this includes the Home store in our area. that saddens me. I've gotten rugs and furniture there. Macy's doesn't have those items in the regular stores and the furniture stores around here are mostly crap. I guess they weren't doing enough business.
Macy's closing 66 stores
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I’m really frustrated with in person resale going away - particularly for big ticket items that I need to see, feel, sit on, etc.
Honestly, this trend has made me speed up my timing on purchasing a few things because I have no idea what will be available for me to see in 5 years.
Honestly, this trend has made me speed up my timing on purchasing a few things because I have no idea what will be available for me to see in 5 years.
I know. I do a lot less in-store shopping these days but I'd be reluctant to buy furniture or rugs online...it would be a PITA to return them.
This is so sad, as I have so many memories at Macy's. It was the closest store to my house, and my mom would go there often. I bought my middle school and high school prom dress from there. Macy's was where I got one of my first designer bags (Coach) back in the early 2000s. E-commerce is really making it hard for these stores!
we now have the first small macy's here....it's cute but the clothing options are very limited. they have cosmetics, bags, clothing - no households stuff or shoes
Not sure how well they're doing but I can tell you they are much less busy than the TJ Maxx next door to them
I think part of their problem is that the brands they carry aren't brands people seek out. Department stores used to be the ideal place to shop because you got some many brands in one place but that was before popular brands opened up their own stores. Those "brand" stores are where I get most of my clothing these days.
the little macys has levis put poor selection. most of the other clothing seems to be the store brand....they do have a pretty large cosmetics dept. but not with the counters staffed with "makeup artists" or sales people...more like sephora
I think there’s still a need for in-person retail, but I think part of the issue with Macy’s was just oversaturation. I live in a medium sized American city and there are somehow FIVE Macy’s locations within a half hour drive time of where I live- four full sized stores and one of the new small format stores. That’s just too much physical retail. Two of the large format stores are closing- one is in a dead mall that has few other tenants, and one was the sole remaining tenant after a former dead mall got redeveloped. So in neither case was the closure a surprise. I hope the remaining locations stay open though, they always seem much busier.
As Whateve mentioned above though, department stores in general are struggling. They used to be one stop shops where convenience met fashion and they still are, but I think that their target audience has split off. More convenience-minded customers now just get their basics at Target or Walmart. More fashion-minded customers will go directly to the brands they’re interested in, which now have their own online stores and small in-person stores, whereas you used to only be able to find those brands in a department store. This leaves department stores kind of in an awkward place where they don’t have a clear customer base.
As Whateve mentioned above though, department stores in general are struggling. They used to be one stop shops where convenience met fashion and they still are, but I think that their target audience has split off. More convenience-minded customers now just get their basics at Target or Walmart. More fashion-minded customers will go directly to the brands they’re interested in, which now have their own online stores and small in-person stores, whereas you used to only be able to find those brands in a department store. This leaves department stores kind of in an awkward place where they don’t have a clear customer base.
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I think maybe Macy's is too down the middle. They aren't luxury and they aren't bargain. And so many people are shopping online. I am sorry to see the local Macy's home store go.