YOBS robbed 4 times since opening 2 months ago.. told to call WSUPD for help.

[Spartan]

These are temporary pop-ups. There's no chance in hell that chain retailers are looking at the relative crime rates in some weekend Holiday display.

Why not? It's a retail store with an inventory, why does it matter how long it's there? Somerset has stuff in other parts of the year as well, not just holidays. If a Moosejaw can go 2 full months without being robbed, shouldn't that be encouraging to other shops looking to come downtown? Why would a grocery store almost a mile away be a better reference?

[Bham1982]

Why not? It's a retail store with an inventory, why does it matter how long it's there?
Because it has nothing to do with retailing or market demand. Why would they care?

They've had the downtown pop-ups for the last two years because Gilbert called Metro area bigshots for favors. The Forbes family, which ownes Somerset, is doing it for basically civic-minded purposes.

Somerset has stuff in other parts of the year as well, not just holidays. If a Moosejaw can go 2 full months without being robbed, shouldn't that be encouraging to other shops looking to come downtown? Why would a grocery store almost a mile away be a better reference?

If you're saying that downtown businesses would be a better reference than midtown businesses, then I agree. Obviously closer is better. But, again, Moosejaw isn't a downtown business. It's a seasonal civic display. Ask Henry the Hatter or whatever else survives downtown.

Businesses want to make money. They don't care about holiday pop-ups by civic-minded bigshots.

[Spartan]

They've had the downtown pop-ups for the last two years because Gilbert called Metro area bigshots for favors. The Forbes family, which ownes Somerset, is doing it for basically civic-minded purposes.



If you're saying that downtown businesses would be a better reference than midtown businesses, then I agree. Obviously closer is better. But, again, Moosejaw isn't a downtown business. It's a seasonal civic display. Ask Henry the Hatter or whatever else survives downtown.

Businesses want to make money. They don't care about holiday pop-ups by civic-minded bigshots.

If you're arguing they're not going to look at them in terms of business viability and possible future success that's probably true, but I fail to see how that matters when we're talking about crime, safety and theft prevention. Obviously, other full time stores would be good [[or better) to look at as well [[Henry the Hatter, Wig Shop, Simmons & Clark, etc).