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BigmanPigman

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14. I worked at Macy's in visual display, worked as a fashion illustrator

Fri Mar 9, 2018, 11:18 PM

Mar 2018

and sold Epiladies (ouch) at most of the major dept stores in the 80s and early 90s. They have been folding right and left for different reasons over the years. Fashion Illustration is dead so that career is gone. Mannequins are obsolete so that career is gone. Epiladies had business problems...also gone.

All the larger store like Robinsons, May Co., Bullocks, Buffums, etc were bought out by Federated or other conglomerates. The economy took a dive many times and with each one more stores were shuttered. Now on line shopping has taken over. A sign of the times.

It is like the fucking moron wanting to bring back coal jobs...Climate Change and tech is not going to allow that to happen and for anyone to thing otherwise is a fool. Other countries' investments into clean energy will leave this country in the dust.

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QUESTION FOR DU.... [View all] yuiyoshida Mar 2018 OP

Most of the problem is online shopping dhol82 Mar 2018 #1

And I am guessing that one day it will all be a yuiyoshida Mar 2018 #7

Blame Amazon question everything Mar 2018 #2

Probably because it seem like they are not taking out mom and pops dhol82 Mar 2018 #8

But these large shops employe many who end up losing jobs question everything Mar 2018 #18

I think it's more that Ohiogal Mar 2018 #3

The economy H2O Man Mar 2018 #4

No relationship between those two things oberliner Mar 2018 #5

I remember reading about this back in December - vulture capitalists are the real problem rurallib Mar 2018 #6

Also, Macy's prices Ohiogal Mar 2018 #9

Not now... yuiyoshida Mar 2018 #10

I worked at a Target in Colorado Springs in the early 90s. GreenEyedLefty Mar 2018 #11

Macy's started closing down Texasgal Mar 2018 #12

I can't recall when I last went into a Macy's. 3Hotdogs Mar 2018 #13

I worked at Macy's in visual display, worked as a fashion illustrator BigmanPigman Mar 2018 #14

Maybe they should change their model. Leave the malls, go into regular shopping plazas ecstatic Mar 2018 #15

I love cruising the mall and ours has a GAMESTOP my ultimate place for Destiny 2! yuiyoshida Mar 2018 #16

Your Macy's closing down has NOTHING to do with Trump. PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2018 #17