After a 4.3 billion drop in revenue last year, J.C. Penney has essentially become your saddest ex-boyfriend, just begging you to come back, apologizing for anything they might ever have done wrong, and promising they won’t do it again. You should quiz them on whether or not they know what they did. All I can think of is this one dumb shirt, and I’m not sure that would account for their absolutely massive drop in sales. More
Topic: stores
- 71 days ago by Samantha Escobar
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This is almost as good of an idea as when McDonald’s let its customers smell fries and then wait for three days to actually eat them. Like that. More
Apparently gender based spending is hurting retailers, because women refuse to spend! Because: Women are far more pessimistic about the economic outlook, with just 21% of women surveyed prepared to say the economy was “strong” (compared to 38% of men) … More
- 967 days ago by Hannah Rose
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Macy’s in Herald Square is the newest New York store to become afflicted with bedbugs. Or make that, bedbug. Following in Bloomingdale’s footsteps, Macy’s claims that they found one solitary bed bug in the store, which is highly unlikely unusual, because bed bugs notoriously travel in packs. The Cut makes the spot-on observation that if it were indeed only one, why would Macy’s be so quick to report it? “Retailers used to be afraid of talking about bedbugs but now they’re all coming out and saying they have them like it’s the coolest problem ever,” The Cut writes. Here at The Gloss, we thought it would be fun to take you on a virtual tour of bedbug afflicted places in NYC. It’s totally going to become the new Sex and the City tour. More
- 1077 days ago by Lilit Marcus
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Quick, someone grab some very dignified smelling salts! Daily Mail writer Claire Coleman was recently horrified to learn that sometimes shop assistants tell you that clothes look good on you because they are trying to get you to buy said … More
- 1126 days ago by Lilit Marcus
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Today, Fashionista notes that Texas – which we hear is a pretty big state or something – does not have a single H&M store. Fashionista speculates that the reason has something to do with real estate, but the lack of … More
- 1695 days ago by SP Bragg
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Now that more and more of us are shopping online, new frustrations are mounting.? I just finished reading an article on this very topic and the writer makes a lot of really good points. Now it’s your turn. Today’s question… … More
- 2185 days ago by SP Bragg
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Have you noticed just how often stores try to sell you more than you intended to buy? It’s been happening for years. Actually when I worked for a department store years ago, the store even offered a class to teach us how to … More



