“WE ARE BLEEDING TO DEATH OUT HERE IN REALVILLE!”
I’ve never shopped much at Macy’s (too expensive), but to me the most disturbing thing about this is the media silence as this country grinds to a halt. I live a few miles south of the Xanadu Mall next to Giants Stadium in NJ; it was finished a few years ago and never opened. Every week in a neighboring parking lot they hold the Meadowlands Flea Market; people who used to shop in stores are now buying essentials (toothpaste, toilet paper, food) there instead.
I have seen similar things down here. The really scary thing is that small businesses are failing like popcorn pops.
And the Dollar Tree stores are flourishing!