Reader Mike L sent me this little news snippet:
Macy’s bosses are forging ahead with store closures as they look to reinvent the 166-year-old retailer. The troubled department store chain announced in February that it would shut 150 over the next three years – including 55 by the end of 2024. It will be left with just 350 stores – a far cry from the peak of around 1,100 in 2008. Since then it has been in steady decline. Macy’s has yet to announce exactly which stores will be affected, but employees are speculating whether their location could be on the chopping block.
…and I don’t care.
I’ve hated those New York bastards with a passion ever since they bought the exquisite Marshall Field’s* in Chicago and turned it into… well, Macy’s.
I hope they all perish.
* probably the best department store in the world during the 1980s and -90s. Their Rare Books Department alone was worth any four departments in Macy’s. Unsurprisingly, it was the first department that Macy’s eliminated.