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- 0:00Joanne
- 0:00is
- 0:01going
- 0:01out
- 0:01of
- 0:01business.
- 0:02According
- 0:03to
- 0:03Retail
- 0:03Dive,
- 0:03Joanne
- 0:04will
- 0:04shut
- 0:04down
- 0:04all
- 0:04of
- 0:05its
- 0:05stores
- 0:05pending
- 0:06court
- 0:06approval,
- 0:06the
- 0:07company
- 0:07said
- 0:07in
- 0:07a
- 0:08Sunday
- 0:08statement.
- 0:09The
- 0:09move
- 0:10follows
- 0:10a
- 0:10bankruptcy
- 0:11auction
- 0:11in
- 0:11which
- 0:12the
- 0:12winners,
- 0:12GA
- 0:13Group
- 0:14and
- 0:14the
- 0:14retailers
- 0:14lenders,
- 0:15said
- 0:15they
- 0:16will
- 0:16initiate
- 0:16going
- 0:16out
- 0:17of
- 0:17business
- 0:17sales
- 0:17at
- 0:18all
- 0:18locations.
- 0:19And
- 0:19how
- 0:20saddened
- 0:20are
- 0:21you
- 0:21to
- 0:22learn
- 0:22that
- 0:22Joanne
- 0:22is
- 0:23shutting
- 0:23its
- 0:23doors
- 0:24for
- 0:24good?
- 0:25You
- 0:25know,
- 0:25I
- 0:25was
- 0:26really
- 0:26sad
- 0:26when
- 0:26I
- 0:26read
- 0:27this.
- 0:27I
- 0:27don't
- 0:27know
- 0:27why.
- 0:28If
- 0:28it's
- 0:28nostalgia,
- 0:29everybody
- 0:29is.
- 0:30All
- 0:30the
- 0:31memories
- 0:31that
- 0:31happened
- 0:32in
- 0:32this
- 0:32store
- 0:32as
- 0:33a
- 0:33kid.
- 0:33I
- 0:33mean,
- 0:33I
- 0:33spent
- 0:34so
- 0:34much
- 0:34time
- 0:34there.
- 0:35I
- 0:35mean,
- 0:35I
- 0:35was
- 0:35a
- 0:36total
- 0:36like,
- 0:37you
- 0:37know,
- 0:38stay
- 0:38at
- 0:38home
- 0:38nerd
- 0:39who
- 0:39just
- 0:40loved
- 0:40doing
- 0:41craft
- 0:41projects
- 0:42and
- 0:42stuff.
- 0:42But
- 0:43I
- 0:43mean,
- 0:43I,
- 0:44I
- 0:44just,
- 0:44I
- 0:45also
- 0:45think
- 0:45that
- 0:46the
- 0:46other
- 0:46part
- 0:46that's
- 0:47really
- 0:47sad
- 0:47about
- 0:47this
- 0:47is
- 0:48that
- 0:48I
- 0:48think
- 0:48it
- 0:48just
- 0:48means
- 0:49the
- 0:49end
- 0:49of
- 0:49a
- 0:49retailer
- 0:50in
- 0:50an
- 0:50almost
- 0:51a
- 0:51retail
- 0:51category
- 0:52like
- 0:52they
- 0:53talk
- 0:53about
- 0:53in
- 0:53the
- 0:53article,
- 0:54that
- 0:54maybe
- 0:54this
- 0:55business
- 0:55could
- 0:55be
- 0:55taken
- 0:56online.
- 0:56I
- 0:57just,
- 0:57I
- 0:57don't
- 0:57think
- 0:58that
- 0:58that's
- 0:58a
- 0:59viable
- 0:59option
- 1:00for
- 1:00Joanne.
- 1:01It's
- 1:01not
- 1:01core
- 1:01to
- 1:01its
- 1:02base.
- 1:03There's
- 1:03too
- 1:03much
- 1:03competition
- 1:04when
- 1:04you
- 1:04start
- 1:04getting
- 1:05Joanne's
- 1:05product
- 1:06outside
- 1:07of
- 1:07like
- 1:07fabrics
- 1:08and
- 1:08things,
- 1:09you
- 1:09know,
- 1:09you've,
- 1:10you've
- 1:10got
- 1:10competition
- 1:10with
- 1:11Amazon
- 1:11and
- 1:11Teemu
- 1:12for
- 1:12all
- 1:12the
- 1:12craft
- 1:12supply
- 1:13type
- 1:13things.
- 1:13So
- 1:14there's
- 1:14no
- 1:14way
- 1:14that
- 1:14they
- 1:14can
- 1:15win
- 1:15in
- 1:15that
- 1:15space.
- 1:17But
- 1:17I
- 1:17mean,
- 1:18I
- 1:18think
- 1:18the
- 1:19retailer,
- 1:20like
- 1:20several
- 1:20department
- 1:21stores
- 1:21that
- 1:21we've
- 1:22seen
- 1:22close,
- 1:22like
- 1:23this
- 1:23is
- 1:23just
- 1:23the
- 1:23end
- 1:23of
- 1:24an
- 1:24era.
- 1:24They
- 1:24haven't
- 1:25evolved,
- 1:25the
- 1:26boxes
- 1:26are
- 1:26huge,
- 1:27rent
- 1:27is
- 1:27high
- 1:28and,
- 1:28and
- 1:29I
- 1:29would
- 1:29say
- 1:30like
- 1:30Joanne
- 1:31has
- 1:31done
- 1:31curbside
- 1:32pickup
- 1:32and
- 1:33things
- 1:33that
- 1:33they
- 1:33had
- 1:33to
- 1:33do
- 1:34during
- 1:34the
- 1:34pandemic.
- 1:35But
- 1:35when
- 1:35you
- 1:35look
- 1:35at
- 1:36that
- 1:36in
- 1:36contrast
- 1:37with
- 1:37like
- 1:37a
- 1:37Michaels,
- 1:37for
- 1:38example,
- 1:38like
- 1:39you
- 1:39don't
- 1:40hear
- 1:40about
- 1:40Joanne
- 1:41trying
- 1:41omnichannel
- 1:42offerings
- 1:42or
- 1:42like
- 1:42doing
- 1:43the
- 1:43marketplaces
- 1:44or
- 1:44the
- 1:44in
- 1:44store
- 1:44events
- 1:45like
- 1:45you
- 1:45talked
- 1:45about
- 1:45with
- 1:46the
- 1:46Michaels
- 1:47representative
- 1:47back
- 1:48at
- 1:48Shop
- 1:48Talk
- 1:48fall,
- 1:48like,
- 1:49I
- 1:49think
- 1:50that,
- 1:50you
- 1:50know,
- 1:51this
- 1:51is
- 1:51a
- 1:51hard
- 1:52category
- 1:52to
- 1:52keep
- 1:53relevant
- 1:53and
- 1:53we
- 1:54just
- 1:54haven't
- 1:54seen,
- 1:54seen
- 1:55the
- 1:55investment
- 1:56from
- 1:56Joanne
- 1:56to
- 1:57really
- 1:57make
- 1:57some
- 1:58pushes
- 1:58into
- 1:58that
- 1:58space.
- 1:59So
- 1:59I
- 2:00can't
- 2:00say
- 2:00I'm
- 2:00surprised,
- 2:01but
- 2:02I'm,
- 2:02I'm
- 2:03sad.
- 2:03Are
- 2:03you?
- 2:04I
- 2:04mean,
- 2:04do
- 2:04you
- 2:04even
- 2:05care?
- 2:05I
- 2:05feel
- 2:05like
- 2:06this
- 2:06is
- 2:06like
- 2:06just
- 2:07a
- 2:07party
- 2:07of
- 2:07one
- 2:08here.
- 2:08Like.
- 2:08Oh,
- 2:08I'm.
- 2:09No,
- 2:09no,
- 2:09I.
- 2:10No,
- 2:10I
- 2:10mean,
- 2:10Ed,
- 2:11I.
- 2:12Of,
- 2:12of
- 2:13course
- 2:13I
- 2:13care.
- 2:14You
- 2:14know,
- 2:14like
- 2:15it's,
- 2:15it's
- 2:15a
- 2:15headline.
- 2:16Of
- 2:16course
- 2:16I
- 2:16care.
- 2:16No,
- 2:17you
- 2:17know,
- 2:17but
- 2:18I'm,
- 2:18I
- 2:18have
- 2:19been
- 2:20startingly,
- 2:21startlingly
- 2:23surprised,
- 2:23if
- 2:24that's
- 2:24a
- 2:24word,
- 2:25by
- 2:26how
- 2:26much
- 2:26people
- 2:27are
- 2:27interested
- 2:27in
- 2:27this
- 2:28story.
- 2:28Like,
- 2:28I
- 2:28trended
- 2:29the
- 2:29top,
- 2:30or
- 2:30I
- 2:31trended,
- 2:31I
- 2:31searched
- 2:32the
- 2:32top,
- 2:33you
- 2:33know,
- 2:34what
- 2:34was
- 2:34trending
- 2:34in
- 2:34Google
- 2:35yesterday?
- 2:36And
- 2:37Joanne
- 2:37was
- 2:37like,
- 2:37number
- 2:37two.
- 2:38I
- 2:38was
- 2:38like,
- 2:39wow,
- 2:39that
- 2:40many
- 2:40people
- 2:40care
- 2:41about
- 2:41Joanne.
- 2:42Joanne
- 2:42or
- 2:42Joanne
- 2:43Fabrics
- 2:43as
- 2:43it
- 2:43used
- 2:43to
- 2:43be
- 2:44known.
- 2:44That's
- 2:44crazy.
- 2:45So,
- 2:45I
- 2:45mean,
- 2:45my
- 2:45big
- 2:46takeaways,
- 2:47my
- 2:47big
- 2:47takeaways
- 2:47aren't
- 2:48very
- 2:48different
- 2:48than
- 2:48yours.
- 2:48I
- 2:49think
- 2:49mine
- 2:49is.
- 2:49My
- 2:49big
- 2:50takeaway
- 2:50is
- 2:50that
- 2:50nothing
- 2:50is
- 2:51ever
- 2:51safe
- 2:51in
- 2:51business.
- 2:52You
- 2:52can
- 2:52never
- 2:52rest
- 2:53on
- 2:53your
- 2:53laurels.
- 2:54You
- 2:54have
- 2:54to
- 2:54be
- 2:54constantly
- 2:55evolving
- 2:55and
- 2:55trying
- 2:56to
- 2:56get
- 2:56better.
- 2:57And
- 2:57sometimes
- 2:58the
- 2:58way
- 2:58the
- 2:58cookie
- 2:58crumbles,
- 2:59the,
- 2:59the
- 2:59macro
- 3:00trends
- 3:00are
- 3:00just
- 3:00out
- 3:00of
- 3:00your
- 3:01control
- 3:01and
- 3:01there's
- 3:01just
- 3:01nothing
- 3:02you
- 3:02can
- 3:02do
- 3:02about
- 3:02it,
- 3:03you
- 3:03know,
- 3:03and
- 3:03so
- 3:04I,
- 3:04you
- 3:04know,
- 3:04like,
- 3:05you
- 3:05mentioned
- 3:05it,
- 3:05I'll
- 3:06just
- 3:06be
- 3:06more
- 3:06explicit
- 3:07about
- 3:07it.
- 3:07Like,
- 3:07I
- 3:07wonder
- 3:08if
- 3:08the
- 3:08same
- 3:08thing
- 3:09isn't
- 3:09going
- 3:09to
- 3:09happen
- 3:09to
- 3:10Macy's
- 3:10here
- 3:10by
- 3:10the
- 3:11end
- 3:11of
- 3:11the
- 3:11decade.
- 3:11You
- 3:11know,
- 3:12I
- 3:12think
- 3:12that's,
- 3:12I
- 3:12think
- 3:13that's,
- 3:13that's
- 3:13really
- 3:14what
- 3:14this
- 3:14story
- 3:14tells
- 3:15me
- 3:15as
- 3:15I
- 3:16step
- 3:16back
- 3:16and
- 3:16I
- 3:16look
- 3:16at
- 3:16the
- 3:17implications
- 3:17of
- 3:17it.
- 3:18Or
- 3:19I'm
- 3:19going
- 3:19to
- 3:19go
- 3:19out
- 3:19on
- 3:19a
- 3:20limb
- 3:20here
- 3:20and
- 3:21say
- 3:21too,
- 3:21like,
- 3:21I'm
- 3:22starting
- 3:22to
- 3:22have
- 3:22this
- 3:22fear
- 3:23about
- 3:23our
- 3:23alma
- 3:23mater,
- 3:23Target
- 3:24as
- 3:24well,
- 3:24because
- 3:25I
- 3:25have
- 3:25legitimate
- 3:26concerns
- 3:26for
- 3:26them
- 3:27in
- 3:27the
- 3:27long
- 3:27run
- 3:28now,
- 3:28too.
- 3:28And
- 3:29I
- 3:29wouldn't
- 3:29have
- 3:29dared
- 3:30uttered
- 3:30those
- 3:30words
- 3:31five,
- 3:31six,
- 3:32seven
- 3:32years
- 3:32ago,
- 3:32but
- 3:32now
- 3:32I
- 3:33think,
- 3:33you
- 3:33know,
- 3:33given
- 3:34that
- 3:34just
- 3:34how
- 3:34things
- 3:35change
- 3:35and
- 3:35how
- 3:35you
- 3:36can't
- 3:36rest
- 3:36on
- 3:36your
- 3:36laurels,
- 3:37you
- 3:37have
- 3:37to
- 3:37constantly
- 3:37be
- 3:38evolving.
- 3:38I
- 3:39think,
- 3:39I
- 3:39think
- 3:39I
- 3:40put
- 3:40them
- 3:40on
- 3:40that
- 3:40list
- 3:40too.
- 3:41Here,
- 3:41you
- 3:41know,
- 3:41over
- 3:42the
- 3:42next
- 3:4210
- 3:42to
- 3:4320
- 3:43years.
- 3:44Wow.
- 3:44Wow.
- 3:45Yeah.
- 3:45That's
- 3:46crazy
- 3:46to
- 3:46think
- 3:47about.
- 3:47I
- 3:47mean,
- 3:48I
- 3:48do
- 3:48have
- 3:48to
- 3:48say,
- 3:49like,
- 3:50Walmart
- 3:51is
- 3:51giving
- 3:51them
- 3:52a
- 3:52serious
- 3:53run
- 3:53for
- 3:53their
- 3:53money.
- 3:53I
- 3:54mean,
- 3:54like,
- 3:55just,
- 3:55just
- 3:55going
- 3:56into,
- 3:56like
- 3:56we
- 3:57talked
- 3:57about
- 3:57it,
- 3:57like,
- 3:57just
- 3:57going
- 3:58into
- 3:58that
- 3:58store
- 3:59and
- 3:59the
- 3:59fashion
- 4:00categories
- 4:00alone,
- 4:01like,
- 4:01and
- 4:01hearing
- 4:01Denise
- 4:02talk
- 4:02about,
- 4:02like,
- 4:03we,
- 4:03We've
- 4:03never
- 4:03been
- 4:04present
- 4:04in
- 4:04there.
- 4:04There's
- 4:05so
- 4:05much
- 4:05opportunity
- 4:05for
- 4:06Walmart
- 4:06to
- 4:06like,
- 4:07come
- 4:07in
- 4:07and
- 4:08make
- 4:08a
- 4:08play
- 4:08to
- 4:09grab
- 4:09those,
- 4:10those
- 4:10customers
- 4:11away
- 4:11from
- 4:11Target.
- 4:12I
- 4:12guess.
- 4:12Yeah,
- 4:12that's
- 4:13true.
- 4:13Like,
- 4:14yes,
- 4:14I
- 4:14never
- 4:15would
- 4:15have
- 4:15thought
- 4:15of
- 4:15that
- 4:15until
- 4:16you
- 4:16said
- 4:16that.
- 4:16But
- 4:17you
- 4:17do,
- 4:18you
- 4:18do.
- 4:18It's
- 4:18like
- 4:18evolve
- 4:19or
- 4:19die,
- 4:19right?
- 4:20What?
- 4:20Isn't
- 4:20that
- 4:20like
- 4:21the,
- 4:21the
- 4:22slogan
- 4:22for
- 4:23like
- 4:23a
- 4:23T
- 4:23shirt?
- 4:23Yeah,
- 4:24it's
- 4:24like
- 4:24the
- 4:25slo.
- 4:25Yeah,
- 4:25it's
- 4:25like
- 4:25the
- 4:25slogan
- 4:26of
- 4:26Delaware,
- 4:26no,
- 4:26let's
- 4:27live
- 4:27free
- 4:27or
- 4:27die.
- 4:27But
- 4:28I
- 4:28think.
- 4:28But,
- 4:28but,
- 4:28yeah,
- 4:29no,
- 4:29I
- 4:29mean,
- 4:29I
- 4:29was
- 4:29writing
- 4:30an
- 4:30article.
- 4:30I
- 4:30was
- 4:30thinking
- 4:30about
- 4:30it
- 4:31because
- 4:31I
- 4:31was
- 4:31writing
- 4:31an
- 4:31article
- 4:31for
- 4:31Placer
- 4:32AI
- 4:33this
- 4:33week
- 4:33and
- 4:34you
- 4:34know,
- 4:34if
- 4:35you
- 4:35look
- 4:35at
- 4:35all
- 4:35the
- 4:35beachheads
- 4:36Target
- 4:36once
- 4:37held,
- 4:37they've
- 4:38all
- 4:38been
- 4:38under
- 4:39siege.
- 4:39Like,
- 4:39you've
- 4:39got
- 4:40Walmart
- 4:40getting
- 4:40the
- 4:40high
- 4:41income
- 4:41shopper
- 4:41to
- 4:42a
- 4:42really,
- 4:42really
- 4:43large
- 4:43degree,
- 4:44particularly
- 4:44in
- 4:44fashion.
- 4:45As
- 4:45mentioned,
- 4:46you
- 4:46know,
- 4:46on
- 4:47your
- 4:47show,
- 4:47in
- 4:48your
- 4:48interview
- 4:48yesterday,
- 4:49the
- 4:49warehouse
- 4:50clubs
- 4:50are
- 4:50getting
- 4:50stronger,
- 4:51particularly
- 4:51with
- 4:51the
- 4:51younger
- 4:52generations.
- 4:52You
- 4:52got
- 4:53Timu
- 4:53and
- 4:53she
- 4:53in,
- 4:54in
- 4:54the
- 4:54mix.
- 4:54You
- 4:55don't
- 4:55know
- 4:55how
- 4:55long
- 4:55or
- 4:56to
- 4:56what
- 4:56degree,
- 4:56but
- 4:56they're
- 4:57going
- 4:57after
- 4:57that
- 4:57fast
- 4:58fashion
- 4:58space
- 4:58as
- 4:59well,
- 4:59you
- 4:59know.
- 4:59And
- 5:00Wayfair,
- 5:00Wayfair
- 5:01is
- 5:01the
- 5:01go
- 5:01to
- 5:01place
- 5:01for
- 5:01online
- 5:02furnishings
- 5:02now
- 5:02too.
- 5:03So
- 5:03like,
- 5:03and
- 5:04they're
- 5:04getting
- 5:04into
- 5:04stores
- 5:05so,
- 5:05you
- 5:05know,
- 5:06there's
- 5:07a
- 5:07lot
- 5:07of
- 5:08guns
- 5:08pointed
- 5:09in
- 5:09that
- 5:09direction.
- 5:09So.
- 5:10Yeah,
- 5:10I
- 5:10don't
- 5:10know,
- 5:10but
- 5:10it
- 5:10just,
- 5:11just
- 5:11goes
- 5:11to
- 5:11show
- 5:12you,
- 5:12you
- 5:12got
- 5:12to
- 5:12keep
- 5:12moving.
- 5:13You
- 5:13got
- 5:13to
- 5:13keep.
- 5:14Joanne
- 5:15is
- 5:15the
- 5:15canary
- 5:15in
- 5:15the
- 5:15coal
- 5:16mine
- 5:16for
- 5:16all
- 5:18favorite
- 5:18retailers.
- 5:19It's.
- 5:20It's
- 5:20crazy
- 5:20considering
- 5:21all
- 5:21the
- 5:21retailers
- 5:21that
- 5:21have
- 5:22gone
- 5:22out
- 5:22of
- 5:22business
- 5:22recently
- 5:23and
- 5:23Joanne
- 5:24is
- 5:24the
- 5:24one
- 5:24that
- 5:24we're
- 5:25like,
- 5:25you
- 5:25know,
- 5:25having
- 5:25this
- 5:26major
- 5:26epiphany
- 5:26or.
- 5:27I
- 5:27know,
- 5:28I
- 5:28know,
- 5:29but
- 5:30I
- 5:30loved
- 5:30it.
- 5:30I
- 5:30loved
- 5:31all
- 5:31those
- 5:31reads
- 5:32that
- 5:32I
- 5:32made
- 5:33for
- 5:33people's
- 5:33gifts
- 5:34back
- 5:34in
- 5:34the
- 5:34day.
- 5:34I
- 5:34could
- 5:35spend
- 5:35hours
- 5:35there
- 5:35on
- 5:36a
- 5:36Saturday.
- 5:36It
- 5:36was
- 5:36great.
- 5:38I
- 5:39didn't
- 5:39know
- 5:39you're
- 5:39a
- 5:39reader.
- 5:40You
- 5:40make
- 5:40wreaths.
- 5:41Yeah,
- 5:42like
- 5:42made
- 5:42these
- 5:43wreaths
- 5:44every
- 5:44year
- 5:44for
- 5:44Christmas
- 5:45where
- 5:45you
- 5:45like
- 5:45poke
- 5:46fabric
- 5:46into
- 5:46them.
- 5:47I
- 5:47learned.
- 5:47I
- 5:47went
- 5:48to
- 5:48the
- 5:48classes
- 5:48all
- 5:48the
- 5:49time.
- 5:49See,
- 5:49it's
- 5:50sad.
- 5:50There's
- 5:50a
- 5:50lot
- 5:50of
- 5:50memories
- 5:51that
- 5:51are
- 5:51dying.
- 5:51Chris,
- 5:52thank
- 5:52you,
- 5:52audience,
- 5:53for
- 5:53sticking
- 5:53with
- 5:54us.
- 5:54As
- 5:54I
- 5:54go
- 5:55through
- 5:55my,
- 5:56my
- 5:56childhood
- 5:57nostalgia.
- 5:58I
- 5:58think
- 5:58our
- 5:58audience
- 5:59is
- 5:59very,
- 5:59very
- 5:59happy
- 6:00to
- 6:00know
- 6:00that
- 6:00you
- 6:00were,
- 6:00you
- 6:01were
- 6:01once
- 6:01a
- 6:01reader
- 6:02and
- 6:02I
- 6:02was
- 6:02a
- 6:02reader.
- 6:03Yes.