My heart nearly stopped when I read the news. Walmart is closing some of its stores between midnight and 6 AM. The company says it needs the time to make sure the stores are ready, and present a great experience for shoppers.
Regular blog readers know I live in an alternate universe-- sleep all day, work all night. I keep the same schedule on my days off. I've found that one schedule is easier to handle than trying to live normally for a couple of days, then going back on the all-nighter. Needless to say, 24 hour stores help me get by.
So far, two stores in my territory will be closed all night-- Wilkes-Barre and Mount Pocono. I suspect they're problem properties for the company.
I quizzed my spies at a couple of other stores in my orbit. They're not on the closing list, but they could be if the Mount Pocono and Wilkes-Barre experiments are a success. The added that the stores see a fair amount of business overnights, and closing for six hours would cost the company a lot of money.
Look, I can live without a 24 hour Walmart. There are a couple of other 24 hour options near by, but they cost more and they don't have everything Walmart has.
#ModernProblems.