That’s exactly what a Kohl’s is. Clothes, housewares, luggage, furniture, appliances, jewelry, and so on.
Their current spokesperson is Ellie Kemper of such shows as The Office and Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt.
Definitely not, because I never was a kid in the 60s in the USA, actually I was born in 1968 in Germany and never have been to America. I just some time heard about an American chain called Kohl’s, probably here on this board, but misremembered what they sell.
Anyway, yeah, unless you lived in Wisconsin or elsewhere in the Upper Midwest in the '40s through '80s, Kohl’s is and always was only a department store.
Their grocery stores did look pretty cool, though:
I want to live there.
I know what Kohl’s is, and I get that it’s clearly a joke. My only question is why use the Kohl’s name, specifically? Although, the inclusion of Kohl’s Cash is a nice touch (but only if one is familiar with the store).
WAG: moderately-priced store, where Trump would never be caught dead.
Target only gives out prizes in the sciences?
Because it’s such a mundane place which has so little to do with an international award for peace. It’s like “Kmart”, only with a blander name and slightly higher aspirations to quality.
ETA: I’ve only been there once, so maybe it was an off day.
Good answers, all. Actually, the more I think about it, the funnier it gets. He’s got some great writers on his staff (assuming it’s not AI).
The Nobel Prize comes with a cash award. So Kohl’s Cash is Mr. Potato Head’s version ov getting a cash award.
Also, a rule in comedy writing. “K”'s are funny. I don’t know why, but it’s a rule.
I go there frequently, but not to shop. It’s a place where I can return something to Amazon without having to box it up, slap a label, go to a UPS store and wait in line, etc.
They always give me a coupon for the store when I do a return, surely in the hope that I’ll shop while I’m there, but I never have.
My wife likes to shop there though.
He got quite wealthy from the business, and his slogan in one election was “Nobody’s U.S. senator but yours.” Something else to set him, and the Newsom parody, apart from Trump.
Wait. You can return Amazon items just by bringing them to Kohl’s? How does that work? Do you have to have a printout of how much you paid for it?
The Goodwill store near me now has an automatic Amazon return kiosk inside the store next to the checkout. It scans your return code, gives you a bag to seal the item in, spits out a label, and you drop it into the kiosk door. It’s great. If anything goes wrong, or if the item is too large for the kiosk, one of the Goodwill staff comes over and helps out. When the kiosk gets full, the staff empties the bin from inside the kiosk into a locked office next to it and replaces it.
At the end of the return, the kiosk asks if you plan on buying anything while you’re there, and asks you to guess at the dollar amount you think you’ll spend. I’m guessing that it’s because either Goodwill gets paid by Amazon for the hosting the kiosk, or they pay Amazon for hosting it and getting extra customer traffic, so both Amazon and Goodwill want to know how much benefit Goodwill gets from it. I should ask the next time I’m there.
Amazon Fresh stores and Whole Foods stores also have these kiosks, in addition to having actual humans at the Amazon return counter.
You have a QR code sent by Amazon when you submit your return request. The folks at the return counter at Kohl’s will scan the QR code from your phone and take the item and give you a receipt. Then you can leave. It usually takes about a minute.
They then handle the return to Amazon, and once Amazon gets confirmation of the return you get credit on your account.
Also, kohl means cabbage, which just makes it even funnier to me.
That is the fallacy that got trump voted, I believe. I don’t buy it, but would take the cars. Not to drive them, mind you, lousy things they were. But to sell them. Or donate them to Cuba.
My theory, based on no facts whatsoever, is that the chain was going to be named “Cole’s,” but some marketer thought the homonym looked fancier.
Heh. Nope.