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To: Earlie who wrote (144042)	1/16/2002 9:56:58 AM
From: Bill/WA	Read Replies (4) of 436258

Bill/WA to uncle Earlie, Gotcha a report from my area [east side of the Olympic peninsula across Elliot Bay from Seattle] Kitsap county. Includes Bangor Nuc. Sub Base, Bremerton Naval shipyard, fu-fu Bainbridge Is. and a bedroom community for Seattle (whew!). Most shopping is done in the town of Silverdale with new and many up to date stores and malls. This is traffic AFTER XMAS as I believe most people will spend, spend, spend for Xmas regardless of their $$ condition (like my x-wife ;-) The huge Kitsap Mall - parking lot well below average. Pier 1 - empty. 4 month old Gateway store - empty since opening. Circuit City - employees busy playing video games on computers. Office Depot and brand new Staples - maybe 5 customers. Brand new BBY - "was" crowded before Xmas but now empty and many shelves remain empty (I think they acquired Dell's "On Time Inventory" software program and it told them to FORGET about restocking for future sales ;-) HD (Casa de Pot) below average even with sale prices. And last but not least, CostCo. I see a definite decline in customers and also their carts are not as full (people seem to be keeping more $$ in their pockets, realizing they don't need those gallon jars of marinated mushrooms!). I like to use CostCo as a bellweather because I feel people enter expecting to buy things they can use and consume but usually leave with stuff they'll never use or end up throwing away (a gallon of mayo ?!) One thing I have notice in all of these stores (except CostCo) even before Xmas is that they have drastically cut the number of employees. In my little town of Port Orchard a new Staples was built - its empty, and so Office Depot decided it needed to take over an empty Rite-Aid store in a strip mall across the street, to share the pain, I guess. I don't see how these 2 stores can remain open. Maybe Ben Henwood (if he's listening) can chirp in on the east side (Seattle, Belluvue, etc.) Best Bill/WA

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