{"id":10321,"date":"2017-09-25T14:33:01","date_gmt":"2017-09-25T14:33:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsroom.chainstoreguide.com\/?p=10321"},"modified":"2017-09-25T14:33:01","modified_gmt":"2017-09-25T14:33:01","slug":"bon-ton-struggles-time-to-ditch-the-amazon-lockers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/2017\/09\/bon-ton-struggles-time-to-ditch-the-amazon-lockers\/","title":{"rendered":"Bon-Ton Struggles: Time to Ditch the Amazon Lockers?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s no secret that <strong>The Bon-Ton Stores<\/strong>, <strong>Inc<\/strong>. has struggled in recent years. Operating at a loss since 2012, saddled with $800+ million in debt, and faced with plummeting same store sales, the <em>Wall Street Journal<\/em> reported recently that the company has hired restructuring firm PJT Partners and that the bankruptcy option is on the table. New President and CEO William Tracy has a lot on his plate, but one move that needs to be made is to rid his stores of those rarely-publicized Amazon Lockers tucked away in the back next to the restrooms and customer service desk.<\/p>\n<p>Recent <strong>Chain Store Guide<\/strong> market research on Amazon Lockers (which you can read more <a href=\"http:\/\/newsroom.chainstoreguide.com\/2017\/09\/mapping-the-amazon-locker-footprint-2\/\" target=\"_blank\">here <\/a>\u2013 and <a href=\"http:\/\/newsroom.chainstoreguide.com\/2017\/09\/friends-of-amazon-c-stores-and-supermarkets\/\"target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>) shows that of Bon-Ton\u2019s 260 department stores, 44 locations contain Amazon Lockers, including <strong>Bon-Ton<\/strong>, <strong>Boston Store<\/strong>, <strong>Carson\u2019s<\/strong>, <strong>Elder-Beerman<\/strong> and <strong>Herberger\u2019s<\/strong> stores. And of the 6,100 US apparel and department store chains in CSG\u2019s database, The Bon-Ton is the only apparel retailer or department store that currently partners with <strong>Amazon <\/strong>in its locker program.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<div class='tableauPlaceholder' id='viz1506364238597' style='position: relative'><noscript><a href='#'><img alt='Dashboard 2 ' src='https:&#47;&#47;public.tableau.com&#47;static&#47;images&#47;Bo&#47;BonTonAmazonLockerLocations&#47;Dashboard2&#47;1_rss.png' style='border: none' \/><\/a><\/noscript><object class='tableauViz'  style='display:none;'><param name='host_url' value='https%3A%2F%2Fpublic.tableau.com%2F' \/><param name='embed_code_version' value='2' \/><param name='site_root' value='' \/><param name='name' value='BonTonAmazonLockerLocations&#47;Dashboard2' \/><param name='tabs' value='no' \/><param name='toolbar' value='yes' \/><param name='static_image' value='https:&#47;&#47;public.tableau.com&#47;static&#47;images&#47;Bo&#47;BonTonAmazonLockerLocations&#47;Dashboard2&#47;1.png' \/><param name='animate_transition' value='yes' \/><param name='display_static_image' value='yes' \/><param name='display_spinner' value='yes' \/><param name='display_overlay' value='yes' \/><param name='display_count' value='yes' \/><\/object><\/div>\n<p>                <script type='text\/javascript'>                    var divElement = document.getElementById('viz1506364238597');                    var vizElement = divElement.getElementsByTagName('object')[0];                    vizElement.style.width='700px';vizElement.style.height='560px';                    var scriptElement = document.createElement('script');                    scriptElement.src = 'https:\/\/public.tableau.com\/javascripts\/api\/viz_v1.js';                    vizElement.parentNode.insertBefore(scriptElement, vizElement);                <\/script><\/p>\n<p>I don\u2019t want to put too fine a point on this, especially as <strong>Kohl\u2019s<\/strong> announced last week that it is expanding its partnership with Amazon by introducing a new (and also questionable) \u201cAmazon Returns at Kohl\u2019s\u201d program in the Chicago and Los Angeles markets. In an attempt to boost foot traffic, Kohl\u2019s will package and ship all Amazon returns from its stores for Amazon customers. Really.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, it\u2019s complicated. Bon-Ton\u2019s Amazon deal almost certainly included promises of revenue to be gained with a Bon-Ton storefront and Lightning Deals on Amazon. And Bon-Ton needs to look for solutions wherever it can find them. But the move, especially with its lack of marketing and publicity, seems like a tepid effort better consigned to the past as the company explores a more robust omni-channel strategy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Chain Store Guide\u2019s Apparel Store Locations Database<\/strong> and <strong>Department Store Locations Database<\/strong> contain a combined 71,000 geocoded store locations that our clients and customers rely on for their site selection, competitive analysis, mapping, merchandising, marketing and logistics needs. We can now also provide geocoded location data, street addresses and company listings for all 2,044 Amazon Lockers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s no secret that The Bon-Ton Stores, Inc. has struggled in recent years. Operating at a loss since 2012, saddled with $800+ million in debt, and faced with plummeting same store sales, the Wall Street Journal reported recently that the company has hired restructuring firm PJT Partners and that the bankruptcy option is on the&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/2017\/09\/bon-ton-struggles-time-to-ditch-the-amazon-lockers\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Bon-Ton Struggles: Time to Ditch the Amazon Lockers?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"post-template-no-sidebar.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-10321","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-apparel-department","tag-csg-exclusive","entry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10321","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10321"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10321\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10321"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10321"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10321"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}