They did not announce. They are accused of doing it. But hey what big box store is not hurting or have had to shift there operations to delivery?

(06-28-2022 09:36 PM)Mr_XcentricK Wrote:  They did not announce. They are accused of doing it. But hey what big box store is not hurting or have had to shift there operations to delivery?

Thanks Biden*!!!! His economy is booming

(06-28-2022 09:41 PM)MemTigers1998 Wrote:  

(06-28-2022 09:36 PM)Mr_XcentricK Wrote:  They did not announce. They are accused of doing it. But hey what big box store is not hurting or have had to shift there operations to delivery?

Thanks Biden*!!!! His economy is booming

No no the pandemic and the impending demise of the big box store before even Trump took office is not to blame.

(06-28-2022 09:51 PM)Mr_XcentricK Wrote:  

(06-28-2022 09:41 PM)MemTigers1998 Wrote:  

(06-28-2022 09:36 PM)Mr_XcentricK Wrote:  They did not announce. They are accused of doing it. But hey what big box store is not hurting or have had to shift there operations to delivery?

Thanks Biden*!!!! His economy is booming

No no the pandemic and the impending demise of the big box store before even Trump took office is not to blame.

lulz

Buuld Back Hotter

How Bed Bath and Beyond is still in business is one of life's biggest mysteries. I thought they were hosed 10 years ago yet they keep trudging along selling one item with a 20% off coupon at a time.

(06-29-2022 01:45 AM)bobdizole Wrote:  How Bed Bath and Beyond is still in business is one of life's biggest mysteries. I thought they were hosed 10 years ago yet they keep trudging along selling one item with a 20% off coupon at a time.

15 years ago or so BBB was the go-to place for the products the name implied, if you were looking for a new comforter set, curtains, kitchen utensils, etc.. they had it. You could to Macy's or Target to find sheets or towels and they would have a few, or you could go to BBB and have a much better selection. The products were never discounted, a toaster at BBB cost more than the same toaster at walmart, but BBB would have 10 to choose from.

Then internet shopping came, and BBB like most big box stores had to lower prices, cut staff, etc. i thought they would go under 10 years ago as well.

The wife and i went into the BBB in Cordova a couple of weeks ago looking for curtains for our living room. they didn't have any. half the store shelves were empty, there were displays of other miscellaneous junk you would find in a Fred's or similar, and a whole section for toiletries, but very little of the items that originally made them a go-to destination.

The pandemic and the resulting difficulties in getting products on the shelves are likely to blame for what is left of the store, but it was probably happening anyway. This is a dynamic that will evolve over the next decade or so, the american consumer likes to "shop"... to actually feel and touch the actual item, and to do that there has to be a store front. BUT, the price still has to be competitive with online retailers... Big box has to continue to evolve and improve online delivery, and i expect Amazon to develop store fronts...

I imagine $10million per year in MyPillow sales would go a long way in keeping the AC turned on.

Yes, I thought some of these retailers would be gone by now. But then along came Trump, and basically rescued store-front retail. Now Trump's gone, and they are back to being in dire straights again.

(06-29-2022 11:11 AM)UofMstateU Wrote:  I imagine $10million per year in MyPillow sales would go a long way in keeping the AC turned on.

Yes, I thought some of these retailers would be gone by now. But then along came Trump, and basically rescued store-front retail. Now Trump's gone, and they are back to being in dire straights again.

Yet the leftists in local governments keep cutting down acreage and these massive strip malls encased in concrete continue to get built everywhere. The same set of chains move to the new locations and shut down within a year leaving them empty aside from the Lowe's or Home Depot, who's products are still needed at the storefront retail level.

(06-29-2022 01:45 AM)bobdizole Wrote:  How Bed Bath and Beyond is still in business is one of life's biggest mysteries. I thought they were hosed 10 years ago yet they keep trudging along selling one item with a 20% off coupon at a time.

Most of those national chains are dead but just don't know it yet. Places like Dicks got all woke and wonder why their model now sucks. I can get anything they sell at the same or better quality online for less $$ without their preening social justice crap.

I figured Bed Bath & Beyond was just for middle aged divorcees to use as a pick up bar.

(06-28-2022 09:51 PM)Mr_XcentricK Wrote:  

(06-28-2022 09:41 PM)MemTigers1998 Wrote:  

(06-28-2022 09:36 PM)Mr_XcentricK Wrote:  They did not announce. They are accused of doing it. But hey what big box store is not hurting or have had to shift there operations to delivery?

Thanks Biden*!!!! His economy is booming

No no the pandemic and the impending demise of the big box store before even Trump took office is not to blame.

Let’s go Brandon!!

(06-29-2022 11:34 AM)EverRespect Wrote:  

(06-29-2022 11:11 AM)UofMstateU Wrote:  I imagine $10million per year in MyPillow sales would go a long way in keeping the AC turned on.

Yes, I thought some of these retailers would be gone by now. But then along came Trump, and basically rescued store-front retail. Now Trump's gone, and they are back to being in dire straights again.

Yet the leftists in local governments keep cutting down acreage and these massive strip malls encased in concrete continue to get built everywhere. The same set of chains move to the new locations and shut down within a year leaving them empty aside from the Lowe's or Home Depot, who's products are still needed at the storefront retail level.

That isn't a leftist only thing. Doing there here in our county where the county commision is 5-0 to the red team.