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Neiman Marcus Quietly Bans ‘Christmas’ From Iconic 98-Year-Old Gift Catalog — and Workers Are Livid
New York Post ^ | Oct. 24, 2024 | Lisa Fickenscher

Posted on 10/24/2024 2:10:13 PM PDT by nickcarraway

Neiman Marcus has quietly removed the word “Christmas” from its iconic, 98-year-old annual gift catalog – and some company insiders gripe that the stealthy switch smacks of woke politics, The Post has learned.

The swanky retailer didn’t specifically discuss the pivot in a press release last week.

But for the first time ever, it called the glossy catalog — long known for its extravagant gifts, from last year’s $975,000 electric Cadillac to his-and-her Egyptian mummy cases in 1971 — the “Holiday Book” instead of the “Christmas Book.” The name change has raised hackles inside the luxury chain’s Dallas headquarters, where veteran employees have chafed under CEO Geoffroy van Raemdonck, whose restructurings and layoffs they fear are wiping out the last vestiges of the 117-year-old retailer’s institutional history.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: catalog; christmas; hanukkah; neimanmarcus
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1 posted on 10/24/2024 2:10:13 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

“Needless Markup”


2 posted on 10/24/2024 2:15:34 PM PDT by Dalberg-Acton
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How much do retailers make between Thanksgiving and December 25? One-third of their year’s take?

Without Christmas, a lot of them wouldn’t survive. This anti-Christmas thing may end up being very bad for them...


3 posted on 10/24/2024 2:16:39 PM PDT by Chicory
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To: nickcarraway

I’ll make sure never to shop at Neiman Marcus again. I won’t give my good money to people that hate me


4 posted on 10/24/2024 2:16:55 PM PDT by wildcard_redneck (He who sacrifices freedom for security deserves neither.f)
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To: nickcarraway

They still seem to use Christmas Book on their website

https://www.neimanmarcus.com/c/nm-gifting-for-stylyze-christmas-book-cat80480747?navpath=cat8900735_cat80290737_cat80480747&source=leftNav

NM Gifting for Stylyze Christmas Book

Not sure what Stylyze means


5 posted on 10/24/2024 2:18:35 PM PDT by JSM_Liberty
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To: nickcarraway

That’s the final straw.

I’m canceling my order for the $975,000 electric Cadillac.

H


6 posted on 10/24/2024 2:19:12 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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I’m sending mine back no matter how much money I lose on it.


7 posted on 10/24/2024 2:24:16 PM PDT by Sequoyah101 (More important than why there was nobody protecting the AGR roof, how did Crooks know that?)
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To: nickcarraway

War on Christmas? WHAT war on Christmas? It’s just a right-wing conspiracy theory.


8 posted on 10/24/2024 2:26:05 PM PDT by Restless
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To: nickcarraway

Whew. These guys are going to feel the pain this year.


9 posted on 10/24/2024 2:29:48 PM PDT by Mathews (I have faith Malachi is right!!! Any day now...)
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To: nickcarraway

I know an upper income young family who plan to not have Santa Clause be a big part of their children’s Christmas. They have two kids under 3. They say their friends are planning the same. They’re putting the focus on. We’ll see how it goes but this group is also anti Disney. These retailers may bring about their own demise.


10 posted on 10/24/2024 2:31:21 PM PDT by Betty Jane
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And Trump had better resurrect one common focus of his prior elections, i.e , “We say ‘Merry Christmas’”. Maybe he’s mentioned it recently, but I haven’t heard it. It was hugely popular. It’s important to people even if they aren’t Christians; they like the tradition.


11 posted on 10/24/2024 2:32:18 PM PDT by MayflowerMadam (I'm voting for the felon with the pierced ear. )
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To: nickcarraway
I can remember scrolling through the Neiman Marcus and Abercrombie & Fitch Christmas catalogs in the early 1960s at my Aunt's apartment in downtown Chicago.

My aunt was single and worked at a major law firm and was the most haute couture of all my Mother's sisters.

12 posted on 10/24/2024 2:33:10 PM PDT by zeestephen (Trump "Lost" By 43,000 Votes - Spread Across Three States - GA, WI, AZ)
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To: BenLurkin
This is what I visualize when I read electric cadillac.

13 posted on 10/24/2024 2:35:41 PM PDT by Waverunner
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https://www.neimanmarcusgroup.com/Geoffroy-van-Raemdonck?origin=serp_auto

Current CEO. Company pending purchase by Canadian Hudsob’s Bay Company


14 posted on 10/24/2024 2:37:35 PM PDT by ZULU (Remember: ABBEY GATE, Kate Steinle, Joscelyn Nungary, Rachel Morin and Laken Riley. )
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To: nickcarraway

does anyone else remember getting the Sears Christmas catalog in the mail back in the 70s and immediately turning to the toys section?


15 posted on 10/24/2024 2:37:51 PM PDT by MNDude
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To: Waverunner

As I say to my, now graying, children.... “Look! A real car!”


16 posted on 10/24/2024 2:38:12 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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To: Restless

We surrender to this war decades ago, this is just mopping up the residue.


17 posted on 10/24/2024 2:43:29 PM PDT by Ronald77
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To: Mathews

They got an email from me about cutting up my Neiman’s card.


18 posted on 10/24/2024 2:50:16 PM PDT by pops88 ( Helping usher the glory of God into Las Vegas)
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To: nickcarraway

Neman Marcus, that Texas icon is run by a Belgian faggot who lives in NYC with his husband and two obtained kids.
The hell with that place.


19 posted on 10/24/2024 3:19:22 PM PDT by DesertRhino (2016 Star Wars, 2020 The Empire Strikes Back, 2024... RETURN OF THE JEDI..)
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To: Chicory
Without Christmas, a lot of them wouldn’t survive. This anti-Christmas thing may end up being very bad for them...

I hope so.

20 posted on 10/24/2024 3:22:31 PM PDT by Allegra (“As I was saying…”)
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