Posted on 03/21/2020 7:38:06 AM PDT by Rebelbase
Victoria's Secret is closed for business until March 29.
The lingerie retailer posted an announcement on its website informing customers that it has temporarily closed its online business just days after it confirmed that it is closing all its retail locations in the US and Canada until March 29.
"With constant breaking news regarding COVID-19, we have made the decision to temporarily close our online store through March 29. As with our previous announcement regarding store closures, we will be paying associates who are impacted by these actions," the company said in an announcement on its site.
"We ask for your understanding during this time relative to orders you may have placed that have not yet been fulfilled. Our customer care team will be sending out update emails in the next few days regarding order status," it added.
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Mi no comprende.
Too many previously sniffed.
Posturing for a bigger bailout?
Perhaps they were given a heads-up by Fedex and UPS that their shipments aren’t going to be delivered anytime soon?
Large online retailers need large warehouses and many employees. Even though there is no direct public contact, normal operations cannot continue if social distancing is the goal.
Trannys out of work?
They went with transgender, and lost 99% of their customers.
“ Mi no comprende. ”
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Hey
Since the Me Too movement VS has been labeled as sexest, candy for males, bad behavior, whatever. Anyway, bottom line as women who shop there are now shamed for it. Coronavirus is not the major cause of their drop in sales.
Jumped the shark?
Two birds with one stone . . . imagine all the STD’s that will be curbed as well.
It’s not just that.
Their marketing strategy is dated and does not appeal to a lot of your young women today.
I am will not be sorry if they go under.
Well they could reconfigure their bras into pairs of facemasks.
Yes, one must be young *and* thin for their clothes to fit.
They were already on the ropes before the Chinee Plague, by doing this now they may gain some advantage claiming the business failed as a result of force majeur in future bankruptcy litigation.
An interesting factoid is that, many Chinese that eat rats and bats, then go to work for pennies a day turning out clothing, shoes, tools and even food stuff.
Pretty much, if an American truck delivers it ( which is EVERYTHING you're looking at right now ), it originated in China.
Except those rolling deli's full o' US grade A beef.
Perhaps there is more to this story?
The whole store? Even the children’s section?
uh, I mean, ummmmm, nvrmnd...
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