JC Penney's has a new CEO - Ron Johnson. Johnson comes to JC Penney from Apple and has been tasked with pulling the mega-retailer out of its slump. Johnson's most notable effort to date has been the implementation of a new pricing strategy for JC Penney called Fair and Square Every Day. This strategy sought to [...]
Tag: Shopping
No nesting here…
Over the years I have done an awful lot of catalog shopping; hence, I receive a lot of catalogs in the mail. I think my adoration for catalog shopping goes back to the days when we used to receive the big J.C. Penney and Sears catalog books in the mail. Those catalogs were magical back [...]
The shopping hotspot…
Well, apparently one woman's trash is another woman's treasure...along with about a half dozen neighborhood boys. The reclaiming of the garage from the abyss over the weekend created a pile of trash at the curb awaiting trash pick-up. As you may recall from my blog Sunday, the items that we believed had the potential for [...]
Maxxed out!
I did something I rarely do today - I went to TJ Maxx. Historically, I get to TJ Maxx maybe two or three times a year at best. It's not that I don't like TJ Maxx...it is the fact that shopping at TJ Maxx takes greater shopping energy than other stores. They are not the [...]
TGIF!
What store do you get when you throw in a bit of Gordmans, Hobby Lobby, Target, Walgreens, Michaels, Kmart, Walmart, Menards and the Family Dollar Store?? If you are still puzzling over that question then you obviously haven't been to the new Big Lots! in West Fargo yet! I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the new Big [...]
Hot and wet…thanks Bruce Kelly!
Bruce Kelly got me all excited today. Bruce and I have spent the last couple of Wednesday mornings together talking about my blog on his radio show - Bruce Kelly and Company on TalkRadio AM 1100 - he is a hoot and I enjoy starting my Wednesdays with him. This morning he said something extra-special [...]
Playing dress-up…
Well, it is clear that the ramp up for Halloween has begun in earnest. All my favorite girly girl shops are sending me emails about costume sales. There is no end to the assortment of near-nothing, erotic costumes you can buy this time of year. Most of the costumes I have seen are clearly geared [...]
THE NEW FORTY 