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Originally Posted by OUIR@random
I wonder if Miniso is heading our way. This could be a nice new addition to our market. This China based but Japanese themed upscale "dollar store", no really, is in full expansion mode across Canada. It would be interesting to see it here, we haven't seen anything interesting retail-wise in our region for what seems like a long time... Maybe just maybe it could land at Champlain.
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Interesting article about them in
Retail-Insider today (which I'm sure prompted your question).
Since they want
500 locations in Canada within the next few years, I think it's a foregone conclusion they will have multiple locations in NB, and probably multiple locations in Moncton too.
Over years of observation, in general, once a retailer has about 100 locations in Canada, usually one of those (at least) is in Moncton. With 500 locations in the country, I would think at the very minimum we will see 2-3 locations in the city.
Real estate will likely be the limiting factor. As it stands now, there are appropriate vacant CRUs in the Northwest Centre, Wheeler Park, the Mapleton Centre and Champlain Place which could fill the bill.......