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NEW YORK - Another New York staple is slowly fading away. In its heyday, there were more than two dozen Ricky’s locations in the city.
"I live and die for Ricky’s so it’s crazy," said one shopper.
"It’s a nice place and I like it. It’s sad that they’re closing their business," noted another shopper.
The beloved beauty chain was once a major destination for colorful wigs, exotic cosmetics and Halloween costumes, but even some of their loyal customers have been turning to Internet for their items.
"Sephora and the Internet are now a big thing. Nobody goes to Ricky’s unless there a New Yorker who have been here forever like myself," said one shopper.
I had just been wondering about Ricky's. I live near the East Village location, and i guess I didn't realize Ricky's was in trouble.
Ricky's used to be the only place you could get salon-quality shampoos and styling aids. Now, even places like Harmon have a good selection. And I guess there are costume shops where you can go year-round that are competition for Ricky's. I will really miss Ricky's sense of fun and originality. They carried a lot of quirky products and had attitude! Sorry to see Ricky's go!
I think they overexpanded into expensive leases as the internet was starting to steal their business. There was one by me. The one time of year they were really busy was Halloween.
They are a fun store but their prices where always more. I rarely bought from them.
I'm guilty of internet shopping. I hate going to stores now, I'd rather wait a week for something and get a better price then go to a store and have it now. This week I actually went to a store in person to get a certain item, they were out of it so online I went. Should've done that to begin with but wanted to support a nyc business.
Ricky's still has a store on UES (Second Avenue) unless it has closed recently.
As for the online advantage it will be interesting to see how long or if it really matters now that NYS recently passed an internet tax bill. Ebay and other "facilitator" sites like Etsy will now have to collect applicable sales taxes for NYS resident purchases. Worse NYS piles on sales taxes on top of delivery/shipping charges.
Amazon has been collecting tax for years now. Hasn't seemed to slow them down.
The big advantages of selling over the internet are the economies of scale, lower wages (no pesky $15 minimum wage to contend with), much cheaper real estate costs, much lower state and local taxes (other than sales tax), etc.. Out in the country, this may not be as big an advantage. But in NYC, these are huge.
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Originally Posted by BugsyPal
Ricky's still has a store on UES (Second Avenue) unless it has closed recently.
As for the online advantage it will be interesting to see how long or if it really matters now that NYS recently passed an internet tax bill. Ebay and other "facilitator" sites like Etsy will now have to collect applicable sales taxes for NYS resident purchases. Worse NYS piles on sales taxes on top of delivery/shipping charges.
Ricky's still has a store on UES (Second Avenue) unless it has closed recently.
As for the online advantage it will be interesting to see how long or if it really matters now that NYS recently passed an internet tax bill. Ebay and other "facilitator" sites like Etsy will now have to collect applicable sales taxes for NYS resident purchases. Worse NYS piles on sales taxes on top of delivery/shipping charges.
It's on THIRD Ave., isn't it? Between 88th and 89th IIRC.
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