Can I use these apps yet?
Or are they integrated into production Nordstrom sales-ey store systems yet?
Are the devs all onboard, drawing a paycheck?
What’s the plan for this nonsense? Another dumb purchase? ROI or more goodwill write-off?
Need to get over the NYC hump so you can can an EASY 1k expensive heads from the IT staff.
[to BevyUp and MessageYes] "So what would you say you do here?"
Will the public see any impact from these apps? Will Nordstrom?
Will anyone lose his job over these acquisitions?
Nasty retail sales numbers this morning — department stores off 6.1% yoy.
Cosmetic employees in NYC, or across the entire company?
When will the prima donnas in Technology feel real pain?
An old acquaintance in marketing for a national rental-car chain once explained to me that locations in NYC are huge loss-leaders and only kept open for full network coverage and sometimes for prestige.
The company had to have rental locations at LaGuardia and JFK, even though it cost them an arm and a leg. It was simply a cost of doing business.
The Nordstrom family originally had been prudent in their approach to Manhattan. There was the Jeffrey store (OK, maybe that was stupid), the Rack in Union Square, and a few experiments in high-end retail to get a feel for the market. Traditionally, Nordstrom had been in Long Island and mall locations in NJ, where they could sell couture to suburbanites. Their approach seemed measured and prudent – very Swedish.
At some point they said "screw it" and decided to shoot the moon.
They spent $400 million on a block of Midtown, partnered with Extell, and put up a supertower. We need to learn more about the potential liability to Nordstrom in this deal, because the condo units are coming online precisely at the end of the cycle. They may be in serious trouble, beyond the scope of the success or failure of the full-line store itself. We will watch this carefully.
So who stepped up and convinced the brothers to go all-in on this NYC effort? Or did they get too far out over their own skis?
Drink glögg, smell own farts, repeat.
Next steps in the Manhattan debacle. Cosmetic employees will be down-graded on pay-rates as well as working without a commission to help fund NYC.
The Jokes on them!! Who’s going to last after this destroys everyone!
Every employee hasn’t access to the Flash reports. Can you see the death of retail in there?
I visit store 1, the in-store boutiques are empty and pathetic now.
https://blogs.nordstrom.com/fashion/look-book-gucci-chanel-saint-laurent-and-more-at-nordstrom-seattle/
I would love to see the numbers on these smelly t–ds.