What new south t&tThis quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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Pfft, even this old white guy knows there's a south T&T coming.This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Winter 2020.This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
The asians have found us worthy of a T&T. Although my wife (asian) swears the NW T&T is just as close to the summit than deerfoot meadowsThis quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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It is sad that MEC went out like this, but I think they just need to let it die, if it comes back as a for profit MEC I can see Canadians turning their back on it. And there are other places out there for example thelasthunt.com is a pretty good site for camping gear.This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Tried it once at Beacon, don't really care for it.This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
That 100 million due to some stupid moves by the Board in wanting to be in expensive retail locations. The board was pretty shady this year, taking votes in the AGM for a new board, and then deciding to not release the results cause of ‘covid’. Also they didn’t release their financial statement (again, ‘covid’). I have no doubts that this is likely what would have come to fruition no matter what, but they probably should have been forthright to their COOP members that they’ve been looking for a buyer since March..This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
There are a lot of retail spaces looking to be leased in DT
It's sad days ahead (right now?).
Pretty much that whole thing is just nutty. The petition won't do jack and the facebook group is filled with nutters who think they should get a vote on a bankruptcy filling. It's like yeah cool so you want to bail out MEC to the tune of 100 million from the pockets members this year. That's something insane like 1 million folks giving the COOP 100$ for free... What are you going to do next year when they are another tens of millions in the hole? The only way they are getting out of this is bankruptcy. In the hope that they will be able to drop all the leased stores.This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Last edited by mazdavirgin; 09-22-2020 at 10:13 AM.
I don't disagree with you...
Surely this will all be blamed on covid, but it's been at 5 years of decline. Too many stores, too fast, piss-poor management and foresight drove this in the ground. Covid was their scapegoat.
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To be fair the COOP has been in financial trouble ever since they stopped paying out membership dividends... That was pretty much the best indication that things had seriously gone wrong from a financial perspective. If you're not having sales since you're a COOP and you no longer pay out dividends the reasons to shop there becomes less than compelling. I've been buying most of my climbing related stuff from Valhalla, Sport Chek/Atmosphere, ClimbOn Squamish and the EpicTV online store.This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
I went into MEC 5 times in my entire life, and only bought something there once.
Out of my very limited experience there, it always felt like a bunch of white people who didn't care they could get the same thing cheaper elsewhere.
They used to be the only game in town for certain items but they have in recent times been branching out into more mainstream items. Turns out they are not well setup to compete with the Forzani group/Canadian Tire... Who would have thought that selling yoga mats and "active" wear is a race to the bottom in terms of prices?This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
the return policy was the compelling reason, however looking through their debtors list does make you really wonder the direction. Why compete with the likes of bass pro, amazon, direct, etc to carry fucking 500k of yeti stock?
Given Glenmore is a shit show sometimes (pre-covid) she may be right on time, definitely wrong on distance.This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Ever have to return anything to Valhalla? They have some nice stuff, particularly Big Agnes tents!This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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Julios was closed way before covid, tbh im surprised that place lasted as long as it did. If i recall right i went there about 15 years ago.This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
My brothers best friends cousins sisters boyfriends brothers aunts friend knows a guy who went to junior high with the owners and hes good at guessing so he thinks they will re openThis quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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Originally posted by sputnik
Cell providers are the next Blockbuster video stores.
MEC the only company that was building brick and mortar stores to expand in 2017-2020.
Should have focused on the digital experience. Free shipping, free returns.
More central warehouses to facilitate this. A lot of shipping could be had for the physical store and all the labour costs, etc.
Considering the south store was essentially just a referral for all things not clothing, definitely agree. Place had no stock and just referred you back down town anyway.This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote