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I kind of like Bed, Bath, and Beyond because of the range of merchandise they sell, although I don't think they sell anything I can't get elsewhere.
Last fall I was looking to buy a suit. If we still had a Macy's in our area I would have gone there, but I wound up choosing between a wool/polyester blend suit from Men's Wearhouse for $2-300, a lower quality than I really wanted, or one at our local men's store for something like $4,000. Something a notch or two above the MW suit, all wool but not up in the thousands, was what I was looking for.
I survived. I suspect the choice to live in small-town Vermont had as much to do with it as the general decline of retail. I probably could have had more choices if I had wanted to drive an hour or two more.
When I lived in California, I used online retailers a lot. Now that I live in Hawaii (8+ years), I mostly shop at brick-and-mortar stores. The reason? Shipping is outrageous to Hawaii. Often the shipping cost is 5-10 times the price of the item.
Consequently, I shop at Costco, Walmart, Ross, and occasionally, grocery stores. Once or twice a year, I visit Macy's, Tommy Bahama, Target, etc.
I order online when shipping is free or there is no other choice. Often when "free shipping is included", Hawaii and maybe Alaska are not included.
Brick and mortar can be very successful if they figure out how to combine those stores with online shopping.
This is a good idea. I will always be someone who is tactile. I need to touch, feel, tug, whatever, on towels, sheets, blankets. I need to try on clothes & shoes. I used to "mail order" shoes & clothing, but that was when quality was better & sizing was accurate. I need to feel the "heft" of an object & it's size & proportion. OTOH, if my kid can't find it on Amazon or similar, they don't get it. I have encountered some genuine crap on Amazon. If I have to hassle with returning it, what is the point?
They shouldn’t have canceled My Pillow. That was a dumb move and it had at least a minor impact on them. I stopped shopping there because of it and know plenty who did also.
But there's others who probably stopped shopping there because they sold it, so I'm sure it evened out. He tied it too much to politics.
I think a large part of it is the decline of the work ethic. It's simply unpleasant to shop where the help is nasty, doesn't speak English, etc.
I never ever had anyone less than polite at Bed, Bath and Beyond. The only time in my life I ever had an employee in any store that didn't spak English, was a Publix in Florida 20 years ago, and he was a stocker or something not a cashier. Where do you live that they hire front-line workers who don't speak English? I have never heard of that.
I stopped going there as much when they stopped honoring expired coupons. I used to bring 15 or so with me and they'd honor all of them (because, like CVS, everyone knows they are overpriced, and the coupon brings it down to "normal"). Then I heard they weren't doing that anymore, and just like I won't buy anything at CVS without a coupon, I won't go there without them, either. I started using Amazon more.
I never ever had anyone less than polite at Bed, Bath and Beyond. The only time in my life I ever had an employee in any store that didn't spak English, was a Publix in Florida 20 years ago, and he was a stocker or something not a cashier. Where do you live that they hire front-line workers who don't speak English? I have never heard of that.
Port Chester's store has closed. The Greenburgh store and Port Chester have many retail operations where the front-line workers are challenged in the English language. That is the nature of our area, which is closely divided between foreign-language ethnic areas, and highly affluent areas like Scarsdale and Rye Brook. Other minorities are concentrated in cities such as White Plains, Yonkers and Mount Vernon, that do not have good transit to the BBB's.
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I stopped going there as much when they stopped honoring expired coupons. I used to bring 15 or so with me and they'd honor all of them (because, like CVS, everyone knows they are overpriced, and the coupon brings it down to "normal"). Then I heard they weren't doing that anymore, and just like I won't buy anything at CVS without a coupon, I won't go there without them, either. I started using Amazon more.
Those stores are still lower-price than Mom and Pop stores.
When I lived in California, I used online retailers a lot. Now that I live in Hawaii (8+ years), I mostly shop at brick-and-mortar stores. The reason? Shipping is outrageous to Hawaii. Often the shipping cost is 5-10 times the price of the item.
Consequently, I shop at Costco, Walmart, Ross, and occasionally, grocery stores. Once or twice a year, I visit Macy's, Tommy Bahama, Target, etc.
I order online when shipping is free or there is no other choice. Often when "free shipping is included", Hawaii and maybe Alaska are not included.
Why? I get free shipping on items from China and the UK. I don't know why you can't get free shipping in Hawaii.
Port Chester's store has closed. The Greenburgh store and Port Chester have many retail operations where the front-line workers are challenged in the English language. That is the nature of our area, which is closely divided between foreign-language ethnic areas, and highly affluent areas like Scarsdale and Rye Brook. Other minorities are concentrated in cities such as White Plains, Yonkers and Mount Vernon, that do not have good transit to the BBB's.
Those stores are still lower-price than Mom and Pop stores.
Where are there mom and pop home goods stores? And mom and pop stores have an excuse, they can't buy in quantity to get a cheaper price, not the case with B,B and B or CVS. Those are not my only choices, luckily. I use CVS at the beginning of the month when I get my $10 Care Pass coupon, but I wait until I have a 40% off one item, and combine them. Without a coupon I'd go to Walmart or Amazon, or EBay (face moisturizer)
Try Costco for excellent sheets: Kirkland Signature 680 t/c.
Not a member and choosing not to be as I am a single female who doesn't need to buy items in bulk that will last me a long, long time. I have a set of sheets from BB&B that are very nice, but it is the brand that I bought that BB&B sold.
They shouldn’t have canceled My Pillow. That was a dumb move and it had at least a minor impact on them. I stopped shopping there because of it and know plenty who did also.
Yes, companies, sports coaches, and other venues that rely on the public should keep their political views to themselves in terms of public knowledge. This burns one side or other of the customers, some, or many, who may boycott that business. I am a boycotter and I "walk the walk and talk the talk".
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