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That's what we told friends in San Diego when Target pulled out of a planned store in the East Village. They countered with, people are buying online so Target decided they didn't need another brick and mortar store. I don't really have an answer but I need to get back to Amazon and finish my order.
No it's not. That is a lie that corporations tell you. The cost of employees and maintenance of brick and mortar stores compared to the cheaper online costs are the REAL reason why they're closing stores.
Macy's is just doing what they are doing to increase their bottom line, to be quite blunt. The reasons for chain stores moving out of the city are a lot more boring than "crime": It is more convenient for suburbanites who rely on these stores to go to their local mall than to go into the city. Unless if something is actively done to reduce suburban sprawl and revitalize city and town centers, this death spiral is going to continue nationwide. This is not the only Macy's slated for closure either.
You're not a local that's why. It's been there for a long ass time and it's one of the biggest stores in downtown. Yes, that Macy's is important to the city's history. @@Ovprksdnw
@@kennethtran4706 Which "assumptions"? Macy's IS closing 150 stores throughout the entire country, it's a FACT. If Macy's closed only 1 store in San Francisco, then yes you could blame the city. But when a business is forced to close 150 stores, you blame the business
@dnw learn before assuming. Stealing merchandise worth $950 or less is just a misdemeanor in California, which means that law enforcement probably won't bother to investigate, and if they do, prosecutors will let it go. No rules = theft = no business can stay in buisness.
@@Ovprksdnw who are you, london breed's assistant? why are so many stores closing in SF? Didn't Westfield, owner of the big mall there, give the entire mall back to the bank?
The SF Macy's is the flagship for the entire western half of the country and is smaller only than the original in Manhattan. Only a shitbag city like San Francisco could cause this iconic store to close.
News outlets need to stop blaming online shopping and the pandemic for these business closures. There are safe areas to shop, and the stores are remaining open there. Many areas are flourishing.
Macy's location is an iconic location and still closed down. What makes the Grill owner think he can survive with nobody around? SF and California in general are more worried about illegal migrants and DEI initiatives instead of keeping businesses around.
i was more shocked when the $900 shoplifting law became effective. so here are the wonderful results. dont forget the free needles that the city handed out
And the rest? You know California is the largest Republican state in the nation right? More Trump 2020 voters than Texas. There’s large areas of the state run completely different than San Francisco and Los Angeles.
150 Macy's stores are closing throughout the country. Why single out San Francisco and not other cities? By your logic, the entire country is in denial
Life was constantly improving until the recession of 2008. Everything has stagnated and started aging. The only thing new the kids will invest in are Iphones and updates.
The Mayor doesn't have that much power in SF. The Board of Supes call the shots, and they make Breed look like Giuliani. The SFPD is useless. The DA's office basically duplicates what the public defenders' office does. The judges are completely out of touch. And the voters vote for it again and again. They got what they wanted.
Oh, NOW they're worried? Remember that huge mall called Westfield San Francisco?? It was almost 4 stories tall and it closed its doors a few years ago... I can't imagine how many jobs were lost that time.
Still plenty of Activists and politicians who think everything is fine in SF okie, dokie Just keep what you're doing And they will wonder what happened when the end game comes
@@elipalacios5003 The Activists paint their fairly tale solutions with beautiful words. A create more nonsense to describe the outcomes of their failed policies. It is pretty wild to listen to them. And if you disagree the start name calling, insults, shaming language.
The voters of San Fiasco have been voting for all the Democrat Party woke nonsense for decades so I assume they're perfectly happy with what Urine Square and the rest of the city has become.
150 Macy's stores are closing throughout the country. Why single out San Francisco and not other cities? Your logic is flawed. I live in SF and the city is BOOMING. But you sound like someone living in the middle of nowhere and parroting MAGA's talking points (indeed a chicken-brained man). Maybe you should come here and see for yourself our $3M houses and AI-driven job market
Unlike cities similar to Detroit, SF has better built-in qualities. Better weather, better scenery, better demographics---more affluent residents than Motown. But because the Bay Area's politics are so dogmatic (SF's in particular), SF might just as well be Baltimore, St Louis or Cleveland.
Cal. keep raising taxes and leaving your southern border wide open. Soon a lot more businesses will be closing and maybe your state can be adopted by Mexico~! Shalom
I think some context here is also needed. Macy’s has been struggling for the last 5 years (just look at their stock price). Its is shocking and sad but not too entirely unexpected. Their business struggles, coupled with probably the increased theft in their stores, resulted in the decision. BUT, SF does have an image and crime problem; I personally haven’t visited the city in the last 5 years… b/c I’ve haven’t had a need and I don’t want to deal with a broken car window. The homeless issue was getting worse in 2016-2018, but it has expanded since then. All this, I place the feet of the Governor, State Legislature and Mayor. No excuses here, you’ve had a lot time to address this. No wonder crime increased.
Yes, Macys is bombing everywhere. And many cities are experiencing a down town decline. SF is just having the worst of it with 35% commercial vacancy and poor city management.
150 Macy's stores are closing throughout the country. Why single out San Francisco and not other cities? Your logic is flawed. I live in SF and the city is BOOMING. But you sound like someone living in the middle of nowhere and parroting MAGA's talking points. Maybe you should come here and see for yourself our $3M houses and AI-driven job market
@@OvprksdnwMacy San Francisco is considered the iconic of San Francisco shopping experience and you just equate its value to any of the other 149 stores. What does that say? Keep coping as long as it makes you feel good🤡
I lived in SF for 25 years, and for most of that time I couldn't imagine living anywhere else. Today I wouldn't spit on it from a moving car. The people living here are in total denial.
How can business owners be shocked? The shop is underperforming and for sure, retail theft in that shop is a most probably one reason but the major reason is that the US population love of online shopping.
Prior to its slide into decrepitude, my wife and I used to visit SF almost annually (we live in Pennsylvania). The town was crowded with tourists, so the shoppers were mainly tourists. Online shopping doesn’t impact tourist shopping behavior. The city killed its tourism industry by creating a situation that makes tourists feel unsafe and disgusted. Tourists have options. I haven’t visited in years, and have lost interest even if they turn things around.
Shoplifting is the main reason they don’t want to admit that, if you steal items worth $900 and work out without prosecuted what do you think. I feel for all businesses in San Francisco. Please Walgreens and target close down your stores please!
@@WR-NC-ASPL I'm telling you that this has NOTHING to do with Macy's closing 150 stores across the country, with one of them being in San Francisco. You're talking about apples and oranges
I haven't been to that Macy's or downtown in decades even though I live in the city. It's unsafe and anti automobiles. I pack up my family and go to Stonestown, Serramonte, or to the malls in the south bay.
My wife and I used to visit SF regularly. We loved the city. Now, you would need to pay us a large sum of money to even think about visiting, so I guess we will not be visiting again.
Why should any non demented person be shocked? SF residents and businesses did it to themselves. The owner of Johns is like the captain of the Titanic!
Hmm... to those deniers who claims that Macy's is closing plenty pf stores and has nothing to do with San Francisco. When you close your flagship store, that is saying something. You can close many more stores but your flagship store is a statement. It's a harbinger of things to come in SF looking at the exodus. Look at all the tourists who on their first day to visit the (once) iconic city and have their car broken into or belongings stolen, you think they will ever consider coming back of recommend friends to come visit? Thought so.
I'm only shocked that an overpriced 1980s-style department store like Macy's didn't go out of business at the turn of the Century. But I see the Russian bots are here leaving divisive comments about SF itself. As if these types of stores haven't been closing in EVERY red state as well.
I'm heart broken I have been shopping at this location since the 70's for all my leisure suits ,but now since they closing shop where will I go now? so heart broken...
I'm sure Gavin Newsom and London breed are very very pleased with this.. the demise of San Francisco continues.. San Francisco residents clearly ❤️ love this.. why else would they keep voting these people in 😊
This is the Utopia everyone has been voting for. People forget equity doesn't necessarily mean prosperity. Equity can exist in many forms, even poverty and destitution.
It’s not just Macy’s in SF, there are 150 Macy’s stores that are set to close their storefronts. They just don’t have the customers they once did because their quality isn’t as good as it once was. Between online shopping and other stores offering similar products at a lower price people are going to shop where they get the best deals. Rent and overall expenses for storefronts are huge and since the voters voted on prop 47, that has made a huge difference for the stores that are getting robbed blind and nothing is getting done about it. Voters need to read what they are voting for and not just fill in the bubble on their ballot!
I used to work in Silicon Valley and went to the City weekly. Today You could not pay me go there. Sorry but you reap what you sow and the city is weak shadow of what it was and the people that run the city are the reason it is gotten so bad!
I remember coming from Roseburg, Oregon to visit San Francisco with my family and all of my siblings 5 sisters and we had a blast there in Union Square. San Francisco seem very nice a much cleaner back then in the early 1980s and some bums, but nothing like it is today. Today's San Francisco scares me and my much younger children who are toddlers. They see the zombies all out there bent over on most of the streets and so much garbage all over the place. So sad that the City of San Francisco has degraded itself.
For years Macy's has been struggling and there have been hints of need for reductions for a long time. If the people there are shocked, then they must be either mentally challenged or living in a bubble.
By your logic, other 149 locations nationwide where Macy's is also closing its stores are sh*t too. Funny how you don't mention those other locations though
How sad :( we cancelled a trip to San Fransico and New York due to crime, homelessness ect. Wake up liberal politicans people are aware of your crime problem and don't want to be a victim of it
1. Like the Grill guy said, they've seen other retailers come and go, so this isn't new, even if Macy's was there for a hundred years. 2. Although people have fond memories going to that store, you still get to keep that memory. You have to put it in perspective that nothing lasts forever. The store has undoubtedly gone through renovations over the years and isn't the same as it was when you were a kid. Make new memories at other places in the city, as those places likely won't be around or be the same version when you're older.
Meanwhile 1 hour south of SF, Valley Fair mall in San Jose is killing it, highest revenue mall in America, absorbing customers from all over the Bay Area.