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FutureCEO
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I am so shocked and sad that BB&B is closing.
Perhaps they can go online only.
Bed Bath and Beyond has been doing horrible for years. The company I'm really shocked at is Sears. How are they still alive? They should have been out of business decades ago.
MinnieM123
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Not only BB&B -- David's Bridal has also filed for bankruptcy. They're looking for a buyer -- if not, they completely fold.I am so shocked and sad that BB&B is closing.
Perhaps they can go online only.
From Forbes:
David’s Bridal Needs To Find A Buyer To Survive
Bankrupt wedding retailer David's Bridal is looking for a buyer willing to say "I do" to a strategic sale of the company.
www.forbes.com
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Sears at the touristy and local driven FL Mall in Orlando is still going strong. Last time I visited, a number of foreign tourists on vacation were buying clothes in bulk.
link?Leaving for Pigeon Forge in the wee hours of the morning actually. Not exciting enough to warrant a standalone Live TR, so I’ll embed it in Saget. I already did Post #1.
No exciting Keys trips this summer, unfortunately
Figgy1
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Where in the World Isn't Bob Saget?
Mother Nature is off her meds. That's for sure.
Goofyernmost
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I was discussing that with my daughter last Sunday. I told her that on Saturday I got caught in an unexpected downpour and had to take the small umbrella out of my car to get in to my apartment. Then I said, that this was the third time in the past two months that I had to use it. Then I remembered that the three times were exactly three times more than I had in my 12 years here in NC. I need to look up how big a cubit is. It's ark building time. I somehow blame @MinnieM123. It is without a doubt in my mind that her constant wishing for cold and snow had thrown Mother Nature off her timing.Where in the World Isn't Bob Saget?
Mother Nature is off her meds. That's for sure.forums.wdwmagic.com
Goofyernmost
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I can understand BB&B because the was a huge store with a very limited usable variety of items to sell. Sears is the one you should be shocked about. There was a time not all that long ago, that Sears was the absolute go to place to shop and I think one of the worlds largest retailers. Everyone went to Sears for anything you wanted. I had to file for bankruptcy once and I had three choices as to what debts I could keep, I choose my mortgage, my car finance account and my Sears Card. Why? Because absolutely everything anyone would ever need could be found there from clothing to appliances to tools to tires to toys.
They had their mail order business established long before Amazon was even a thought. They made two major connected mistakes. The first was to end the catalog and the second was to not be able to become the online giant that it could have been, because just a few years sans Catalog in came the internet and by then they had dismantled the already establish system that could have easily been the Amazon of the late 1900rds. They had way to many upper level executives that were focused only on sales assuming that whatever they did they were invincible and no look into the future. I think that could have been foreseeable at the time. Once a place like Kmart was able to buy out Sears it's days were numbered.
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93boomer
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When I was growing up, Sears was the only department store we shopped at every Saturday. I loved that store!! It had an elevator in it. My sisters and I thought it was soo cool! And buying warm cashews was our favorite!
Goofyernmost
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The first Sears that I went to with my Mother had the old vacuum tube system. No on the floor registers. You went to the counter and they would add up your purchases and put your cash in that container and off it would go to some magical place in the ceiling and then return shortly after with your change, and maybe a receipt, that part I don't remember. But I do remember that there were sections of the tube that were clear and you could watch it go along it's path. That part might be my imagination that was 70 years ago, but I do remember the vacuum system.
rshell68
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Under the "You Can't Make This Up" heading in our office today. One of the Academic Departments just bought their faculty new desk chairs for their offices. The Office Manger just emailed our department to see if there was a form for some of them to take them home since many are still working from home.