Comments on: RED BANK TO BIZ OWNERS: STAY OPEN LATER

By: Pizza Man

Pizza Man — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 14:42:27 +0000

I totally agree with you “family man”.
I remember when Starbucks opened and was told that the owner of No Ordinary Joe’s was concerned that it would kill his business….yet he closes early and Starbucks is packed when I walk by. Maybe I’m missing something!

By: family man

family man — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 18:47:32 +0000

Actually, there is a more community-positive reason to keep shops open. I have told my teenage kids that they are to avoid Monmouth Mall at all costs (hard to do w/ teens)..we have actually had some fun family evenings including a movie at the White St. theatre, coffee at Starbucks, and browsing the crazy merchandise at Funk N S. This reminds me of growing up in europe, where my aunts and grandparents and I would stroll shops until 9:00, followed by a family get together over coffee/dessert. The kids/elders stuck together more. I would love to see more of this approach to family life..

By: Jason

Jason — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 17:31:26 +0000

@JM
Imagine what the native americans think when they see red bank! Change is inevitable, deal with it. If moved here from the city but that doesn’t mean I shopped at expensive stores I just like things open a little later. I knew they weren’t when I moved here but It would be attractive to me if they were, that’s all.

By: JM

JM — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 17:11:17 +0000

I was back in Red Bank a few months ago. Couldn’t wait to get out. The town that I knew and loved made me feel claustrophobic. It felt more like a miniature New York City than the small quiet neat little town it used to be. I’m not sure exactly what happened, or when, but it sure no longer feels like home anymore. What a shame.

By: red bank old timer

red bank old timer — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 15:36:01 +0000

SHOP IN RED BANK NOT THE AVERAGE JOE…USE TO LOVE THE STORES LIKE VOGELS, RUBY LANE, LEARNERS, NATIONAL SHOES, MILES, STEINBACHS, PROWNS ALL GONE AND NO WHERE TO SHOP BUT THE MALLS AND HIGHWAYS…..

By: brokefromrbtaxes

brokefromrbtaxes — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 18:25:42 +0000

economic schmeconomics-still can’t afford jimmy choo shoes at Coco Pari or martini’s at Red whether it is 10 AM or 10 PM. Menna the magician-find some store that we can afford.
Did ya check out the prices at Urban Outfitters for the kids? pretty high if you ask me.
I think I’ll shop in the other more affordable surrounding towns like Eatontown and Middletown

By: Brian

Brian — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 15:13:30 +0000

THis is basic economics. Riverview blew this idea out of the water 5 yrs ago when I proposed it at a town council meeting.

The majority of people who come to Red Bank to shop come after work, those who actually work in Red Bank are typically transient.

Why waiste time opening at 10am when your buyer come in at 8 PM after diner. The stores need to look at their sales record on an hourly basis year over year.

By: STOP!

STOP! — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 13:33:25 +0000

the question here is what kind of deal did Menna make with Urban Outfitters…For him to say “They do it the right way” is a slap in the face of all the business owners in town. He knows, and Urban Outfitters knows they need the help of the other business owners to survive, or it will fail. What type of tax insentive did that company get to move to Red Bank..Menna just worried about his empty promises “he made”…

By: fred alex blumberg

fred alex blumberg — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 06:05:44 +0000

My partner and I had a Penny Candy toys gifts and coffee shop in the mini mall in the 1990’sand did fairly well especially at night when others where closed and people where looking for something to do and buy, people love to buy and impress others when out together or after a few cocktails… I had always stated that if others stayed open at night than it would eventually bring in the “mall” crowd and a more regular crowd… Unfortunatley at the time miss Sharon Rivera was the “Mayoress” of Dead Bank and Miss thing at the Barbizon and the Karate school thought we were a “BAD INFLUENCE” on the pupils and our lease was not renewed…. We in turn moved to West End where a more sophisticated and enlightened crowd became our best friends and we still stayed open till all hours day and night doing what retailers do, and my late grandfather Bill Doc Fogelson (Rumson Pharmacy 1929-1976) taught me “Kiss your customers ass give em what they need anytime day or night” Menna knows that cause Ive known him for 30 years.
fred A Blumberg

By: brokefromrbtaxes

brokefromrbtaxes — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 23:40:25 +0000

doesn’t matter whether the store are open in the morning,afternoon or midnight-i can’t afford to shop at most of the places anyway.
my wife can’t afford to shop weekly or monthly at coco pari and i can’t afford an oriental rug at either of the 2 places selling them. I don’t have a private broker at Merrill lynch so i don’t go into their place. I can’t afford the stupid ,high prices “doggies in the window “at that Bark avenue place. The only place I can afford is the broadway diner and a beer at brannigans.
let me know where the middle class are to shop on broad street mr. menna-the rich lawyer with a fancy mercedes benz?
I shop at food town and look for coupons. I bring my laundry to the cheapest place for cleaning suits. I like looking at the store stuff and like that they are open but I will not be able to buy shoes for my wife that cost $ 400 bucks plus. Maybe they need to stay open to find the moron at 9 PM drunk off their butt, falling out of Red or Downtown looking for Jimmy Choo Shoes.
Please Mr. Mayor Mensa-attract some stores downtown that us Red Bank residents can shop at.
I wish I could but I can’t shop downtown so who cares if their open or not!