Irvine Spectrum store closes

June 23rd, 2009, 8:18 am · 44 Comments · posted by Hang Nguyen, retail reporter

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The recently opened Concours Supercars store at the Irvine Spectrum Center closed last week, said Kelly Rose Pion, spokeswoman for Concours Motorcar Company, an Anaheim-based business that owned the store.

On June 10, the Irvine Company issued a press release regarding the opening. Just seven days later on June 17, the store closed. The store had only been opened for about two months.

“Concours Motorcar Company is experiencing issues with its facility in Anaheim, which has unexpectedly caused the company to alter its business operations,” Pion said. ”These issues have unfortunately had a significant impact on the Irvine Concours Supercars store.”

This was the first retail store for Concours. The shop spanned 6,000 square feet and was near Nordstrom and Target. It sold apparel and accessories from automotive brands, including Ferrari, Lamborghini, Porsche, Aston Martin, Shelby, Camaro and Corvette. Concours Supercars customers were also able to view showcased collector cars; purchase Techco performance parts; or test their skills on virtual pro car simulators.

The store was also owned by Anaheim-based company Techco Intl. Techco supplies ultra-high performance automotive parts and accessories. Concours buys, sells and consigns investment-grade cars, offers vehicle storage and designs and sells retail merchandise.

(Photo courtesy of Irvine Spectrum.)

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SundayGoHungry says:

June 23, 2009 at 9:01 am

That’s some good business planning there, Concours!

fisher says:

June 23, 2009 at 9:04 am

Irvine Spectrum store, about just 2 months, closes

I had to click on the story just to try and figure out what this headline actually meant. Seriously, who writes this stuff?

Kathy says:

June 23, 2009 at 9:09 am

I’m so glad I’m not the only one that had that reaction! I read the headline and could not for the life of me figure out what they were trying to say!
DanGarion says:

June 23, 2009 at 9:14 am

Everyone is an editor…
- *trent* says:
  
  June 23, 2009 at 9:57 am
  
  apparently not at the regsiter
note to self says:

June 23, 2009 at 9:15 am

Is it really that hard to find professional, lucid writers these days, or is the Register written by the staff of a nearby junior high school journalism class?
- meltdown says:
  
  June 23, 2009 at 9:41 am
  
  professional, writers are everywhere. Theres lots at OCregister.
  The question is, who can deliver at the speed of light..
  
  A few typos dont bug me. I rather have my news delivered in real-time. Speed has its advantages and disadvantages.
  
  If you dont like the writing of my beloved OCregister, then GTFO.
  cheers.
  - *trent* says:
    
    June 23, 2009 at 9:57 am
    
    are you joking? i hope so.
  - note to self says:
    
    June 23, 2009 at 10:13 am
    
    HAHAHA!
    
    It sounds like I hit a raw nerve!
    
    If you don’t like my opinions, then don’t read them.
  - meltdown says:
    
    June 23, 2009 at 10:36 am
    
    yea, you get on my nerves. Quit your whining. Try posting something of relevance.
  - *trent* says:
    
    June 23, 2009 at 10:39 am
    
    @meltdown: pointing out a shoddy headline and the lack of skilled writing at a newspaper, on said newspaper’s web site, is completely relevant. but i’m sure this point is lost on you since you think the register is full of professional writers.
  - note to self says:
    
    June 23, 2009 at 10:44 am
    
    Obviously then, “meltdown” is Hang Nguyen; the incompetant “writer” who put this story together (either that, or it’s his Mom.)
    
    Get used to this kind of criticism about your writing; you’ll be seeing it for the rest of your life unless you improve your writing and research skills.
    
    It would be refreshing if the Register staff was mature enough to actually own up to their mistakes, instead of attacking the few readers you have when they point out such obvious, front page flaws.
  - meltdown says:
    
    June 23, 2009 at 11:05 am
    
    u guys are unbelievable. you do have a point to the writing. But really, i dont think things will change. I think a few grammar and spelling errors dont bother me a bit.
    
    -Shoddy headlines
    - some bad writing.
    i dont completely disagree.
    
    I still find the articles informative. A++ for the info the register provides. I know you guys can agree on that.
    
    Btw im not the writer lol.
  - *trent* says:
    
    June 23, 2009 at 11:16 am
    
    @meltdown: no i don’t necessarily agree with that statement. i don’t think that this story warrants front page coverage. i think because the register is too cheap to pay legit writers and pay to staff a legit news room, the paper is left with this kind of small town community press release garbage. why should it matter to anyone that this one store went out of business at the spectrum? ok, maybe publish this is in the local irvine weekly throw away paper, but why put this on the front page of newspaper which claims to be a major daily, u.s. newspaper?
  - meltdown says:
    
    June 23, 2009 at 11:29 am
    
    Yea not the best front page article. But if you’re looking to buy commercial real estate, this article clearly supports the claim that commercial RE inventory will be skyrocketing.
    
    The article also shows Ferrari should be having a fire sale soon.
    
    btw did you hear about Porsche? Their financial standing is not so hot.
    
    Time to buy?
    
    The article is relevant, at least to me..
    carry on.
  - *trent* says:
    
    June 23, 2009 at 11:34 am
    
    @meltdown: that’s all purely conjecture on your part. perhaps from reading OTHER publications which may have done a through job reporting the facts. however, none of what you’re talking about is present in this ‘article’. it wasn’t researched well, written well, or put into context well… all of what makes a good journalist good.
    
    you seem to be missing the point.
    
    basically what you did was you took what you know about commercial real estate, porsche, and ferrari and applied it to this article. the writer did none of that. so no, this article is NOT relevant. perhaps it would have been if the writer had put it into the context that you did, but as we all know by know, the writer did not.
  - meltdown says:
    
    June 23, 2009 at 11:35 am
    
    trent,
    i also want to add, i like Register’s “small town community” approach to their articles. Its why i come here. Local news is what im all about. I love the little stories about oc that you cant find anywhere else. After all i do live here. As far as the national stuff, I dont read that stuff on this site. I go elsewhere.
  - meltdown says:
    
    June 23, 2009 at 11:41 am
    
    oh cummon trent. it IS relevant to ME. But garbage to you. Thats fine. It supports what i have been reading everywhere else. It HELPS me to connect the dots.
    
    btw the porche & RE article was on this site.
- *trent* says:
  
  June 23, 2009 at 9:46 am
  
  this is a problem across the entire o.c. register. it’s astonishing how poorly written, researched, and edited this newspaper is. not to mention, nearly every single ‘article’ is actually a blog entry. look at the front page news! it’s mostly links to blog entries. it’s extremely sad that this is what passes for ‘journalism’ today.
  - note to self says:
    
    June 23, 2009 at 10:19 am
    
    Why is it that other online newspapers can usually avoid the mistakes that the Rag makes? Is it because the Register isn’t willing to pay a salary adequate to retain professional writers, or is it simply because this is a minor league publication with no ambition to do better?
    
    If there are indeed “professional writers” at the Rag, then the paper does a very good job of keeping them hidden from the public.
  - *trent* says:
    
    June 23, 2009 at 10:37 am
    
    @note to self: i’m not able to reply to your last comment so i’ll reply here. you bring up very good points… i think it’s a mix of the two– the register lacks the ambition to be a better newspaper (it’s like they’ve surrendered to the l.a. times, which if i’m not mistaken has a higher circulation in orange county than the ocr!) and i think because they lack this ambition, then they don’t hire quality writers. basically they’ve got a bunch of interns blogging all day (aka rewriting press releases sent to them without much follow up or research). obviously the management would rather just make what little money they are making than invest in higher quality journalism.
    
    other newspapers do a fine job of balancing costs vs. desire for quality news. the register just isn’t one of them.
    
    i totally agree with you that if the register employs professional writers, then the management does a great job of hiding them. but really what this boils down to is what one is used to. if all you’ve ever really read is the oc register, only lived in orange county, and went to the mediocre schools here, then the register appears to be a professional, quality newspaper to you.
  - note to self says:
    
    June 23, 2009 at 10:52 am
    
    @*trent*,
    I think this issue says a lot about the management at the Register. “Real” newspapers don’t tolerate the level of sloppiness that we see every single day on this web site. The paper either needs to do some serious “house cleaning” and find people who are better qualified to run their day-to-day operations, or face the fact that the LA Times will eventually run the Register right out of the newspaper business.