RETAIL-NEWS HEADLINE OF THE WEEK SO FAR
(Thanks to -- prepare to be shocked -- Siouxie)
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Har!
Posted by: Hammond Rye | September 29, 2008 at 09:50 AM
get? or give?
Posted by: crossgirl | September 29, 2008 at 09:58 AM
Well I'm shocked, Dave. Gobsmacked, even.
Posted by: Siouxie | September 29, 2008 at 10:02 AM
"The latest RFP builds on earlier versions of the plan that have circulated since Sitt bought the site in 2005 for $40 million."
I thought at first this was good news, but that's out of my price range.
Posted by: padraig | September 29, 2008 at 10:07 AM
Red Hook is definitely an up and coming neighborhood.
Posted by: Meanie the Blue | September 29, 2008 at 10:16 AM
I definitely sat up straight upon reading that article
Posted by: Erb's point | September 29, 2008 at 10:29 AM
Brooklyn is on the cutting edge in figuring out ways to boost retail traffic.
Posted by: Braniff | September 29, 2008 at 10:30 AM
As erotica goes, I found this story to be a little dry....
Can't quite put my finger on what's missing, but it's lacking something.
Posted by: clark Kent | September 29, 2008 at 10:30 AM
for the love of pete, don't they have an editor?
Posted by: nora | September 29, 2008 at 10:32 AM
While Sitt’s company, Thor Equities, said it has not reached a deal with BJ’s and would not comment about the “request for proposals”
Surely they're getting plenty of proposals...
Posted by: Siouxie | September 29, 2008 at 10:36 AM
I just hope this deal doesn't blow up in their face.
Posted by: Siouxie | September 29, 2008 at 10:38 AM
For others, opposition was in full bloom.
(Clearly, the climax of the story)
Posted by: Erb's point | September 29, 2008 at 10:41 AM
Headline, indeed.
And I was shocked - SHOCKED! - to learn who sent this in.
Posted by: Meanie the Blue | September 29, 2008 at 10:49 AM
Me too, Meanie.
Siouxie, apropos of nothing, but this story reminds me of last night's episode of True Blood on HBO, IYKWIM (AIKTYD).
Posted by: Jeff Meyerson | September 29, 2008 at 11:02 AM
Siouxie, what were you doing searching for hookers and BJs when you Stumbled Upon™ this?
Posted by: Bãrön vønKlýff | September 29, 2008 at 11:04 AM
Jeff, what does the second K in your acronym stand for? Just askin'.
Posted by: Bãrön vønKlýff | September 29, 2008 at 11:05 AM
whut?
I'll admit the head(heh!)line caught my attention, Mean one.
Posted by: Siouxie | September 29, 2008 at 11:10 AM
Well, that's a twist . . .
Posted by: Mahatma Kane Jeeves ‹(•¿•)› | September 29, 2008 at 11:34 AM
Sometimes I wonder what you people (and by that I mean, you people) are googling!
Posted by: Margaritaville | September 29, 2008 at 11:34 AM
Brooklyn really does have a lot to offer.
Posted by: Meanie the Blue | September 29, 2008 at 11:48 AM
"BJ’s Wholesale Club, a big-box store..."
Oh, man. Morning just doesn't get any better than this. I'm just hoping it's surrounded by woods.
Posted by: Diva | September 29, 2008 at 12:08 PM
I think Mike MacLaughlin can die a happy man, after that Headline of a Lifetime.
Posted by: Diva | September 29, 2008 at 12:09 PM
"Big box retail" - you'd think they'd get it ho'sale.
Posted by: Annie Where-but-here | September 29, 2008 at 12:12 PM
I like big box, I cannot lie...
Posted by: Annie Where-but-here | September 29, 2008 at 12:21 PM
I was amused by the comment box, with a TOS saying that you promise not to post sexually oriented material.
Also note the "similar stories", with headlines like "Red Hook: Hookers lining up for their BJs"
Posted by: JimJ | September 29, 2008 at 12:35 PM
LOL @ Annie's ho'sale!
Jeff, I've never seen that show but my sister loves it.
Braniff, just doing a little retail research ;-)
I do get a proud smile on my face whenever we do go by a BJ's and my daughters snicker.
Posted by: Siouxie | September 29, 2008 at 12:36 PM
"and create — by 2011 — a 40-feet-wide public esplanade along the water’s edge of the Beard Street property next door to the recently opened Ikea."
What is an esplanada and why do I feel like I'm listening to Ricky Ricardo?
Posted by: Schadeboy | September 29, 2008 at 12:39 PM
LOL Jim. I particularly like "BJ's on tap for Red Hookers"
A bit discriminating, doncha think??? What about Blue Hookers??
Posted by: Siouxie | September 29, 2008 at 12:40 PM
Schade - Ohhh Luuuuucyyyyy, ju gots son esplanadin' tu du?
I know what an empanada is.
Posted by: Siouxie, channeling Ricky | September 29, 2008 at 12:43 PM
*snork* @ Schadeboy & Siouxie - it's an overpriced yuppie dock.
Posted by: Annie Where-but-here | September 29, 2008 at 12:53 PM
The headline's just a gag, right?
Posted by: Layzeeboy | September 29, 2008 at 12:54 PM
Maybe they'll put one of these in.
Posted by: Annie Where-but-here | September 29, 2008 at 12:59 PM
I find that hard to swallow, Layzee.
Posted by: Siouxie, channeling Ricky | September 29, 2008 at 01:00 PM
Possibly, and you just know they'll make a BIG deal about how great it'll be to put it in there, only to have the reality not match up to the hype.
*chokesnork* @ Layzee.
Posted by: Diva | September 29, 2008 at 01:02 PM
Some headline writer at The Brooklyn Paper is pushing the envelope something fierce...counting this article that's at least three headlines on that theme...
Posted by: cspencef | September 29, 2008 at 01:03 PM
*wonders whether they will lay the foundation for BJ's or if the Beard Street project will go down swingin'*
Posted by: Annie Where-but-here | September 29, 2008 at 01:12 PM
Annie...they're gonna need bigger knee pads.
Posted by: Siouxie | September 29, 2008 at 01:26 PM
I'll let you esplanade that one, Siouxie.
Posted by: Annie Where-but-here | September 29, 2008 at 01:36 PM
Um...my lips are sealed, Annie.
Posted by: Siouxie | September 29, 2008 at 02:03 PM
I've seen these arguments before. Pretty soon it turns to blows. Then someone takes a lickin'. But it'll all come out even in the end.
Posted by: Hammond Rye | September 29, 2008 at 02:18 PM
sealed with caulk?
Posted by: Annie Where-but-here | September 29, 2008 at 02:19 PM
*spitsnork* @ Annie & Hammie!
um...
Posted by: Siouxie | September 29, 2008 at 02:21 PM
*Waves @ Siouxie!!!*
Posted by: Hammond Rye | September 29, 2008 at 02:31 PM
Waves @ Hammie!
Posted by: Annie Where-but-here | September 29, 2008 at 02:35 PM
*WAVES back @ Hammie!!!*
(psssssst...Hammie see previous thread for your
blowup dollwave)Posted by: Siouxie | September 29, 2008 at 02:38 PM
*waits patiently for Hammie's wave back*
Posted by: Annie Where-but-here | September 29, 2008 at 03:03 PM
*still waiting patiently*
Posted by: Annie Where-but-here | September 29, 2008 at 03:32 PM
Huh? Whaa... Oh, sorry. *Waves @ Annie!!!*
Posted by: Hammond Rye | September 29, 2008 at 03:34 PM
Just in time too, Hammie. She was asking to borrow my machete.
Posted by: Siouxie | September 29, 2008 at 03:39 PM
Annie, where did you get that pic of my mom? I thought I destroyed all of those.
Posted by: random thunking | September 29, 2008 at 04:37 PM
It was on the wall of the Red Hook post office.
*resists urge to make another BJ big box joke*
Posted by: Annie Where-but-here | September 29, 2008 at 04:48 PM
Yes, Mike is McLaughlin over that headline, I'm sure.
Posted by: Cat R | September 29, 2008 at 08:43 PM