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.
Because I think it makes sense to have decently-large stores with a significant amount of clothing that you can try on before you buy it.
There’s plenty of clothing specific stores out there that are relatively large. Department stores aren’t really something people want anymore as they are in a niche between smaller specific stores and larger big box retailers, and are usually crappier than the former and more expensive than the latter.
There’s plenty of clothing specific stores out there that are relatively large. Department stores aren’t really something people want anymore as they are in a niche between smaller specific stores and larger big box retailers, and are usually crappier than the former and more expensive than the latter.
Which ones are as cheap and have clothing at a decent quality level? Because the former applies to stores like Kohl’s and TJ Maxx, but not the latter.
So either you pay more at those stores for quality or you pay less for clothes that are going to fall apart a lot sooner.