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I am not claiming to be an expert and I live in Santa Barbara. I am saying that the actual experts (neither one of us) know better and have real world data. Most importantly, they are national stores that have to work with national trends. So maybe Phoenix gets a little inconvenienced but overall it’s the right choice.
You a showing your lack of intellect yet again, silly person.
You missed my comment about all these genius retailers that have gone out of business making the “right” choices. You know better. You just don’t want to admit you’re wrong.
No. I addressed that directly. They went out of business for various reasons having nothing to do with inventory control which is the specific discussion. This is not a matter of a disruptive event.
Inventory control/logistics is something that was a direct part of my career and I understand it very well so, unlike you, I have a glimpse of what is going on. I just didn’t work in consumer retail sales.
They aren’t guessing. They are testing and trying new things and making changes all the time and they can move quickly with modern manufacturing. If something is not selling, it’s gone. If something appears to be selling a bit better, they will tweak the next year and see if that improves things and possibly further tweak the next year. There is a century of data on this.
You are WAY out of your depth.
Totally agree and with a national company with multiple stores, they have to optimize nationally, not just for one store or region.
It’s also true that a big box of any sort needs to optimize across product categories. HD has to trade off lumber vs flooring vs kitchen appliances. Meanwhile Target needs to trade off clothing vs pharmacy vs housewares, and that’s before we add groceries to their juggling act.
What this suggests is that for those of us who’re seasonally challenged, whether by temperament or by location, the answer is to avoid national stores and big box stores. e.g. I can get plenty of swimsuits in my long-tail size locally, but I need to go to the local beach tourist store, not Target, to get them. I can buy a BBQ, but not at Lowes; it’s at the dedicated BBQ store. etc.
I will pay more for the privilege, but that’s all about the relative efficiency of big box logistics and buying power. Which also says Amazon will beat them both silly, net of the irritation of shipping.
The very worst thing about Christmas commercials is when they put their shitty commercial lyrics over beloved carols. The second worse kind of commercial involves a white hair bearded guy who is supposed to be Santa in the off season, like as a car salesman.
I have noticed that one of my favorite parts of the holiday season is already in full swing on TV. That would be pretentious perfume and cologne ads starring celebrities. I’ve already seen reruns of ones from years past starring Natalie Portman and Johnny Depp (the latter from the WAY back; Depp hasn’t been as thin as he is in these ads for a while now). There’s also a relatively new one starring Austin Butler for YSL.
I’m hoping the most insane one from recent years gets played; it has Timothee Chalamet in blue tint while playing “Nights in White Satin” as the soundtrack, for some reason.
They way Christmas has been ruined, there are no more “beloved carols” for me. I hate everything about this fucking season. (now half year)
Early July is on the early side of summer vacation season. I doubt most people are thinking, “I need a new swimsuit because I gained/lost weight or because the elastic has died since last year” a month before going away & needing it.
A lot of people either can’t afford to buy stuff months ahead of when they’ll need it or don’t have the storage space for it or plain don’t think that far ahead. I’m not pulling out my heavy winter coat in early Oct just to see if it’s good for another year. I’ll think about that once it gets cold.
In fact, I eat less chocolate in the second half of summer because I absolutely refuse to buy anything Halloween in July or August & it seems you can’t get ‘regular’ chocolate that doesn’t have a ‘scary’ wrapper then. Let me enjoy my summer & not think about it ending, you retail bastards!
I haven’t taken mine down from last year. 
Like in the movie Bob and Doug, “I guess there’s no point in steering anymore!”
A minor bit of loathsomeness is the classic radio channel on Sirius XM running “Christmas in July” week, so we can hear radio drama plots involving Xmas over the sound of automotive A/C.
People should stop complaining about grossly out-of-season marketing. Just shaddup and buy.
Halloween hit Waitrose two weeks ago. ASDA has pumpkins. Already now the minced pies (Christmas and other goods) are out. Too bad they don’t have a Turkey day in the UK. This year the Cadbury eggs were in place in the warehouse before the end of last year.
Maybe it’s because the world is becoming increasingly horrible, and people desperately need “the spirit of Christmas” not to be depressed. My balcony lights and tree are turned on Thanksgiving night and remain on until 7 days after New Year’s Day. I make no apologies.
Yes, the commercial greed is annoying, but the Christmas season keeps some businesses alive for the year when, without it, they would go under.
Maybe for some. For me it’s the opposite. I hate the Christmas Season (4-6 months) so much, I’m in a constant state of agitation.
Maybe they need a different business model. I know I wouldn’t shed a tear if every business catering to Christmas went under.
Maybe for some. For me it’s the opposite. I hate the Christmas Season (4-6 months) so much, I’m in a constant state of agitation.
Me too. People seem to be completely oblivious to the fact that it’s not a part of the culture of a significant minority of us. There was a post on here a few years back where some asshole said that people who go out for dinner on Xmas eve are being jerks. Presumption and cluelessness beyond belief.
YMMV of course.
I am utterly secular. My parents were utterly secular. The Christmas I grew up with was an American holiday conceptually no different from Thanksgiving or the 4th of July. One’s religion or lack thereof was immaterial. One’s ethnicity or national origin was also immaterial.
As a childless adult, the whole thing feels kinda juvenile to me. It’s of, by, and for 5-10yos and the rest of us just shuffle along each year sorta going through the motions of whatever was done when we were kids.
To be sure, there are people who think it’s all about Jeebus. Screw them and their confused ideas.
We watch a fair amount of “House Hunter” shows on TV. There are actually people who base their decision on what house to buy according to whether they have a “good place to put the tree.”
Said the person who isn’t Jewish or Muslim where it isn’t immaterial. It’s NOT part of our culture.
To be clear, I don’t want to end xmas. Hundreds of millions of people love it or at least parts of it and it’s a major driver of our economy.
What drives me batshit is the ignorant assumption that it’s somehow this universal thing where everyone takes part. A lot of us don’t. We don’t decorate our houses. We don’t know the words to the carols so we can’t or mostly don’t want to sing along. I’m also well aware that some Jewish people like xmas so if you were thinking of bringing that up, keep it to yourself. It’s not relevant.
I would if I could. But I acknowledge I can’t.