Re: J C Penney-A Model Used In Teaching!

ROMARY · ‎04-28-2010

I'm not crazy about clipping coupons. I'd rather get a weekly ad with sale prices for the week.

Sometimes we don't receive the ads with the coupons, etc.

I enjoy shopping in stores that don't need coupons in order to give the customer a sale price.

Same with supermarkets. I dread having to look online for special sale prices and/or having to clip the cupons in the weekly ad.

I enjoy Trader Joe's and another large supermarket that, for the most part, don't have tons of coupons to clip. Maybe a few on one side of an ad page. But that's enough.

Many seniors around here feel the same. Some don't want to have to search in their computers for 'coupons' and/or some don't use computers or whatever various phones.

'More or less', 'Right or wrong', 'In general', and 'Just thinking out loud ' (as usual).

Witchy Woman · ‎03-15-2010

@ECBG

I used to shop a lot at JC Penney online. No more.

Last time I tried navigating the website it was next to impossible to view items.

And, much of the inventory was stuff I had seen for years or "out of stock."

There's only so many times I'll revisit a place that drives me crazy or has little or nothing to purchase.

Even the coupons don't draw me in now.

roeroe1005 · ‎03-13-2010

I remember something similiar w/Lord & Taylor's before their use of coupons. And then we started getting coupons in the mail, the Sunday newspapers, everywhere you looked. People would not shop at L&T unless they had a coupon. Very sad to watch their downfall.

Wasn't the CEO who changed JCP's policy someone who had no experience running a department store? I remember reading about him and, and at the time, he was not getting rave reviews from those analysts.

We are seeing it happen to Macy's; will that also kill Bloomingdale's?

I've pretty much worked part time, along my full time jobs, in retail 30+ years. So sad.