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What does Macy's pay today? Do they even have alot of full-time positions? It seems like Macy's isn't known as the best place to work anymore from what I heard from people. I heard Nordstrom's is the new Macy's by customer service and treating employees right. Honestly, I think Macy's has destroyed alot of smaller local department stores. Macy's states that every store has their own "My Macy's" but a Macy's is a Macy's. Honestly I'd be happy if Dillards had a larger share in the department store market or better yet if local department stores came back.
Local stores aren't coming back. Not department stores, drug stores, grocery stores, or book stores. Even large chain stores like Macys is in a fight with Internet stores. Modern transportation systems that allow one or two day delivery almost anywhere allow the centralization and economy of scale.
Local stores aren't coming back. Not department stores, drug stores, grocery stores, or book stores. Even large chain stores like Macys is in a fight with Internet stores. Modern transportation systems that allow one or two day delivery almost anywhere allow the centralization and economy of scale.
It'd be nice to see more Dillards or other department stores expand.
Local stores aren't coming back. Not department stores, drug stores, grocery stores, or book stores. Even large chain stores like Macys is in a fight with Internet stores. Modern transportation systems that allow one or two day delivery almost anywhere allow the centralization and economy of scale.
Grocery stores and drug stores seem to be doing just fine, for the time being. Department stores and book stores I agree with. They will completely disappear in the next 20 years, and I don’t see anything that could possibly save them.
Grocery stores and drug stores seem to be doing just fine, for the time being. Department stores and book stores I agree with. They will completely disappear in the next 20 years, and I don’t see anything that could possibly save them.
At least here in the Mid Atlantic Region Grocery Stores and Drug stores are NOT doing fine. Walmart has targeted the Grocery business. Many locally owned chains closed or sold out years ago Now it is the National or Multi-National chains fighting it out. Costco and Sams Club are fighting for the bulk grocery business. On top of that Amazon is getting into the grocery business!
Drug Stores are fighting the mail order pharmacies that many health plans are pushing based on cost. Narcotics are the one market that local brick & mortar pharmacies have a corner on and that market is one that many would like to get rid of. Besides the quotas that limit how much the store can actually receive, the paperwork required, the potential fines and other penalties if you screw up, and the crap you have to take from potential 'customers' who don't understand that you can't bend the rules for them you have the danger to staff from criminals.
I do not believe grocery stores or Pharmacies have any better future than Department Stores.
Where I live I have easy access to at least 7 malls and two huge Ikea stores. If I drive a little further there are many other malls.
I don't think department store shopping will ever completely go away. I need to try on clothes and shoes. I cannot buy them online, because they most likely will not fit, and returning stuff bought online is a real pain. Also, trying clothes on is fun! I can happily while away an afternoon trying on clothes.
I also believe used bookstores will be around for quite awhile, and I am someone with hundreds of books on my beloved Kindle. Whether stores like Barnes & Noble will still exist is a troubling question.
Oh, and the grocery stores around here -- particularly ShopRite -- are packed during weekends, before holidays, and before major storms. We need the break, milk, and eggs!
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At least here in the Mid Atlantic Region Grocery Stores and Drug stores are NOT doing fine. Walmart has targeted the Grocery business. Many locally owned chains closed or sold out years ago Now it is the National or Multi-National chains fighting it out. Costco and Sams Club are fighting for the bulk grocery business. On top of that Amazon is getting into the grocery business!
Drug Stores are fighting the mail order pharmacies that many health plans are pushing based on cost. Narcotics are the one market that local brick & mortar pharmacies have a corner on and that market is one that many would like to get rid of. Besides the quotas that limit how much the store can actually receive, the paperwork required, the potential fines and other penalties if you screw up, and the crap you have to take from potential 'customers' who don't understand that you can't bend the rules for them you have the danger to staff from criminals.
I do not believe grocery stores or Pharmacies have any better future than Department Stores.
Less than a year after the opening of a nearby Walmart Supercenter, the local Albertson's supermarket in Monrow, WA changed to Haggen, which failed to thrive, and shut down. Now the loss of the anchor is causing the other smaller businesses to go belly up. There is no evidence of a causal relationship with the Walmart, the fault probably goes to Haggen, but it demonstrates the effect of losing a major supermarket. Walmart is more often stand-alone, not anchoring a strip mall.
Grocery stores and drug stores seem to be doing just fine, for the time being. Department stores and book stores I agree with. They will completely disappear in the next 20 years, and I don’t see anything that could possibly save them.
I don't see clothing stores going away. I occasionally buy clothes online, but it has to be a brand I already know. It's rare for me. I need to try things on, and I don't want to buy several items, wait for delivery, try them on, then send things back.
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