#retail

Usually around second week of February from experience
Everything is being kept tight lipped tho.

We were explicitly told when someone quits they will not be replaced. I’m a hometown store.

I’m close to a breaking point and more exhausted than I’ve ever been. After this rush, it will just turn into anxiety about the job, the future of the store, and what happens next. I badly need real rest, and I doubt I’ll get any. I hope the rest of you are doing better. This time of year is absolutely brutal.

My store has been very busy, and we’ve been run off our feet. Partly that’s due to incompetent management, but there’s also been a lot of customer traffic. I’m hearing that not all stores have been this crowded. I’m curious to see what the final holiday numbers look like. I hope they’re good - it might improve our chances of keeping our jobs.

Belk 686 oak ridge will close permanently on Feb 15th

The Christmas season is coming to an end. The Valentines Aisle is to be set in full in less than 3 weeks. Who do you think, at store level, is going to be laid off first? High paid SMs, high tier SMs, Hourly or Salary ESMs, IS or ISL, lessen the SFLs, the rest of the BCs, or RXOMs?

J.C.Penney property sale falls thru, according to Retail Dive, now what?

other stores including amazon: $8, 20ct!
Haven't seen what cvs store looks like in 10 years and no plan to go shop there soon!

How do you find out which stores are good/silver stores?

im loosing lots of associates. and they are not being replaced.
some days its just two associates on entire sales floor, especially in the mornings. it's worse now that after covid, way worse. i dont think i can take this much longer either.

Does anyone have a full list of the stores that will officially close in 2026?

A home decor retailer has reportedly laid off the majority of its workforce. These significant job cuts affect most of the company's employees. The company's future operations are now uncertain following these widespread layoffs. This move impacts a prominent business within the home decor sector. The decision leaves many employees without jobs and raises questions about the retailer's continued existence.

https://www.oregonlive.com/business/2025/12/portland-home-decor-retailer-schoolhouse-lays-off-most-employees-future-uncertain.html

Shout out to our WONDERFUL CEO and marketing teams FAILURE to get merchandise/stock into our COR retail stores! YES YES! Direct fill you say, but I am customer I need it now! You know it is Christmas! So what’s your problem ! You scream here in Texas about sale sale sale but yet YOU failed the stock holders and your front line employees! Hope you feel good about yourselves!

Sanford, St. Mary’s, Cordele, Tulsa, and several other locations will be closing in 2026 permanently. In the meanwhile, the company is describing the new "market stores" as a new concept that'll help Belk just like the outlet talks of a few years back lol.

Amazon plans to fully "Amazonify" Whole Foods by flooding shelves with cheap, mass-produced junk food like Doritos, Pepsi, and Kraft singles to chase Walmart shoppers and low income customers, while quietly phasing out premium organic lines to cut costs and line their pockets. thousands of long-time store managers and grocery/front end staff will face massive layoffs as robots take over stocking (the same robots they have in warehouses right now) and checkout duties, because this year Amazon is plotting to rebrand select locations as hybrid Amazon Fresh warehouses stocked mostly with private-label basics and call it "Fresh by Whole Foods Market"

Went Christmas shopping in the eastern Ohio area..empty shelves and no displays anywhere. I thought mission 1 was supposed to be an improvement. Do they even still employ sales reps?

I saw on online that the Belk Outlets in Cordele and St. Mary’s Georgia are closing. Are there any others?

Any views on what sku to be cut? Retail and foodservice or just one? The 20% in the announcement?

Paired with Quaker sell off counts as those sku out?

One or two a day ... What's the best place to sell them?

I look forward to receiving via email all of the discount coupons I get from CVS. I love my CVS discount coupons; I also like going to my local CVS store. I think CVS should focus on its core business and sell the non-core businesses it has acquired over the past decade.

... you'll always wear nice shoes. Sure, it may be a business-casual environment, but if you can't bother to wear decent shoes, you're a slob and a loser. I find that I have nothing but contempt for people who wear cr-ppy shoes to work. I knew this before, but Nordstrom confirmed and reinforced it with me.

A sharp pair of loafers can spiff up a pair of jeans. Add a collared shirt, and you look pretty good in this shabby world. Complete the look with a jacket, people will think you are interviewing. But shoes are the foundation. Good shoes are essential.

Has there been much chatter about sales after Thanksgiving? Our store has slowed down a bit, and I'm curious how sales are going for everyone else.

It wouldn’t be surprising. Someone mentioned another 300 shutting down next year, and I wouldn’t be shocked if the final number ends up even higher. What’s really stopping them from shutting everything down and switching fully to the non-corp model? Either way, the uncertainty and anxiety just keep dragging on.

Dollar General and Family Dollar say they offer low prices, but inspectors keep finding that a lot of items ring up higher at the register than the shelf price, especially in poorer and rural communities where people do not have many other places to shop. Since 2022, thousands of their stores have failed price accuracy inspections, sometimes with huge error rates, and many are repeat offenders. Some states have sued and reached settlements, but fines are often small compared with profits, and in a lot of states there is barely any enforcement at all.

Inside the stores, prices in the computer change automatically while workers, who are usually stretched thin and dealing with stocking, cleaning and the register, cannot keep up with switching shelf tags. Former employees say that is the main reason for the mismatches and some even claim fake sale signs are used to make normal prices look like discounts. The people paying the price are shoppers on tight budgets who may not notice a few extra dollars here and there or cannot afford to travel to another store. The companies say they care about accuracy and fix errors when they are told, but the pattern across states, fines and lawsuits shows a system that keeps overcharging the very customers it claims to help.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/03/customers-pay-more-rising-dollar-store-costs

Anyone see demand walk or sales forecast yet? Most our district lost 1600 or more hours fa this year vs last, wonder if they are going to cut nire!?

• Retailer 'FashionForward' Closes 20 Stores, 800 Employees Laid Off*
  Retail Dive
  December 3, 2025 12:45 PM PT

  FashionForward, a national apparel retailer, has revealed plans to close 20 underperforming stores across the country, resulting in 800 layoffs. The closures are part of a broader strategy to streamline its physical footprint and invest more heavily in its e-commerce operations. The company acknowledged the difficult impact on its employees and local communities. Severance packages and opportunities for relocation to other stores or online roles will be offered where possible. This move underscores the ongoing challenges faced by brick-and-mortar retail in a digital-first economy.

https://www.retaildive.com/news/fashionforward-store-closures-layoffs-2025-12-03/
Dallas, TX

So we get it, vader wants COR gone, bla bla bla, AR everything. So why not just close em all ? I mean, all we do is fix D2D scams and turn away people who wanna return their modems as directed by cust care. With unattainable numbers crammed down our throats, AR retailers popping up all around the COR locations - why keep the COR open ? Just to make people lives miserable ? We will not hit our numbers - we spend all our time fixing what YOU - the management - the monster YOU created - so why not just put a fork in it ?

I like this concept and I noticed that they are starting to do this at some locations. I only know of one and that’s the Brunswick Square store over by New Jersey. Interesting and didn’t expect this at all, but I’ve always thought they should do this. Keep the clearance and messy disorganized stuff out of the mainline stores and start doing this. Are they going to expand this concept or does anyone know what’s going on here?

Link to the article: https://www.oregonlive.com/business/2025/12/nordstrom-rack-closing-next-month-in-downtown-portland.html
Link to the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oc89pI4EKNc

WSB-TV
Mon, 01 Dec 2025 15:55:53 GMT
Atlanta-based Newell Brands has announced a significant workforce reduction, planning to lay off 900 employees. The company will also be closing 20 of its Yankee Candle retail stores. These actions are part of a broader restructuring effort impacting its operational footprint. The consumer goods company, based in Atlanta, Georgia, is making these changes to streamline its operations. This decision will affect a substantial number of employees and alter the retail presence of a well-known brand.

City: Atlanta
State: Georgia

https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/atlanta/atlanta-based-newell-brands-layoff-10-staff-will-close-20-yankee-candle-stores/DNUZCUT6QVANNG2PVA4WEFWWNU/

Interested to see what others experienced during Black Friday? My store seemed much quieter than usual. Wondering if the rest of you experienced similar things

Two days after Black Friday and we are told we are having a corporate visit December 3
This is a rouse to get the store cleaned up with almost no one working 🙄

Worst. ever. Management. Operations.

Harassment, favoritism, nepotism.

I hope it’s just a fluke and not a preview of what’s ahead.

There is a mass exodus of all job categories both in stores and at corporate in the state of North Carolina, dozens and dozens of jobs vacant in all areas (from high level corporate to entry level sales associate) all areas in almost all stores in the state of North Carolina.