Idiot Boy Promises to Save the Retail Industry

[Carnal_Flower]

. . . By getting rid of "regulations."

The answer for everything, apparently. Perhaps he's never heard of the interwebs.

 

[Misshotndeep]

I saw this and had to post it somewhere on in the political boards. It is super funny to me. Enjoy my meme attack!.

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[Chris_Michael]

Retail is already dead.

 

[Carnal_Flower]

Trump's going to save it, along with the coal industry, don't you know?

Retail is already dead.

 

[phrodeau]

He'll lift regulations for everyone except Nordstrom's.

 

[needit700]

The only dumbass on here is you

pig and your liberal ideas.

 

[someoneyouknow]

Here's the problem with shopping online: time.

In the past I could spend an hour or two going to stores, trying things on and making a decision right there and then. I don't have to wait a day or more for something to arrive, then try it on and hope it fits. If it doesn't, I then have to spend time repackaging it, getting return information and making sure it gets picked up, not to mention having the charges reversed on my credit card. In some cases you are charged for returns as well.

I realize everyone is different, but being able to see, touch and try on something right away is what matters to me. Having to wait doesn't cut it.

One other thing. I like to see where something is made. If it's from China I won't buy it, and for 99.9% of things out there, country of origin is not listed on the web page.

 

[phrodeau]

Here's the problem with shopping online: time.

In the past I could spend an hour or two going to stores, trying things on and making a decision right there and then. I don't have to wait a day or more for something to arrive, then try it on and hope it fits. If it doesn't, I then have to spend time repackaging it, getting return information and making sure it gets picked up, not to mention having the charges reversed on my credit card. In some cases you are charged for returns as well.

I realize everyone is different, but being able to see, touch and try on something right away is what matters to me. Having to wait doesn't cut it.

One other thing. I like to see where something is made. If it's from China I won't buy it, and for 99.9% of things out there, country of origin is not listed on the web page.

There are services that will send you a pile of laundry for you to pick over, and a box to send back what you don't want. You're only charged for what you keep.

 

[someoneyouknow]

There are services that will send you a pile of laundry for you to pick over, and a box to send back what you don't want. You're only charged for what you keep.

I understand that, but it's not me. I like the tactile feeling of a garment or how well (or poorly) a shoe fits. I like the immediacy of shopping. That stores have cut back so only the obese have any selection is another story.

This also goes towards cars. People now are buying a vehicle based solely on reviews. It's one thing to read reviews of a restaurant and make a decision, but a car is substantially different. There is almost no way to eloquently express how well or poorly a vehicle drives, sounds or performs. It's only something which can be experienced because everyone, consciously or not, responds to different inputs.

 

[Carnal_Flower]

Don't get me wrong, I love retail. If Idiot Boy can save it, whoo hoo, but I don't think regulations are the problem.

Try buying a purse online. Ha. Impossible to get a correct sense of size.

I agree I HATE Made in China clothes. I refuse.

I miss wandering through Linens N' Things, and I would forever miss Target . . .

I understand that, but it's not me. I like the tactile feeling of a garment or how well (or poorly) a shoe fits. I like the immediacy of shopping. That stores have cut back so only the obese have any selection is another story.

This also goes towards cars. People now are buying a vehicle based solely on reviews. It's one thing to read reviews of a restaurant and make a decision, but a car is substantially different. There is almost no way to eloquently express how well or poorly a vehicle drives, sounds or performs. It's only something which can be experienced because everyone, consciously or not, responds to different inputs.

 

[JerichoEd]

Don't get me wrong, I love retail. If Idiot Boy can save it, whoo hoo, but I don't think regulations are the problem.

Try buying a purse online. Ha. Impossible to get a correct sense of size.

I agree I HATE Made in China clothes. I refuse.

I miss wandering through Linens N' Things, and I would forever miss Target . . .

I know where an old 'mom and pop' retail store is. Been there since before the 60s. I think it's days are numbered because it's not the latest and greatest. Mostly tried and true workman's clothes and shoes. Got a great Wrangler's denim jacket. I wanted a Levi's, but the one I got is just as cool. I'm simple that way, but I got to see and feel it before buying.

 

[LincolnDuncan]

Idiot boy!

I love it.

 

[The_Trouvere]

Trump ran as a populist. Now he is showing his real inclinations as another
generic Republican politician who has little interest in doing anything but making
the rich richer.

Will the low income, low IQ whites who desperately want well paying factory and
mind jobs back see through this con artist? I doubt it. They never saw through
Ronald Reagan.

Factory and mine jobs only became desirable for low IQ people who could not
learn how to do anything else because of Democratic reforms. It was the
Democrats who passed laws strengthening labor unions, instituting minimum
wages, reducing working hours, and improving health and safety standards in
mines and factories.

The Deplorables are too ignorant to know that, however.

Helping poor people politically is like helping endangered animals species. They
don't help back. If they are non white they do not vote. If they are white they
vote against their economic interests by voting Republican.

 

[Beco]

He'll lift regulations for everyone except Nordstrom's.

haha!

 

[Chris_Michael]

Corporate has done way more damage to retail than Trump could ever do (I see the contradiction in this sentence. I'll leave it the way it is for now but yes, I misspoke. My bad.). The only way to save retail is to get corporate out of politicians' back pocket.

We absolutely need regulation to stop the jaugernauts. It doesn't matter how much you are against government intervention, corporate cannot be stopped otherwise. And when corporate cannot be stopped, you have corporate regulation instead.

Corruption is not only legal in America, it's encouraged.

 

[Beco]

Corporate has done way more damage to retail than Trump could ever do (I see the contradiction in this sentence. I'll leave it the way it is for now but yes, I misspoke. My bad.). The only way to save retail is to get corporate out of politicians' back pocket.

We absolutely need regulation to stop the jaugernauts. It doesn't matter how much you are against government intervention, corporate cannot be stopped otherwise. And when corporate cannot be stopped, you have corporate regulation instead.

Corruption is not only legal in America, it's encouraged.

Can't save retail, or bring it back to the way it was before the internet took off.

Internet shopping and technology has done away with these older institutions we are familiar with like massive shopping malls, or department stores. More brick and mortar stores will close, than open. The anomaly may be Apple stores where people still want to touch and feel a product or a mini-Target, a restaurant....can't put the toothpaste back in the tube. Trump makes statements based on his references, the man is 70 years old. Coal isn't coming back, or retail.

 

[dan_c00000]

He'll lift regulations for everyone except Nordstrom's.

And Macy's...