Macy's Closing 30 Percent of Its Locations

[TBoneTX 45,258]

I was never a Macy's fan, although I scored on my (only) two online purchases from them.  Does this closure news disturb you?

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Macy's Closing 30 Percent of Its Locations

 

If you're a Macy's fan, it may be time to cross your fingers.  The store plans on closing 50 stores this year and 100 more by 2026.  The 150 store closings represent about 30% of the store's current number and will leave Macy's with 350 remaining locations nationwide.  [...]

 

https://pjmedia.com/miltharris/2024/02/27/macys-closing-150-stores-30-percent-of-its-locations-n4926820

[millefleur 5,046]

Feels inevitable to me. I've shopped online for children's clothing as they had good sales on the site, but going in person was always very disappointing. The sad part is that shopping centers losing another anchor store will just lead to more struggling and/or dead malls.

[TBoneTX 45,258]

3 minutes ago, millefleur said:

The sad part is that shopping centers losing another anchor store will just lead to more struggling and/or dead malls.

Definitely.  The excellent mall in Harlingen, TX became a shadow of its former self after Sears left.  And they still have Dillards and JCPenney there, and maybe also Marshalls.  We can all cite countless others.

5 minutes ago, millefleur said:

they had good sales on the site

I found Ralph Lauren pillows and the best suitcase ever.  The suitcase was the very last one available.  I haven't looked on the site in ages.

6 minutes ago, millefleur said:

going in person was always very disappointing

Agreed, and it's hard to explain why.  I always hated (and hate) walking by the perfume counter and ending up smelling like a cheap whorehouse.

 

Years ago, my buddy WCG (World's Cheapest Gringo) went to either a Macy's or a JCPenney when $-off certificates were handed out at the door during some promotion.  Most were for $10 or $20, but he got one for $100.  He went in and, calculating mentally only, got something like $100.43 worth of stuff.  The cashier was impressed.   

[Dashinka 24,480]

6 hours ago, millefleur said:

Feels inevitable to me. I've shopped online for children's clothing as they had good sales on the site, but going in person was always very disappointing. The sad part is that shopping centers losing another anchor store will just lead to more struggling and/or dead malls.

Not entirely current, but many interesting reads.

 

https://www.deadmalls.com/updates.html

[millefleur 5,046]

12 hours ago, TBoneTX said:

Definitely.  The excellent mall in Harlingen, TX became a shadow of its former self after Sears left.  And they still have Dillards and JCPenney there, and maybe also Marshalls.  We can all cite countless others.

I found Ralph Lauren pillows and the best suitcase ever.  The suitcase was the very last one available.  I haven't looked on the site in ages.

Agreed, and it's hard to explain why.  I always hated (and hate) walking by the perfume counter and ending up smelling like a cheap whorehouse.

I didn't grow up in an area with a Macy's so never knew what it was like during its peak. However, since I've lived nearby a few stores, it just seems like they totally gave up on merchandising or attempting to make the store appealing in any way. Things just seem kind of randomly placed, understaffed, picked over etc. I suspect this has been a long, slow decline and the store closures were overdue, sadly.

 

The site isn't that great either, to be honest. I do get some good discount codes from time to time and the sales are decent but the whole enterprise feels a bit neglected. 

[millefleur 5,046]

6 hours ago, Dashinka said:

Not entirely current, but many interesting reads.

 

https://www.deadmalls.com/updates.html

Plenty of interesting dead mall videos on youtube as well. Pretty much all the local malls I grew up with are dead or abandoned. Apparently crime played a role in the demise (which is so strange to me as I remember all these places being super safe in childhood.)

[Crazy Cat 41,810]

I wonder if the Macy's close to me will close.  It's in a fairly new shopping center area (not an enclosed mall) in Garland Texas. 

Edited February 28 by Crazy Cat

[TBoneTX 45,258]

10 hours ago, millefleur said:

crime played a role in the demise

A big place in north Houston, Greenspoint Mall, has always been known as "Gunspoint" Mall.

10 hours ago, Crazy Cat said:

close to me [...] in Garland Texas

North Texas... damn Yankee!

[TBoneTX 45,258]

How America's once great department stores became a dying breed

 

Macy's announcement Tuesday that it will close 150 stores, or nearly a third of its total, is the result of a once-great department store industry in decades of decline.

The gradual demise of the American department store can be blamed on [...]

 

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/america-once-great-department-stores-204251656.html