WalleyeWonder wrote:
They are obviously very dumb at their competition/elimination motivated store placement. Why would they put it near the Bass Pro when there is only 1 in Ontario?.... would it not make more sense in Kingston or Durham to target Vaughn Bass pro's untapped market?.. It could easily compete with Sail in Durham but.... Bass Pro, and Cabelas are both very similar stores.... Sail is a bit different. Just my opinion.
Although it makes sense to you and I that they have a large chain outdoor store in Kingston, it makes little sense to the large company to build one.
You see, they have a mathamatical formula to determine store placement. Large chain stores need "X thousand" population with "X thousand" dollars per capita income living within "X" square kilometers to even consider building a store.
It's no matter that a larger percentage of the community's per capita income is spent on outdoor gear, or the fact that several times the percentage of population in one area VS another participates in outdoor activities, or even the fact that a store in Kingston would draw from an extremely large area. What matters is that this "economic profiling" formula
IS proven to work, Kingston does not fit it's criteria, and the investors in big chain stores are not willing to take a "risk" on Kingston.
So long story short, for better or for worse, don't expect a big chain store between Ottawa and Oshawa anytime soon. Appreciate the stores we DO have locally. For the most part they have what we need, we don't have to wade chest deep through frills, and whats more, the money we spend generally stays in the community... although it is nice to take a yearly pilgrimage to the big camoflage box store.
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