Stay at old store, or Go to brand new store?

[Ringwraith917]

I just found out they're supposed to build a new Target 5 minutes from my home. I'm the receiver now at my store (15 minutes away) that I've been at for 20 years (from when it first opened).
Do you think I should stay at my current store which is very likely to suffer a significant drop in traffic, or go to the new store, where the store and team is untested and will have "new store" challenges?
Current job satisfaction level: 75% positive

Advice and experiences please.

 

[OneGoodEar]

I just found out they're supposed to build a new Target 5 minutes from my home. I'm the receiver now at my store (15 minutes away) that I've been at for 20 years (from when it first opened).
Do you think I should stay at my current store which is very likely to suffer a significant drop in traffic, or go to the new store, where the store and team is untested and will have "new store" challenges?
Current job satisfaction level: 75% positive

Advice and experiences please.

I can't give you an answer but I will give you a story that similarly happened to my store. Around 2003, Target decided to open up a shopping mall store about seven minutes/ two miles away from my store. It did put a dent in the traffic but it wasn't too bad.

In fact, the loss of sales really didn't hurt the store too much in the long run and actually rebound a little bit later on.

The receiver at the time did go to the new store (I believe he said it was easier for him but I could be wrong).

There was speculation that my store would close, despite being a cash cow.

One TL said it would close because it was last in the district which didn't make sense.

However, both stores have coexisted for over 20 years.

 

[FlowTeamChick]

Do you know who will be leadership at the new store? A few years ago, a new store opened in my area and I talked to HR about transferring. Then I found out that the TL I wanted to get away from was going to be a TL at the new store. Yikes. I rescinded my request.