to swipe their card to get into the store proper.

Oh, and bury in the membership agreement that they agree that any theft makes them liable for twenty thousand dollars in damages and that arbitration is required.

Call the cops? Screw that. Private cause of action that they have already agreed to when they signed the membership agreement for the win.

 

[Typhonis]

Would be interesting to see how long before a store goes members only. Like if I had to run a shop in a shop lifting city I would go "nope, put up twelve hundred dollars per year for a membership. when you become a member you get twelve hundred dollars in store credit".

Then use locking entry booths that they have to swipe their card to get into the store proper.

Oh, and bury in the membership agreement that they agree that any theft makes them liable for twenty thousand dollars in damages and that arbitration is required.

Call the cops? Screw that. Private cause of action that they have already agreed to when they signed the membership agreement for the win.

0% intrest if they pay off the debt in a year from time of purchase. 34% if they keep it on the card.

 

[49ersfootball]

OR Governor Tina Kotek (D) & the Dem-controlled OR State Legislature isn't doing jack diddily shit about it.

 

[Typhonis]

OR Governor Tina Kotek (D) & the Dem-controlled OR State Legislature isn't doing jack diddily shit about it.

What can they do? Force Wal mart to keep the stores open? Because they sure as hell are not backing the police. The DA's would simply let the criminals caught, go without trial.