The two JC stores in our general area are like ghost towns. Their floors are absent merchandise. Look empty. The men’s suit section of our closest one has dried up to two Ben Matlock gray suits.
Same here. Our local JCP used to be full of customers; I stopped in the other day, and I saw maybe two people walking around.
I struck up a conversation with a teenaged sales clerk about the situation, and the poor girl almost broke into a sweat. She kept repeating, “Well, we just have to move forward”, like a robot. Clearly it was the stock response management had given employees to use.