Any decent new retail in the city is fine with me. New retail around here usually means crappy party stores, wig shops and African hair braiding places. Try finding a hardware store to get a key made or a jewelry store to get a battery for your watch.
I am excited by this. I wish a couple of Targets and Walmarts would also open. But I love Meijer. And I know that everyone hates lowly retail jobs. Except those who have them. I am happy there will be hundreds of new jobs and a new taxpaying business.
First step towards other major retailers is proving the myth that the entire store will be stolen wrong. If Meijer can show that their 8/Woodward location, as well as the new location, are not shoplifting magnets, but rather profit magnets, you can bet more businesses will be swooping in for their piece of the pie.
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