StreetLevel: Empty Nest in the South Slope
A thread on Brooklynian is atwitter with news that 7th Avenue housewares store Nest has flown the coop. The shop, between 12th and 13th streets, shuttered earlier this month. One Brooklynian commenter notes that the store “was one of the first places to grace the barren south slope strip,” while a few others contend that…
A thread on Brooklynian is atwitter with news that 7th Avenue housewares store Nest has flown the coop. The shop, between 12th and 13th streets, shuttered earlier this month. One Brooklynian commenter notes that the store “was one of the first places to grace the barren south slope strip,” while a few others contend that its goods were overpriced (“I’m sure they’ll find a nice new home in Soho”). Think the closure’s indicative of a tough retail environment in the South Slope in general?
Flown From Nest? What Happened? [Brooklynian] GMAP
Do you have mulitple personalities, 4:24.
You were goin strong and then went off the deep end.
Please do not shop at Duane Read at Flatbush and 7th. The pharmacist got into an argument with my wife’s doctor about some stupid paper work problem, the doctor practices at NY Hospital on the Upper East Side, He said in all his years practicing he had never had this problem. Plus they never have Vytorin in stock. Idiots. Shop at Mom and pop stores. They need your money. Duane Reade sucks.
Sorry to see NEST go, but you can probably blame it on the Landlord raising the rent. I know a 5th Ave merchant whose rent almost doubled one year, they had no choice but to raise the price for their services. They are still in business and god bless em.
MOMMY hang in there some day you will move to the suburbs when you realize how expensive it is to send you kid to private school good luck to you too. I love MOMMMYS. Bye to the hipsters because you are not hipsters at all you learn how to dress from MTV please go away with your piercings and tattoos,, please please you all look the same not very hip. boring. Now back to real estate, Wanna buy my brownstone? I am leaving..
pleez pleez pleez a starbucks!!!!
I’ve started doing a little comparison shopping myself lately.
Mainly on household items…shampoo, moisturizers, soap, etc.
As it turns out Duane Reade is NO cheaper than places like Super Savers and Neergaard Pharmacy in the neighborhood.
Prices on most things are almost the exact same and in fact Neergaard seems to be slightly cheaper on some things that Duane Reade. Super Savers about dead even with the Duane.
What I am saying is simple,
I prefer a local operator to run a good, efficient store that caters to the (ever changing) marketplace to a chain store – b/c since chain stores tend to have a ‘formula’ system they all look the same and are generally boring.
HOWEVER
As 3:31 said running a retail store is hard and unfortunatly it seems most merchants arent very good at it, and it isnt helped when rather then catering to the (larger) marketplace, they cater to their own personal asthetic.
People can post all they want about how they ‘hate’ chains and want eclectic, unique merchandise but the reality is for 90% of the population (especially the working, parenting kind) this desire only translates into sales AFTER they spend 90% of their discretionary income on the “basics” that they buy at the Container Stores, Duane Reeds, Costco’s et al….
So my point is simple – if you want to be a successful merchant (in a high traffic, high income= high rent area) you have to start selling more stuff that fits into that 90 percentile of spending and try to sell less of the stuff that fits into the 10%.
So either local merchants will figure this out or the national chains will move in….as far as I’m concerned recycled home furnishings, meteorite sculptures and doggie desserts stores is simply not a viable choice for the long run.
The store Matter on 5th Avenue, while somewhat similar to Nest has much better design offerings I think…very original stuff and they seem to change the merchandise out quite frequently.
I never go in there and don’t see about 10 things I want.
It’s still a little pricey, but the stuff is so unique that I never feel bad about paying up for it.
Poster 2:41 was on the money. Nest had some nice design merchendise but didn’t change it’s stock much and the prices were just too high. I wished they had included a few design pieces for the common man. Still, I hate to see it go.
Please don’t let it be replaced by a women’s clothing store!
agreed, 3:31.
5 years is a long time and it was a great store while it lasted.
this is one of those wonderful brownstoner moments when i can’t fugure out why people get so nasty.
it was a nice store. it’s closed now. we’re sorry to see it go and hopefully something else nice will replace it.
if we’re lucky, a non-chain.
Nest was open for at least 5 years, if not longer, so the person that said something negative about “make it for more than 2 years,” doesn’t know what they are talking about. Having a small, local retail business isn’t as easy as some of you may think. Kudos to them for giving it a good go, even if they missed the mark a little it’s better than another bank or real estate office.