|
It's not like they really disappear either. Someone is running the operations year round to make sure Spirit Halloween goes off without a hitch next year. Store fronts are short term, and staffing is seasonal, probably saves a ton of overhead.
|
# ? Nov 1, 2021 14:48 |
|
|
# ? Apr 28, 2024 09:40 |
|
spirit halloween are cicada storefronts
|
# ? Nov 1, 2021 15:03 |
|
My favorite holiday is Halloween, and my wife's is Christmas. She's made my love of decorating the house for Halloween bleed into loving decorating the house for Christmas as well. I always did the lights for Christmas, but now I put in more effort on the lawn and such. I wish that Spirt would close for a bit after Halloween, do their shipment of all the Halloween stuff back to their warehouse or whatever, and then prep for Christmas stuff. Same store, but with the Christmas stuff you'd have to go to those big box hardware stores to get your inflatable Minons with Santa hats or whatever. Close on Christmas Day to the public, and empty the store by New Year's Eve.
|
# ? Nov 1, 2021 15:08 |
|
It is surprising that Halloween is the only holiday they open. Where is Spirit Christmas, Spirit Easter, and Spirit Presidents Day?
|
# ? Nov 1, 2021 16:09 |
|
I'd rather have Spirit Halloween in January.
|
# ? Nov 1, 2021 16:12 |
|
Zero One posted:It is surprising that Halloween is the only holiday they open. They can't do the Christmas store anymore ever since the lawsuit from the Charles Dickens estate.
|
# ? Nov 1, 2021 16:12 |
|
They're owned by Spencer's - they don't really "do" other holidays Although the Jack Skellington crossover event is right there
|
# ? Nov 1, 2021 16:13 |
|
Zero One posted:It is surprising that Halloween is the only holiday they open. Once Halloween is over(and in some store, at the beginning of October) the Christmas stuff starts going up; its hard to compete with every grocery store/hypermarket with stuff that is usually way cheaper than Halloween stuff.
|
# ? Nov 1, 2021 16:27 |
|
Sekhmnet posted:Once Halloween is over(and in some store, at the beginning of October) the Christmas stuff starts going up; its hard to compete with every grocery store/hypermarket with stuff that is usually way cheaper than Halloween stuff. I saw Christmas poo poo going up mid-september this year. I imagine part of it is due to supply issues creating a rather anemic Halloween section compared to years past, and we all know how stores hate having empty shelves for any reason.
|
# ? Nov 1, 2021 16:32 |
|
Sekhmnet posted:Once Halloween is over(and in some store, at the beginning of October) the Christmas stuff starts going up; its hard to compete with every grocery store/hypermarket with stuff that is usually way cheaper than Halloween stuff. Yeah, Halloween works because it's more about individual expression and stocking a wide range of costumes and decoration is more work and space than big box stores are willing to dedicate to it, so you're competing with like one tiny aisle worth of mostly kids' costumes at Target. Christmas stuff is all pretty samey by comparison and it's easier for stores to stock a couple types of tinsel, ribbon, etc. and call it a day.
|
# ? Nov 1, 2021 16:59 |
|
Iron Crowned posted:I'd rather have Spirit Halloween in January. Andrew Garfield - hates Mondays, loves lasagna
|
# ? Nov 1, 2021 18:40 |
|
Target at least tried really hard this year to eat into the "only lasts one year before turning into plastic dust but cooler than you'd expect for the price nonetheless" Spirit Halloween merch department this year. I don't know how overall effective it was.
|
# ? Nov 1, 2021 21:08 |
|
Zero One posted:It is surprising that Halloween is the only holiday they open. The local haunted house does other holidays here. Their St.Patrick’s day show apparently has evil leprechauns, though I’ve never been.
|
# ? Nov 1, 2021 21:12 |
|
xarph posted:Gentleman, we've done it. We've manifested a photoshop. A Halloween Spirit embiggens the smallest Fry's.
|
# ? Nov 1, 2021 21:39 |
|
blugu64 posted:The local haunted house does other holidays here. Their St.Patrick’s day show apparently has evil leprechauns, though I’ve never been. I'm surprised this isn't more common honestly
|
# ? Nov 1, 2021 22:03 |
|
xarph posted:Gentleman, we've done it. We've manifested a photoshop. Wow. They'd probably only be able to use a quarter of the space. I don't know how Spirit Halloween stays in business year after year. I don't get the impression Halloween is as big as it once was even ignoring covid.
|
# ? Nov 1, 2021 22:18 |
|
Purely anecdotal, but the Spirit stores in this area were pretty packed most of the last week or two when I would drive by
|
# ? Nov 1, 2021 22:21 |
|
Rick posted:Target at least tried really hard this year to eat into the "only lasts one year before turning into plastic dust but cooler than you'd expect for the price nonetheless" Spirit Halloween merch department this year. I don't know how overall effective it was. I got a cute jack-o-lantern from Target, but it's a watermelon instead of pumpkin. It was "dumb yet cute" enough that I bought it, it was sitting in the window last night.
|
# ? Nov 1, 2021 22:49 |
|
Zesty posted:Wow. They'd probably only be able to use a quarter of the space. Party City is a different beast, since they're open all year (though even they are expanding into Halloween season pop ups, if I recall right), but the last time I looked into it, they make roughly a full quarter of their yearly income solely during the Halloween season. It's still a booming holiday, when it comes to sales.
|
# ? Nov 1, 2021 23:43 |
|
Iron Crowned posted:I saw Christmas poo poo going up mid-september this year. I don't really mind the supply chain issues. Anything that slows it down is good. 99 percent of the supply chain is US dollars being exchanged for single use plastic crap from China. Said dollars are then converted into fighter jets and naval vessels that the rest of east Asia has to deal with. Nevermind, I really need that slutty cat outfit for my wife.
|
# ? Nov 1, 2021 23:49 |
|
Cat rear end Trophy posted:I don't really mind the supply chain issues. Anything that slows it down is good. 99 percent of the supply chain is US dollars being exchanged for single use plastic crap from China. Said dollars are then converted into fighter jets and naval vessels that the rest of east Asia has to deal with. I also need that slutty cat outfit for your wife.
|
# ? Nov 1, 2021 23:50 |
|
Me three.
|
# ? Nov 2, 2021 01:01 |
|
Cat rear end Trophy posted:Nevermind, I really need that slutty cat outfit for my wife. username origin story
|
# ? Nov 2, 2021 12:47 |
|
Zillow Seeks to Sell 7,000 Homes for $2.8 Billion After Flipping Halt Who would have thought trying to flip houses when prices were at an all-time high was a bad idea?
|
# ? Nov 2, 2021 15:27 |
|
DrBouvenstein posted:Zillow Seeks to Sell 7,000 Homes for $2.8 Billion After Flipping Halt Just lol if Zillow is the one that pops the housing bubble.
|
# ? Nov 2, 2021 15:32 |
|
Will the executives that pushed forward Zillow's spectacular failure face any consequences? No, it is the employees who will suffer! https://twitter.com/TimJHanrahan/status/1455638319434436609
|
# ? Nov 2, 2021 23:11 |
|
Is that the company who was buying up houses in NA?
|
# ? Nov 2, 2021 23:45 |
|
Yes, bought thousands of homes to attempt to resell at prices nobody would be willing to pay.
|
# ? Nov 3, 2021 00:21 |
|
Professor Shark posted:Is that the company who was buying up houses in NA? One of them yes.
|
# ? Nov 3, 2021 00:22 |
|
Maybe as someone making middle class money I will be able to afford a house again. Probably not, I have a feeling this bubble only bursts in places where it is lovely and snows all year.
|
# ? Nov 3, 2021 00:43 |
|
It seems…wrong for a company that lists homes and sets price expectations with their zestimates to also buy and sell homes. They lost 300+ million in the hottest home market ever, so it’s unlikely they’re smart enough to game the system, but still.
|
# ? Nov 3, 2021 03:02 |
|
Makes u think that their z estimate might just be a whole lot of bullshit.
|
# ? Nov 3, 2021 04:27 |
|
Real estate agents have been flipping houses for ages; it’s a filthy, corrupt market.
|
# ? Nov 3, 2021 12:01 |
|
Subjunctive posted:Real estate agents have been flipping houses for ages And Vanilla Ice
|
# ? Nov 3, 2021 12:08 |
|
I think they should stop flipping Vanilla Ice
|
# ? Nov 3, 2021 12:09 |
|
Empty Sandwich posted:I think they should stop flipping Vanilla Ice Hey, it’s a living.
|
# ? Nov 3, 2021 12:14 |
|
Empty Sandwich posted:I think they should stop flipping Vanilla Ice ice ǝɔı baby
|
# ? Nov 3, 2021 19:24 |
|
Krispy Wafer posted:It seems…wrong for a company that lists homes and sets price expectations with their zestimates to also buy and sell homes. Anonymous Zebra posted:So, when I was looking at the FSBO house a couple months back, I spoke to the guy and he told me that he was also pursuing just selling the home straight to Zillow. Seeing as how I wanted to unload my home quickly, I asked him what the process is like. He actually broke the whole thing down.
|
# ? Nov 3, 2021 21:50 |
|
https://twitter.com/CNBC/status/1461348239878225934[ Perhaps putting a store on any pad that there wasn't already a Starbucks or Subway on was a bad business model for a pharmacy.
|
# ? Nov 18, 2021 19:41 |
|
|
# ? Apr 28, 2024 09:40 |
|
e^: lol at business history rhyming and echoing again and again and gaing.Zil posted:Just lol if Zillow is the one that pops the housing bubble. i mean other megacorp vampires are just going to sweep into the firesell and try to not to be the bag holder for that bubble. PhazonLink has a new favorite as of 19:51 on Nov 18, 2021 |
# ? Nov 18, 2021 19:47 |