|
Cowslips Warren posted:Anyone else been to their local 99 Cent Store lately? Mine has dropped the idea of being a dollar store and has lots of poo poo ranging from $2 to loving $20. I guess that the signs say $19.99 "it's still 99 cents!" makes it better? Does anyone actually go to the dollar store, see a lovely $20 Inside Out doll and decide, why yes, I need a talking Anger doll! Dollar Tree is still a dollar. I go there for poster supplies, balloons, and lovely greeting cards for lovely people. If you go someplace like Family Dollar, it says dollar in the name, but it's not actually a dollar store. And the talking Anger doll is awesome BTW.
|
#
?
Apr 3, 2017 14:53
|
|
|
|
| # ? May 10, 2024 13:15 |
|
|
I was at a resort a few weeks ago - they had Dammit Dolls at the spa. Look like voodoo dolls, $10, good for relieving stress.
|
|
#
?
Apr 3, 2017 15:06
|
|
|
Solice Kirsk posted:Its super blatant and will never be illegal because there's too much money at stake. America.txt
|
|
#
?
Apr 3, 2017 15:26
|
|
|
The times has an article on our favorite thing to complain about https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/01/opinion/sunday/jerks-and-the-start-ups-they-ruin.html?smid=fb-nytimes&smtyp=cur
|
|
#
?
Apr 3, 2017 16:45
|
|
|
there wolf posted:The times has an article on our favorite thing to complain about https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/01/opinion/sunday/jerks-and-the-start-ups-they-ruin.html?smid=fb-nytimes&smtyp=cur the HN tears are deeeeelicious
|
|
#
?
Apr 3, 2017 17:15
|
|
|
I didn't read all the comments but I'm guessing 99% men 80% bros.
|
|
#
?
Apr 3, 2017 22:17
|
|
|
RandomPauI posted:I didn't read all the comments but I'm guessing 99% men 80% bros. Aspirational bros.
|
|
#
?
Apr 3, 2017 22:19
|
|
|
Subjunctive posted:Aspirational bros. These dudes would get kicked out the party for not smelling like Cool Water, ie, smelly tech wanna-bros
|
|
#
?
Apr 4, 2017 00:30
|
|
|
Someone is an accelerationist. Former KMart president named CEO of Pier 1 http://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory/president-kmart-lead-texas-based-pier-imports-46569488
|
|
#
?
Apr 4, 2017 18:26
|
|
|
The Payless ShoeSource chain is filing for bankruptcy and closing 400 stores
|
|
#
?
Apr 4, 2017 22:29
|
|
|
FlamingLiberal posted:The Payless ShoeSource chain is filing for bankruptcy and closing 400 stores Where will my wife buy cheap overseas shoes!,,,!
|
|
#
?
Apr 5, 2017 00:48
|
|
|
Wells Fargo lost the first of its whistleblower decisions with 5 million to the victim plus they have to rehire him. The bank is repealing the ruling, but they still have to hire the guy back regardless. How awkward is that first day going to be?Burt Sexual posted:Where will my wife buy cheap overseas shoes!,,,! As opposed to expensive overseas shoes? Almost all shoes are made in China.
|
|
#
?
Apr 5, 2017 01:25
|
|
|
Krispy Kareem posted:Wells Fargo lost the first of its whistleblower decisions with 5 million to the victim plus they have to rehire him. The bank is repealing the ruling, but they still have to hire the guy back regardless. How awkward is that first day going to be? Lies
|
|
#
?
Apr 5, 2017 01:27
|
|
|
How does that work, exactly? Is he like, immune to firing now? I imagine that they can trump up some poo poo to fire him the way most jobs can.
|
|
#
?
Apr 5, 2017 01:51
|
|
|
Burt Sexual posted:Where will my wife buy cheap overseas shoes!,,,! They were literally the only shoe store in my area that carried shoes in my size. At least until they closed the local store about six months ago.
|
|
#
?
Apr 5, 2017 01:56
|
|
|
GrandpaPants posted:How does that work, exactly? Is he like, immune to firing now? I imagine that they can trump up some poo poo to fire him the way most jobs can. Mostly, yeah. They can fire him, but they have to give him multiple bad reviews and put him on an action plan first. They can't just fire him on the spot or downsize any department he is assigned to without OSHA coming after them.
|
|
#
?
Apr 5, 2017 02:00
|
|
|
GrandpaPants posted:How does that work, exactly? Is he like, immune to firing now? I imagine that they can trump up some poo poo to fire him the way most jobs can. You'd think they'd just have to pay damages and lost wages, but if they really do have to rehire him then I hope he goes in everyday with a huge grin on his face and emails the CEO a daily tongue in cheek thank you note.
|
|
#
?
Apr 5, 2017 02:01
|
|
|
GrandpaPants posted:How does that work, exactly? Is he like, immune to firing now? I imagine that they can trump up some poo poo to fire him the way most jobs can.
|
|
#
?
Apr 5, 2017 02:02
|
|
|
Seriously, how,does,one go from heading Kmart to,a failing pier 1?
|
|
#
?
Apr 5, 2017 02:04
|
|
|
Azathoth posted:Unless he's powerfully stupid, once the lawsuit is settled for good, he'll leave the company as fast as possible. Or just invest the 5 million and ride that dying horse to the ground.
|
|
#
?
Apr 5, 2017 20:33
|
|
|
How about that soft drink you order when the place you're at doesn't server Coke? Pepsi created an ad campaign featuring Kendall Jenner that is so bad and tone-deaf, they had to apologize and pull it hours later after a huge amount of backlash. https://twitter.com/pepsi/status/849679114416115714 The ad: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dA5Yq1DLSmQ
|
|
#
?
Apr 5, 2017 20:48
|
|
|
Krispy Kareem posted:As opposed to expensive overseas shoes? Almost all shoes are made in China. Some shoes are definitely expensive. Are saying those ones are all made in the US?
|
|
#
?
Apr 5, 2017 21:24
|
|
|
Subjunctive posted:Some shoes are definitely expensive. Are saying those ones are all made in the US? Does Italy make shoes? I thought that was a thing like Swiss watches
|
|
#
?
Apr 5, 2017 21:41
|
|
|
Italy and Spain make awesome shoes. Go buy a pair of Magnanni's.
|
|
#
?
Apr 5, 2017 21:44
|
|
|
If you're spending over $300 a pair you can find non-Chinese shoes. But otherwise you're stuck with New Balance or Birkenstock. I don't know of any other shoes made here or Europe at the sub-$300 price point. LL Bean and Redwing make boots here though. There might be others, but that's all I've seen. Shoes are one of those items that aren't cheap, but whose production still got shipped overseas while not really getting any cheaper. I remember reading an entry in Reagan's diaries where he fretted about allowing more shoe imports into the market, so it wasn't that long ago that footwear was made here.
|
|
#
?
Apr 5, 2017 23:30
|
|
|
Panera Bread was purchased by the parent company that owns Krispy Kreme for $7 billion. Not sure if Panera has been struggling but I assume it must have been
|
|
#
?
Apr 6, 2017 00:20
|
|
|
Chippewa makes some pretty great boots, 
|
|
#
?
Apr 6, 2017 00:30
|
|
|
FlamingLiberal posted:Panera Bread was purchased by the parent company that owns Krispy Kreme for $7 billion. Not sure if Panera has been struggling but I assume it must have been Why do you assume that? You think they were undervalued?
|
|
#
?
Apr 6, 2017 00:32
|
|
|
FlamingLiberal posted:Panera Bread was purchased by the parent company that owns Krispy Kreme for $7 billion. Not sure if Panera has been struggling but I assume it must have been They're buying them and taking them private, so they're forcibly buying out all the shareholders. I don't know if they've been struggling either, but when you take a company private you're usually expecting the company's value to go up.
|
|
#
?
Apr 6, 2017 01:06
|
|
|
Subjunctive posted:Why do you assume that? You think they were undervalued? He just knew they've been bought and came to that conclusion based on ????????????
|
|
#
?
Apr 6, 2017 01:24
|
|
|
Recently a bunch of clothing stores have been doing badly and some of them- Gap, J. Crew, Ann Taylor, Coldwater Creek- have closed stores near me. Part of this is because of bad design (Banana Republic made an unwearable blazer), some of it is because more women are going to fast fashion stores like H&M and Forever 21. I'm pretty immaturely happy about this because for once it's not my fault I don't like any clothes and nothing fits me. Is this symptomatic of a bigger trend in clothes shopping, particularly for women's clothing? Or will things go back to how they were once these stores get themselves sorted out?
|
|
#
?
Apr 6, 2017 01:41
|
|
|
It seems like 90% of the poo poo in any women's clothing section is stuff I never see anyone wearing, so fixing that would go a long way. There's too much weird poo poo with in-fashion-for-two-seconds cuts and bizarre layering, and not enough basic/classic pieces. Although the other part is that(like with most retail) people flat-out don't have the money to buy as much as they used to. No easy way to fix that. 
|
|
#
?
Apr 6, 2017 01:50
|
|
|
Haifisch posted:It seems like 90% of the poo poo in any women's clothing section is stuff I never see anyone wearing, so fixing that would go a long way. There's too much weird poo poo with in-fashion-for-two-seconds cuts and bizarre layering, and not enough basic/classic pieces. Tax breaks to corporations and trickle down economics, noob.
|
|
#
?
Apr 6, 2017 02:35
|
|
|
Krispy Kareem posted:If you're spending over $300 a pair you can find non-Chinese shoes. But otherwise you're stuck with New Balance or Birkenstock. I don't know of any other shoes made here or Europe at the sub-$300 price point. Allen Edmonds makes shoes in the US, I picked up a pair of black dress shoes from the Shoe Bank for $150.
|
|
#
?
Apr 6, 2017 03:11
|
|
|
Panera seems to be doing well. Though I'm mad that they converted all the Paradise Bakery's to Panera. They completely gutted Paradise's confectioneries.
|
|
#
?
Apr 6, 2017 04:23
|
|
|
Cracked did a video a few months back where a woman complained about how impractical women's clothing was and how she was going to switch to men's clothing. Little does she realize that men's fashion is going the same way as a cost cutting measure.
|
|
#
?
Apr 6, 2017 04:34
|
|
|
trickybiscuits posted:Recently a bunch of clothing stores have been doing badly and some of them- Gap, J. Crew, Ann Taylor, Coldwater Creek- have closed stores near me. Part of this is because of bad design (Banana Republic made an unwearable blazer), some of it is because more women are going to fast fashion stores like H&M and Forever 21. I'm pretty immaturely happy about this because for once it's not my fault I don't like any clothes and nothing fits me. Gap, J. Crew, and Banana Republic all had the same problem - decreased demand due to workplaces going casual and off-duty wear going ultra-casual (can you imagine wearing a pair of khakis on the weekend now? I'm athleisure from friday night to sunday night and I know i'm not alone), which they all tried to solve in the same utterly crap ways - slashing quality by shipping manufacturing overseas, jacking up the prices to seem "premium" and differentiate from fast fashion, and introducing wacky unwearable styles in unpopular colors to try and attract the very same fast fashion customers they tried to price themselves away from. Astonishingly, it didn't work. I don't know about BR and Gap, but J. Crew is now locked in a cycle of extreme clearance sales that make it pointless to buy anything full price, and everything but their wedding line is ridiculous and dated. Their wedding line is genius though - I expect to see many imitators in the next few years. Turns out if you sell a non-hideous wedding dress for under a thousand dollars, lots of people will buy it. Another thing fast fashion does that the more staid mall brands have been resistant to is selling extended sizes. As much as it infurates goons, fat people do exist and would like to clothe themselves. Why would someone even walk into a store they know doesn't carry their size?
|
|
#
?
Apr 6, 2017 05:16
|
|
|
The hell is "fast fashion?"
|
|
#
?
Apr 6, 2017 05:21
|
|
|
Solice Kirsk posted:The hell is "fast fashion?" Like fast food, but for clothes. The cheap crappy popular stuff people buy when they can't afford better or just want something fun. H&M, Topshop, Zara, Forever 21, Old Navy, and part of the collections at places like Target and Walmart.
|
|
#
?
Apr 6, 2017 05:36
|
|
|
|
| # ? May 10, 2024 13:15 |
|
|
Tiny Brontosaurus posted:Like fast food, but for clothes. The cheap crappy popular stuff people buy when they can't afford better or just want something fun. H&M, Topshop, Zara, Forever 21, Old Navy, and part of the collections at places like Target and Walmart. I'm not sure I understand the difference. Is Uniqlo fast fashion? Their stuff is cheap, but their airism undershirts are the best undershirt I've ever bought. My wife used to love Old Navy, but now complains that none of the styles suit her and the clothes wear out too quickly. Is that because of fast fashion? I thought Gap/Old Navy/2 other stores were all the same stuff anyway? I buy most of my clothes at REI or Columbia because, as a fat person, I appreciate cooling and/or moisture wicking garments.
|
|
#
?
Apr 6, 2017 05:53
|
|
