Let me guess. Business is down because tourism is down because the government would rather cater to homeless drug addicts who use the sidewalks as their bathroom.
Here’s one take. Not sure I buy it, ha ha...
https://www.forbes.com/sites/warrenshoulberg/2018/08/06/gumps-rip-rest-in-the-past/
No, another article said that most of their sales were online, but that they didn’t expand their customer base to younger customers and stock what younger customers would by. “Lost out to Pottery Barn” (and other competitors) as another FReeper said is more likely the reason.
Do young people today even register for fine china, silver and crystal when they get married? Their wedding registries seem to be at Pottery Barn and Crate & Barrel now.
Sounds reasonable to me.
Amazing times we live in for sure.
Black can be white, male can be female, up is down
So many lies are told, as matter of fact, everyday by influential people.
I told my wife, the inveterate shopper, both brick & mortar and on-line, about this, and she said that Gump’s going out of business was old news.
She also said that it was the bums hanging around the store that sealed its’ doom.