The Store Blog

WalMart hosts farmers market on Chicago's South Side

Last weekend, WalMart hosted a "Farmer's Market" on a vacant site where it hopes to build a second Chicago store in the Chatham neighborhood. 

The event is a move to in which the retailer hopes to win enough votes in the City Council to pass an amendment that would remove a restriction to the development agreement that has kept the discount chain out of the south side shopping center.

Truckloads of fruits and vegetables were available from 10am - 2pm and provided by WalMart suppliers.  According to news reports, the residents began lining up early and lines wrapped around the block.

In addition, WalMart unveiled a web site, called the Chicago Walmart Community Action Network,  www.chicago.walmartcommunity.com, which features videos from the event, interviews with local residents and community leaders supporting the new store and has a box where Chicago residents can type in their address to find their ward and their alderman.

All proceeds from the event benefitted the Chatham Business Association.

- Jenn Phillips, The Store

Shocking and controversial windows at Barneys

In two past Store events, we've heard from J. Walker Smith of The Futures Company/ Yankelovich that consumers are craving optimism and how happiness sells. That's what adds to our curiosity of the recent Barneys Windows (NYC Madison Avenue store).

Here Helmut Lang fashion is presented as part of a crime scene.  The violent display is quite disturbing.  While it may be an edgy conceptual piece to the creators, it certainly goes counter to retail trends.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gwen Morrison, The Store