All Sam's Club stores in Alaska are closing

The stores shut down early today and will open tomorrow @10AM local.

The stores will shut - permanently - on 26 Jan, 2018. 64 other stores in other States are being shuttered as well.

Guess tomorrow I'll be in stocking up on paper goods, tea and other non-shelf-life items. This hurts - given the cost of living in Alaska.

Another sign the ship is really sinking here?

 

Online shopping is murdering the box stores.

 

More opportunity for Costco, I never see a lack of customers when I go to Tucson (3 there, none here).

Rancher

 

No Sams around here and in the days of $4 plus gas it was foolish to go where they are.

 

Sam's and Costco both are on the opposite side of town from me, so no reason to bother getting a membership at either, as I can use Amazon and have the stuff delivered to me. I save a lot on not burning the gas.

 

Most are closing .
Just watch
NO CNN or MSNBS will post it out , Lets say 400K folks are TiTs UP & screwed .
They might also miss the unemployment stats . This is because they will say attrition BS .
Many were a 4 hr type , so PT & no bennies

 

Looks like shipping is the industry to be in, at least until they get those drones advanced enough.
I wonder how many people that will leave unemployed in Alaska? How will they support their families?

 

Read that 63 were closing, Anyone seen the list?

 

Have a Sam's here, never go. Been in the past, prices don't seem all that competitive, and I hate paying just to be able to give them my money.

 

Walmart is abruptly closing 63 Sam's Club stores and laying off thousands of workers

 

In our area, Costco always has 3 times the business that Sam's does. I am really surprised that the local Sam's is not on the closing list. I liked Sam's over Costco but then realized that Costco focused on healthier products and allowed all levels of membership to have access to the monthly specials.

 

Wally World killed all the small business of old.

MIA is Western Auto, a long time staple of small towns.

Western Auto - Wikipedia

 

Haven't been to Sams in several years
I do however like the huge buggys!

 

They are not closing the one near my future AO for now. It's pretty tough to compete with Amazon and Costco. Pre Amazon they had enough muscle to duke it out with Costco. Cheap fuel gives Amazon the edge.

 

We have other big Box stores here in town. One of the big impacts is the "Pick and Ship" service. Bush Alaska has few to no retail outlets and the ones that exist are expensive. Sam's allowed folks to place an order via the net and have it bulk shipped.

Sears is also closing their only retail store here as well - 'about' 500 jobs lost in total.

Alaska is losing people at a rate not seen since the 'pre-crash' days in 1982 - 84.....

 

Typical of a Boom Bust Environment.

Must be time to buy more land.

 

But, But, I thought there was gold in every creek?