Topic: stores

J.C. Penney Really Wants You Back

J.C. Penney Really Wants You Back

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 »

Way To Suck The Fun Out Of Shopping: A Bedbug Guide to New York

Way To Suck The Fun Out Of Shopping: A Bedbug Guide to New York
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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 »