Hello Kitty Coming to Universal

[Mad Dog]

^ That's interesting. At the same time, most kids are still in school. Perhaps June, July will be a different story.

Hopefully the kitty will purr by then.

 

[RevFreako]

Hopefully the kitty will purr by then.

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[Jon84]

Maybe it'll be a weekend and Holiday period hotspot!

 

[UNIrd]

We went into Hello Kitty for the first time last week. No one in the store but us. Next day we went again. Maybe two or three people besides us. So, I made it a point to go in every time we walked past the area, just curious to see what their business was like. So, we were there a for apx. 7 or 8 stops. Never saw more than a handful of people in the store. Of course, this wasn't a scientific sampling, but it sure looks like they're not doing very well.

So about the same as Lucy probably but I'm guessing they've moved a lot more merch.

 

[Mad Dog]

So about the same as Lucy probably but I'm guessing they've moved a lot more merch.

Heck, it was even less than Lucy, if that's possible. But, as you said, they probably moved more merch than Lucy. I would think though, if what I saw is trending, that they are disappointed in results thus far.

 

[GAcoaster]

The Hello Kitty stuff is higher ticket items. It won't take a lot of sales in a day to make it worth while.

 

[Mad Dog]

The Hello Kitty stuff is higher ticket items. It won't take a lot of sales in a day to make it worth while.

Oh yeah, the prices were definitely high. Revenue per sales ticket for sure.

 

[Galaxy Defender]

I have strolled through a couple of times on slower days and each time it had a decent number of customers inside. Same goes for the Betty side.

 

[Frank Drackman]

^ That's interesting. At the same time, most kids are still in school. Perhaps June, July will be a different story.

I still think my wife likes HK more than my daughter does and I just bring this up for, after meeting my wife, I was blown away by how much HK merchandise is produced that would appeal to adults way more than it would children (dresses, jewelry, purses).

 

[IOA Adven Guide]

Have they finished everything at this store yet? I was at Universal Orlando at the end of April and the store still had no audio. It was awkwardly quiet we didn't stay long.

 

[Macfr3ak]

I have to be completely honest I avoid this area all the time.. Well maybe not avoid but bypass lol I didn't even get a chance to look in or nearby

 

[quinnmac000]

How long do you think until Universal adds this to the park except in English?



or even better/worse depending who you are...

 

[Galaxy Defender]

Anyone know how Universal feels about sales at the store?

 

[Joel]

 

[Mad Dog]

Isn't he the so called Insider that said they were adding two extra minutes to the Hulk coaster during the refurb?

 

[Jwhee]

Universal News Today posted some great images of the interior of this store being demolished over night.

Appears that they’re removing the Hello Kitty theming each night after close.

 

[Nico]

Man this street really is getting some changes.

 

[belloq87]

I'm not in the demo for Hello Kitty merchandise, but I appreciated that it was a unique store. My concern with whatever might end up in this space and in the Prop Shop space is that we might be inching closer to the Disney approach of "every store has the same merchandise" (there are notable exceptions).

Other than flagship stores at the entrances of the parks and in CityWalk, I do sort of feel that each merchandise location should largely have merch that is only found in that spot.

 

[Cup_Of_Coffee]

I'm not in the demo for Hello Kitty merchandise, but I appreciated that it was a unique store. My concern with whatever might end up in this space and in the Prop Shop space is that we might be inching closer to the Disney approach of "every store has the same merchandise" (there are notable exceptions).

Other than flagship stores at the entrances of the parks and in CityWalk, I do sort of feel that each merchandise location should largely have merch that is only found in that spot.

I don’t think this will be a problem. Tribute store is different from other stores, and I expect this to be similiar.

People keep mentioning a bar… maybe a tribute like preview store, but instead of desserts, you get a bar?

 

[AlexanderMBush]

I don’t think this will be a problem. Tribute store is different from other stores, and I expect this to be similiar.

People keep mentioning a bar… maybe a tribute like preview store, but instead of desserts, you get a bar?

Osaka did something similar with SNW, having a rethemed store have both retail and dining as part of the pack. Maybe something similar?