Another old school company confronts harsh times as old school models of doing biz have FAILED and companies that don't adjust are seeing their old school models crumble . . . Checkit:
Hallmark to close KC based Home & Gifts business at the end of the year
KANSAS CITY, MO (KCTV) - Hallmark will be exiting their Home and Gifts business that is based in Kansas City. Hallmark announced Monday afternoon that the Home and Gifts division of their company will be closing at the end of this year. The business employed 60 people in Kansas City, but not all 60 positions have been eliminated.
Word is, loads of those cheap China-made tchotchkes are seasonally given away to retirement homes and donated by the truckloads to the charity thrift stores. Geezer-hater's angry grandpa and sad grandma are leaving their dusty, chipped and cig smokey collection of 'Keepsakes' ornaments to him in their will.
ReplyDeleteSeriously, don't laugh. He's thrilled. He's the one who chipped them, by playing with them through his late 20s!
tchotchkes = Good word!
ReplyDeleteSelling junk is always a bad business model when people now have options.
Trump's economy! We are winning so hard! MAGA!
ReplyDeleteReally, 8:26? Are you sad about less cheap plastic crap coming to your favorite dingy dollar store?
DeleteYeah, that's the only effect of Trump's tariffs - less cheap plastic crap. Nonsense.
ReplyDeleteHallmark Business Model = Make a tacky Christmas ornament with brightly colored paints in China for 75 cents and then charge Americans $25 for it.
ReplyDeleteAnd write limited edition on it.
Delete^^That's capitalism buddy. Don't like it?...move to Venezuela or shut it!
ReplyDelete"gift shops" are an early-americas custom, like "greeting cards" sent by snail mail. they also used to leave bottles of milk on your front steps. and save themselves for when they were married.
ReplyDeletedood: nobody does that shit anymore.
it's all changed. now you can even get instant nookie from strange girls and boys with an app on your phone.
also, we're living in a bankrupt country now. nobody can afford stupid ancient folkways anymore.
get over it.
Hallmark Business Model = Sucker Born Every Minute = Overpay for Kitschy Cuteness
ReplyDelete- Your Venezuelan Friend
So right. Hallmark puts "Limited Edition" on a Christmas ornament made of sh*t and people snap it up, thinking it will be worth five times the amount in 30 years because the production run was limited. The fact is all production runs are limited.
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