The Good, the Bad & the Ugly: Cost Plus World Market | Warren Shoulberg

Because the final nameplate standing from what was once the mighty Bed Bath & Beyond empire, this model occupies an ill-defined area of interest within the market, but it appears to work. We stopped by the Greensboro, N.C. retailer lately to attempt to determine why.

The Good

At first, the shop is neat – not as in 1950’s ‘neato,’ however the housekeeping is excellent. Cabinets are full and shows are properly merchandised. Perhaps not all its shops are like this however most that we’ve stopped by are fairly comparable.

In an period when each retailer looks like it by no means met a sku it didn’t like, this retailer’s mixes had been edited and properly assorted. The towels had been particularly nicely merchandised, emphasizing fancies and textures quite than usual solids.

We favored the very intelligent vertical dec pillow fixture that took up nearly no flooring house however was extremely seen and, we wager, efficient on a sales-per-square-foot productiveness foundation. Dec pillow shows remind us of the outdated Pier 1 partitions.

The Unhealthy

We thought the shop is lacking a chance in bedding, particularly with the demise of its large brother BBB. If it introduced the identical technique it makes use of in bathtub, there could possibly be a number of bedding ensembles that stood out from the ocean of sameness buyers discover elsewhere.

The Ugly

OK, what’s the cope with these two nameplates? Most shops carry each names; don’t assume we’ve ever seen one with out the opposite. World Market appears to get the larger play. Why don’t they only settle it as soon as and for all? Right here’s a case the place one is best than two.