10 months ago
DogiCocoWe don't even have B&BW stores in Germany 😭
But this is not surprising. I know that B&BW is often the last store in deserted old malls in the USA, so it makes sense to close locations like that. 50 are not even that many.
I like malls in principle, but I'm always disappointed when I shop for clothes offline. It's easier to find what you're looking for online. Testing perfumes in stores is great though.
Who knows? Perhaps one day they will expand to Germany. 😃
I rarely ever go to a mall even to test perfumes. I have a fairly large collection, and I purchased all of them based on the notes pyramids and reviews. I tested very, very few of them before purchasing. I do not buy many clothing items anymore, either, so I have more or less avoided malls since the 1990s.
As for stores closing, though, it is not just B&BW. We have had many long lived chains that are going out of business. We have had some upmarket stores that have either gone out of business or declared bankruptcy and were restructured, e.g. Barney's and Neiman Marcus respectively. I never see that much traffic at the malls except in late Autumn through early Spring, and that is because of holiday shopping and returns.
Another chain that has declared bankruptcy is Bed, Bath, and Beyond. I very rarely visited BB&B. I never really liked how the store was organised or its general ambiance, and I found their prices were not very competitive with other large retailers that sold the same sorts of items, but I am sorry to know they have gone into receivership. I just found out about it today. I had a gift card for them I had not used, so I figured I better use it. Then, I found out they now refuse to honour their gift cards. I will have to file a claim with the receiver, but I am doubtful I will ever see the money. I think that is wrong. They accepted cash for a plastic card. If they are not going to honour the cards, then they should return the cash. Just wish I had known about this a month or two ago.