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1. LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Saturday, 16-Feb-2019 11:45:03 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
   It’s official. #Payless_Shoes is closing. https://nu.federati.net/url/206107
   • Stephen Michael Kellat repeated this.
   • LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Saturday, 16-Feb-2019 12:32:01 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}

     • GeniusMusing
     @geniusmusing In my opinion, the price of retail space is way disproportionate these days. It will have to come way down before it is profitable to be a retailer again.
   • LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Saturday, 16-Feb-2019 13:41:28 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}

     • GeniusMusing
     @geniusmusing Personally, I much prefer to have my item immediately after I hand over money. It is far too common to order something online, then have something completely different delivered, if your item arrives at all.
   • MMN-o ✅⃠ (mmn@social.umeahackerspace.se)'s status on Saturday, 16-Feb-2019 13:57:17 UTC MMN-o ✅⃠

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     @lnxw48a1 Yes, the rent is too damn high!
     LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} repeated this.
   • Stephen Michael Kellat (alpacaherder@mastodon.sdf.org)'s status on Saturday, 16-Feb-2019 15:38:44 UTC Stephen Michael Kellat

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     @lnxw48a1 We are in the burning times. Bad business decisions cannot be hidden or papered over forever.

   • LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Saturday, 16-Feb-2019 16:19:47 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}

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     • Stephen Michael Kellat
     @alpacaherder https://nu.federati.net/notice/2752912 This is a lot more than just bad business decisions. This is an entire industry that is facing collapse (and with said collapse is the loss of one of the biggest sources of entry-level and mid-level job opportunities; there will be a lot more unemployed twenty-something and thirty-something [and also seventy-something] people).
     
     As much as we want to promote STEM and robotics, there are not enough programming and sysadmin jobs to replace retail.
   • Stephen Michael Kellat (alpacaherder@mastodon.sdf.org)'s status on Saturday, 16-Feb-2019 17:02:53 UTC Stephen Michael Kellat

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     @lnxw48a1 In the case of Payless, they went into a second bankruptcy in two years. They weren't a healthy business. When Dad was working for one of their suppliers, they refused to pay that supplier so Payless got banned by them unless they paid cash upfront.