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2009-02-21 Home Front Economy
Video - 220,000 US Retail Stores To Close In 2009
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Posted by Anonymoose 2009-02-21 09:31|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [11125 views ]  Top

#1 times like these, discretionary spending goes to necessities. Neiman Marcus, Tiffany, Zales, et al, sell NO NECESSITIES
Posted by Frank G 2009-02-21 10:06||   2009-02-21 10:06|| Front Page Top

#2 That's ok. I've heard that Obama's government is going to provide the jobs instead.

At least until the re-election that is...
Posted by CrazyFool 2009-02-21 10:17||   2009-02-21 10:17|| Front Page Top

#3 Zimbob, First Lady Grace and the Antwerp cutting crowd are definatly not going to like this.
Posted by Besoeker 2009-02-21 10:20||   2009-02-21 10:20|| Front Page Top

#4 Maybe we can re-open those stores as ammo reloading plants and gun stores, and shooting ranges. They're they one area of the economy that's thriving. (But they'd be 'unsafe' and 'un-environmental', so the answer is no.)
Posted by Glenmore">Glenmore  2009-02-21 11:06||   2009-02-21 11:06|| Front Page Top

#5 All I need to get thru these perilous times are my Ford dealer.

I can has F-150 pls?
Posted by .5MT 2009-02-21 11:31|| www.cybernations.net]">[www.cybernations.net]  2009-02-21 11:31|| Front Page Top

#6 ..including some American classics like Macy's

Well, it may be an indication that the recession may soon end. There won't be enough room in America's existing closets to hold all those clothes the significant others are going to harvest from all those square miles of women appeal departments. Just shift the construction trade from new homes to expansion of existing homes to handle it all. /sarc off
Posted by Procopius2k 2009-02-21 12:47||   2009-02-21 12:47|| Front Page Top

#7 Just goes to reinforce my belief that mergers and acquisitions build single points of failure. "Macy's" today includes not only R.H. Macy's, but also May Co. and about a half dozen other regionals. They're all combined into one to gain "economies of scale," and now they're all going down together.
Posted by Fred 2009-02-21 14:14||   2009-02-21 14:14|| Front Page Top

#8 Don't know about others, but I can barely remember when I last bought clothes or much of anything else in a store. Isn't that what G*d made the Internet, credit cards and Fed Ex for?
Posted by lotp 2009-02-21 17:58||   2009-02-21 17:58|| Front Page Top

#9 I can't remember the last time I went to a department store. I can't afford their prices. I do like to try on clothes before buying, though, so my favorite affordable "designer" is Wal-Mart (and occasionally K-Mart for blouses and jeans). I'll occasionally buy something from Penney's, too, but Macy's, Dillard's, etc.? Nyet. Money spent wasted there is money I can't spend on something that actually matters.
Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut  2009-02-21 18:05||   2009-02-21 18:05|| Front Page Top

#10 Well, Sears does have good tools and appliances, and tools. Did I mention tools?
Posted by Deacon Blues 2009-02-21 18:28||   2009-02-21 18:28|| Front Page Top

#11 Craftsman, for those of us who can't afford Snap-On
Posted by Frank G 2009-02-21 18:29||   2009-02-21 18:29|| Front Page Top

#12 I buy most of my clothes at Tractor Supply. They gots all kinds of other neat stuff, too.
Posted by Deacon Blues 2009-02-21 18:32||   2009-02-21 18:32|| Front Page Top

#13 Farm and Fleet is good, too. And they still give decent customer service. #3 Daughter, boot size 5, needed work boots and the smallest women's work boot size was 6 1/2. Muck boots just weren't warm enough for a barn at 8 am in subzero. The young lady helped Daughter find a pair that actually fit; thick socks helped.
Posted by mom">mom  2009-02-21 19:07|| http://idontknowbut.blogspot.com]">[http://idontknowbut.blogspot.com]  2009-02-21 19:07|| Front Page Top

#14 The only thing I ever got from Macy's was a Lionel Train Set in 1954.
Posted by Rednek Jim 2009-02-21 19:45||   2009-02-21 19:45|| Front Page Top

#15 Neiman Marcus, Tiffany, Zales, et al, sell NO NECESSITIES

Perhaps not Neiman Marcus, and definitely not Zales, but Tiffany? Bite your tongue, Frank! Even if I've never gotten anything from there, a girl must have hope. ;-)

Barbara dear, give it six months, and things at Macy's will cost about the same as Kmart and WalMart. The Sak's outlet in my area is selling winter styles at 75-90% off, if I read their latest email correctly.
Posted by trailing wife">trailing wife  2009-02-21 20:06||   2009-02-21 20:06|| Front Page Top

#16 Hope you held onto that train Jim. My old Hudson is now worth a bundle.
Posted by Besoeker 2009-02-21 20:09||   2009-02-21 20:09|| Front Page Top

#17 Yall had trains? I had a chunk of wood with wheels painted on.
Posted by Deacon Blues 2009-02-21 20:51||   2009-02-21 20:51|| Front Page Top

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