anyone work in retail??

just curious.. i guess the administration found a company that wasnt too big to fail..

BTW, this is HUGE..

 

lolfuckno

 

well do you buy shoes or clothing??

 

i don't work in retail (well, food retail, but i don't think that counts) and i haven't bought shoes or clothing in years.

 

they finance the food industry as well.

i looked for a list but couldnt find one. i know they finance the beef o bradys franchises..

i guess from what i am reading this is going to put a lot of retail, restaurants and their suppliers under..

 

damn...

good thing my business was already going under anyway...

 

lol, ive already saw that comment elsewhere..

i gotta hurry up and order dilli some boots. this is going to fuck up the supply chain..
i recommend doing your XMAS shopping early folks..

gotta hand it to obama, he is always looking out for the little guy..

 

I haven't bought new clothes or shoes in over 3 years but if I needed some I would have to buy them.

 

it shall be interesting to see how this plays out.. we already have plenty of clothes.. i just need to get dilli some boots.


green shoots..

 

I need some new shoes.
I've had this pair since 10th grade I just realized, so even longer than 3 years lol.
I basically just walk around with tattered rags around my feet.

 

yeah i have a pair of rockies that are held together by shoe goo in every imaginable spot..
a friend felt bad and bought me a pair of high tecs.. i will still where my rockies.. i keep a couple extra tubes of shoe goo around..lol they aint done yet..

 

I retail pain.

 

I don't buy new shoes often.
I've heard that wearing shoes that are as old and run down as mine can give you back problems though, so I guess I should probably get some new ones....

 

I was gonna make a corny customer service joke....

....but then I thought "nah".

 

Lowest common denominator man.

It's why I had dates in high school

 

I always divide by zero. :biggrin:

 

i work in retailzoth

 

can you keep this thread in mind and let us know if there are any supply disruptions or problems getting paid?

thanks..

 

I work in retail, although not NEW retail. I manage a well known not-for-profit store that strives to employ the unemployable (You can guess from that what the name is). Here's what I can tell you about second hand retail at this point in todays market.

Sales are either up or holding steady to last year in my entire district even though we are missing entire catagories of items that we usually have in plenty this time of year. Donations are way down and the quality of what we are getting is down too. This tells me people are holding on to stuff longer before the give it away. People are passing up fancy things in favor of utilitarian items. More of our "Special tag" merchandise is selling, people are hunting for the discounts even with used items.

We are getting more clearance leftovers from "Bullz-eye" because they are not/cannot sell it and have to take the hit to get the tax break. It doesn't last a second on our shelves. Word is getting around that these things can be gotten for less than half the original price if folks wait around for it to come to us.

While this may not seem to have much bearing on NEW retail in the long run it does. We are making the dollars that would otherwise be spent in the malls, we don't pay the same tax as a for profit organization, and we are worldwise...go figure.

 

thanks for the input. it is all intertwined and a barometer of just how bad things are.