The reason the clothing stores are closing is because they stopped selling unique high-quality clothing that wasn't just geared to kids.
Personally, I always go Marshall’s and Burger King/McD’s.
Not going to click on Business Insider. Having said that, the problem is not one of quality, but of price. Obama’s economy makes it hard to buy all the things people could buy when they had full-time jobs.
Wife couldn’t find any good shirts for me in Dept stores for Father’s day. They were overstocked with “slim”. But none for me with a little paunch. As an IT consultant to retail and retail salesperson in the past, I suspect the following.
The software is written to replenish what was sold. Slim is the only style that sells so it is the only style that is re-ordered. This isn’t just in clothing.
Radio Shack is notorious for this. It will run out of 6 packs of batteries and hence sell more 2 packs and 12 packs. Thus it will never reorder what is out of stock.
It happens in healthcare and other areas. The software is written to depend on past history, even when that past history has been altered by that very software to be a distorted picture of reality.
We have watched our local drug store being Obamunated the last few weeks. It’s being downsized by its new national owner. Half of the stuff has disappeared off the shelves, items supposedly for sale are nowhere to be found, a lot of the shelves only have two items each and are not being restocked.
Looks like something out of the former Soviet Union. The parking lot today was empty whereas it used to be on Sundays (sale day) the place was packed. We walked around a little looking for things and then my wife said, this is too depressing, and we left.
It’s sad. The country is being killed off by Obama and his policies, the economic depression is getting worse and worse, and no one will even admit what is happening.
Because the "classic logos and status" now come attached to products with the same low quality as the deeply discounted off brands. The American shopper is still smart enough not to pay an upcharge for junk.
Whatever. Chicks still dig my Members Only jacket.
NCAA Penny’s has excellent quality mens clothing at VERY low prices if you shop their sales.
The last time I was in Pennys, many years ago, the sales clerks were downright nasty.
Sears clerks were obnoxious and aggressive pushing product warranty agreements.
Haven’t been back, haven’t missed them. Sorry for the good employees, but they can both go tits-up for all I care.