Posted on 07/22/2024 12:06:28 PM PDT by Vendome
Amid Friday afternoon’s heat, the five posh floors of Saks Fifth Avenue in San Francisco’s Union Square offered a cool elegance that belied the jarring news from the day before: the store is transitioning to an appointment-only model and laying off staff.
What will it feel like to go on pre-arranged shopping trips inside a sprawling department store? That is an open question for customers and staffers. As part of the transition slated for Aug. 28, the store will lay off an unspecified number of employees, according to the Chronicle, which first reported the changes.
The news comes at a time when Union Square has suffered from declining foot traffic and a surge of retail vacancies. Big-box retailers have struggled in San Francisco and around the country, prompting the city to proffer pop-up shops and free parking to add excitement and liveliness downtown.
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The homeless retards were using Walmart and Target for their underwear replacement needs, free of charge!
That’s precisely why they ended up being locked up.
Don’t see many homeless doing their own laundry.
How else are urban youths suppose to claim their undocumented reparations?
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