JungleSkip
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In late January 2020 Dave @Disneyhead called this. Good detective work Dave. :thumbsup:Our article
A new Universal Studios Store is coming to CityWalk at Universal Orlando, billed as Universal's new "Premier Retail Experience".
New Universal Studios Store coming to CityWalk Orlando
After months of speculation, we finally have confirmation that a new Universal Studios Store is coming to CityWalk at Universal Orlando. Several pieces of concept art can now be seen around the construction walls, giving us our first look at Universal's new "Premier Retail Experience". Thwww.insideuniversal.net
Lol, you may not like them, but they pay the billsMinions room.
(JK, store will probably be better than the one we have now)
The main Universal store in the park sort of has sections. There’s a stationary section and kitchen section, plus hats, etc. but then they also group by franchise.Not a criticism, but I'm always amused how theme parks tend to gravitate toward grouping products by IPs (Minion mugs, Minion kids shirts, Minion hats, Minion adult shirts) whereas basically every other retail outlet on the planet groups things by product types (mugs over here, kids clothes over there, hats, adult clothes).
It would be like going into Autozone and having to cut across the Ford section to get to the Toyota section.
I feel like Potter accelerated the idea of hyper-grouped merchNot a criticism, but I'm always amused how theme parks tend to gravitate toward grouping products by IPs (Minion mugs, Minion kids shirts, Minion hats, Minion adult shirts) whereas basically every other retail outlet on the planet groups things by product types (mugs over here, kids clothes over there, hats, adult clothes).
It would be like going into Autozone and having to cut across the Ford section to get to the Toyota section.
Saw this on the OI group! Got unnecessarily excited about it
Walls are down today, but the store is not yet open...
Why take the walls down with so much exterior finish work left to do?
I don't think so. It almost looks like they just decided to suspend construction during this spring break weekI was thinking the same thing. They don’t do marketing vids for new stores right?
Why take the walls down with so much exterior finish work left to do?
That corridor got pretty cramped even back in September. I can't imagine how it's been lately.Turning that corner to USF was getting a bit chaotic, especially as we head into Easter weekend. Need all the space they can safely use now considering they are trying to still mandate social distancing rules.