You can't help think, as you walk through this gigantic store with its optimistic orange You Can Do It banners, that you may be observing the first glimpse of a soon-to-be-bygone era when everyone thought homes were risk-free investments.
"Our impression is that Mayor Bloomberg's focus is on Target, Home Depot, huge gigantic box stores.
Alan Bean, the astronaut who was the fourth person to walk on the moon; Michael McCurry, a White House spokesman under President Clinton; Connecticut's own Stew Leonard Jr., the operator of the gigantic dairy stores.
"With store closings by Penney's and Ward's taking place at the same time, you are going to see gigantic empty stores in malls, all on the market at the same time," said Larry Gottlieb, who runs the bankruptcy department at the law firm of Kronish Lieb Weiner and Hellman in New York.
It's seriously a sight to behold, especially if you've only been in the gigantic Best Buy stores before.
Ebay CEO John Donahoe today described how the e-commerce giant is moving further into the world of offline commerce, using mobile technology to do it: the company is planning a partnership with a retailer that will create a "pop up" shop with a gigantic touchscreen store window.
Their next business venture, scheduled to open later this year in the Flatiron district, is Eataly -- a merger of eat and Italy -- which he likens to "a gigantic grocery store".
Other creaky perennial questions… Not to be overshadowed by the start of baseball season, the N.F.L. last week opened a gigantic retail store, off Bryant Park, and unveiled its… "Ooooh, socks on!
Not to be overshadowed by the start of baseball season, the N.F.L. last week opened a gigantic retail store, off Bryant Park, and unveiled its new uniforms, which were designed by Nike.
