20 Retailers Collapsing Right In Front Of Our Eyes

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  • @kstee430
    @kstee430 Рік тому +192

    1. Kohls @1:26
    2. David's Bridal @2:26
    3. Gymboree 3:08
    4. 99 cent only stores @3:51
    5. Toms shoes @4:46
    6. True Religion @5:35
    7. Tops @6:13
    8. Joann @6:58
    9. Morphe @7:57
    10. Sears 8:40
    11. Belk @9:34
    12. Christopher and Banks @10:24
    13. Starbucks @11:01
    14. Disney 11:34
    15. Art Van furniture @12:12
    16. Clarks @12:43
    17. Estee Lauder @13:14
    18. Furniture Factory Outlet @14:10
    19. Guess @14:40
    20. H&M @15:22
    You're welcome.

    • @josha1398
      @josha1398 Рік тому +9

      None of these I give a shit about lol

    • @Goldun-nah
      @Goldun-nah Рік тому +4

      @@josha1398 if you’re basing your worry based on if you like these companies or not, they you don’t understand economics and why this should worry everyone. If you’re this oblivious then it should be expected that you wouldn’t see the forest through the trees.

    • @Talanei
      @Talanei Рік тому

      @@Goldun-nah Maybe you could educate @josha1398 on why this should worry him

    • @sissycarolina4863
      @sissycarolina4863 Рік тому +3

      Thank you for posting this.

    • @Dustyphoto915
      @Dustyphoto915 Рік тому +4

      UA-cam Champion! Many thanks.

  • @artawhirler
    @artawhirler Рік тому +1561

    So if Starbuck's is closing 500 stores, that means there will only be one per block in some cities.

    • @paul-ld9vh
      @paul-ld9vh Рік тому +71

      LoL😂

    • @capriceclassic7667
      @capriceclassic7667 Рік тому +40

      🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @slimdifference08
      @slimdifference08 Рік тому +48

      Lewis Black won't be able to do his joke anymore about the Starbucks across from the Starbucks.

    • @graybenz1
      @graybenz1 Рік тому +12

      😂😂

    • @mikem4432
      @mikem4432 Рік тому +172

      I always despised that store as a big fat overpriced crap coffee.

  • @BrainKeener
    @BrainKeener Рік тому +840

    Inflation, bank collapse, severe drought in the agricultural belt, recession, food shortages, diesel fuel and heating oil shortages, baby formula shortages, available automobile shortages and prices, the price of living place.

    • @berkrix4312
      @berkrix4312 Рік тому +3

      Government policy has thrown the future under the bus for decades. The day of judgment is near. I predict an 80% drop in the stock market. Investors will abandon stocks in favor of real estate. There will be no money in banks... You must devise a strategy for survival

    • @EllenAbrex
      @EllenAbrex Рік тому +3

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    • @duane_29
      @duane_29 Рік тому +2

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      @EllenAbrex Рік тому +3

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      @duane_29 Рік тому +1

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  • @jmarechiga
    @jmarechiga Рік тому +92

    Starbucks has definitely too many overpriced stores open, and Disney stores are just draconian

    • @ericbond5276
      @ericbond5276 Рік тому

      Starbucks is for high school kids to hangout while waiting for their bus.

    • @someotherdude
      @someotherdude Рік тому

      @user-ug3eg8rs4s the coffee is disgusting. Have you ever tried it? Starbucks owes it's existence to people who have nothing to do with their time and people who are avoiding work.

    • @denisesorchidparadise1411
      @denisesorchidparadise1411 Рік тому +1

      It does not hurt me one bit to see either one of them go down, Sorry for their employees!

    • @bunchi1801
      @bunchi1801 Рік тому +1

      every single item is overpriced and on top of that their child labor practices while sourcing their coffee beans has been haunting them as well!!! Lay rest to that chemical-infused pink and yellow drinks!!!

  • @LiftPizzas
    @LiftPizzas Рік тому +1725

    "Decline in discretionary spending" is just a euphemism for "middle class being destroyed."

    • @nck4888
      @nck4888 Рік тому +165

      We wouldn't have that decline if Americans would pull their heads out from their asses and actually question what government has told them.

    • @SurefireWoodsman
      @SurefireWoodsman Рік тому

      At least woke Disney and all their America hating liberals are going down.

    • @nck4888
      @nck4888 Рік тому

      @@SurefireWoodsman lol it may appear as such but it's not, they're getting ready for the next "woke" movement. American just need to stop being useless eaters doing what their government tells because that's all they know.

    • @stardust5910
      @stardust5910 Рік тому +118

      Go woke Go broke.

    • @warpedweft9004
      @warpedweft9004 Рік тому +60

      No. It's that we've just lived through the most prosperous time in history, and only the older generation have ever experienced reality. The rest can't cope with not having everything they want when they want it. It was never going to last and too many people stuck their heads in the sand, opened too many franchises trying to get rich quick, that the population couldn't support as soon as there was any kind of problem in the world. It happened after 9/11 but clearly no one learned any lessons from that. The middle class were the ones lucky enough to reap in the benefits in this golden age, so clearly they are going to feel the pinch more than those who are rich and can still afford what they want and those who are poor and never could afford any of it anyway.

  • @Hath.0
    @Hath.0 Рік тому +18

    The entire country is collapsing, most people just haven't noticed it yet.

    • @waynebuckley5258
      @waynebuckley5258 Рік тому +2

      Biden

    • @Hath.0
      @Hath.0 Рік тому

      @@waynebuckley5258 it's slowly been happening for decades. Modern American politics merely serve as a puppet show to keep people from noticing the fall of Rome and rise of weimar around them. There is not voting our way out of this.

  • @my1vice
    @my1vice Рік тому +24

    Wow. A store that sells $12 coffee is having trouble.... Shocking.
    Good.

    • @bruced47
      @bruced47 Рік тому +1

      Paying $12 for coffee is obscene.

    • @dgman0313
      @dgman0313 Рік тому +4

      Where will people poop when they close? Their bathroom is the best.

    • @bruced47
      @bruced47 Рік тому

      @@dgman0313 That's a very good question. I guess if you live in San Francisco, Los Angeles, or Oakland, you just drop your draws and plant one on the sidewalk.

  • @raynoldgrey
    @raynoldgrey Рік тому +453

    Inflation hits people a lot harder than a crashing stock or housing market as it directly affects people's cost of living that people immediately feel the impact of. It's not surprising negative market sentiment is so high now. We really need help to survive in this Economy.

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      @danieljackson87 Рік тому +1

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    • @andrewlogan7737
      @andrewlogan7737 Рік тому

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      @danieljackson87 Рік тому

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    • @andybilakshow260
      @andybilakshow260 Рік тому +1

      @Davies McCamey Growing your own food~!

    • @chitzzz1384
      @chitzzz1384 Рік тому +1

      just make every dollar count
      always get free stuff and spend less

  • @kevinsnewslotchannel
    @kevinsnewslotchannel Рік тому +278

    Can Budweiser go bankrupt please

    • @strongmermaid4651
      @strongmermaid4651 Рік тому +38

      Nike

    • @katrinaumana2127
      @katrinaumana2127 Рік тому +32

      They didn't understand who there customers were & they $5 Billion over night. That trans campaign ad cost them way more then it was worth 🤷🏾

    • @lumberluc
      @lumberluc Рік тому +3

      Sorry, but your asking a 80% consumer satisfaction factory to close down. Its impossible

    • @cosmiccometchichi
      @cosmiccometchichi Рік тому +1

      @@katrinaumana2127 they were probably paid to do it to make way for the new generation beer

    • @rn87mom94
      @rn87mom94 Рік тому +5

      @@katrinaumana2127
      *their
      *than
      🤦‍♀️
      Their stock is up 10% this month 😂

  • @KimWilsonTV
    @KimWilsonTV Рік тому +452

    Nothing is happening by accident

    • @robertconville6269
      @robertconville6269 Рік тому +24

      Yes ma’am you are correct!

    • @davedave1776
      @davedave1776 Рік тому +3

      ​@@sauerkraut-go4tlno. Not entropy.

    • @jeffreybutler4605
      @jeffreybutler4605 Рік тому

      U GOT THAT RIGHT! THIS WILL JUST MAKE ROOM FOR ALL OF THE HUMANITARIAN PROJECTS COMING OUR WAY. THE ECONOMY WILL BE FLOPPIN ON THE GROUND LIKE ITS HAVIN A BAD SEIZURE ANYWAY! SOMEBODY GET THE PHENYTOIN SCRIPT REFILLED! OH AND BRING ME ONE OR TWO , I'LL BE LAUGHIN SO HARD I'LL PROBABLY HAVE SEIZURE OR TWO MYSELF! BAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!

    • @hq9344
      @hq9344 Рік тому

      WEF agenda 2020, 2030…. It’s all documented.

    • @RussCR5187
      @RussCR5187 Рік тому

      @@davedave1776 Correct. Not entropy. Centralization of control in preparation for a worldwide totalitarian system with the cabal of global billionaires as lord and master, and us as tightly controlled serfs. Bye bye personal freedom. Bye bye national sovereignty.

  • @stanleydogood8874
    @stanleydogood8874 Рік тому +61

    In Portland, Oregon a lot of retail stores are closing due to theft and vandalism.

    • @jimh472
      @jimh472 Рік тому +7

      With great wokeness comes great brokeness.

    • @swannoir7949
      @swannoir7949 Рік тому +6

      @@jimh472 All those drug addicts.

    • @sktoh4469
      @sktoh4469 Рік тому +5

      LET'S GO BRANDON !!

  • @raymondlin8728
    @raymondlin8728 Рік тому +16

    I grew up with very little , parents were frugal, no fancy clothes, cars, vacation, home. Worked whatever jobs I can get, lived a basic life, saved, healthy, We've been lucky. Pray everyone is OK during the difficult time, and appreciate what we already have. Hope everyone has a fantastic day !! ❤😊😊

  • @valerierogers9609
    @valerierogers9609 Рік тому +165

    Maybe people are figuring out they don't need a lot of these frivolous & mindless expenses.

    • @niklin8397
      @niklin8397 Рік тому +4

      No, this is bad. Jobs are becoming hard to find in the tech field. This will make it even worse.

    • @paulw2117
      @paulw2117 Рік тому +3

      This is awesome. This country will be getting a needed reset.

    • @paulw2117
      @paulw2117 Рік тому +6

      @@niklin8397 this country deserves this.

    • @Javas_Dream
      @Javas_Dream Рік тому +7

      I prefer having a robust economy, and lower gas prices, healthy banks 👍🥰🇺🇸

    • @harleyhawk7959
      @harleyhawk7959 Рік тому +2

      ​@Nik Lin it's the tech field that is a big part of the problem. just sit on your couch potato couch, push yourself into depth with a click of a button.

  • @pierre-rose7783
    @pierre-rose7783 Рік тому +148

    When everything costs too much, everyone shops less, and when everyone shops less, businesses start closing, and when too many lose their jobs, even more people will stop shopping, except for bare necessities !

    • @andrewpotapenkoff7723
      @andrewpotapenkoff7723 Рік тому +10

      That's called a "Recession"

    • @scasny
      @scasny Рік тому +5

      @@andrewpotapenkoff7723 recession is a negative growth of GDP in two successive quarters, witch US is right now.
      He is describing hyper inflation, the results are basically the same but the reasons are different. In pure recession we are talking about saturated market and slowing down production, were prices can go down and money hold its value. In sense the profit margin is the same but the turnover decline.
      In hyperinflation the production is unchanged but all cost are rising making smaller profit margins but some what same turnover.
      But yea it dont matter if you get shot from the front of back the result is the same.

    • @LoveInYourMouth
      @LoveInYourMouth Рік тому +7

      …people stop paying rent and car notes. People start losing their assets, prices go higher and cognitive dissonance raises among those who are trying to Buuld Back Better.
      This doesn’t feel Better®️for anyone, now does it?

    • @toddlavigne6441
      @toddlavigne6441 Рік тому +1

      @@scasny true, we don't know how bad things will get. But if the US keeps borrowing and printing money the country is lost. It may already be lost

    • @mrconroy4672
      @mrconroy4672 Рік тому

      @@LoveInYourMouth The only way we could get our economy back is through trump winning the 2024 election.

  • @rickmcdonald1557
    @rickmcdonald1557 Рік тому +67

    When Sears finally goes under that signals the end of an era and a dismal future for The USA~! I was born in 1946 and as a child Sears and Roebuck was a big part of our daily lives as we always lived in a small town and our Sears Store was where we got most everything we needed and used in our home and My Mother always waited for The Christmas Catalog to start the season. My Grandmother's Farm always had the past years' catalog hanging by a nail in her Out House for doing your business~!
    My Dad bought my first Motor Cycle from the Catalog and a 22 Pistol for himself. Also my tool box and all my tools were bought there as their guarantee was for life~!!
    All my school clothes came from there and I received the Best Dressed Award from my Hi School in 1964 because of the clothes bought from the catalog. It's like an old friend having a terminal illness and will die soon and how sad that day will be~!!

    • @ChatGPT1111
      @ChatGPT1111 Рік тому +3

      If you had to use a catalog to 'do your business', life must've sucked for you gramps, just sayin'.

    • @JMoroccoMisterBoy
      @JMoroccoMisterBoy Рік тому +4

      You can tell just from the "clicks" on your comment how many people born in the fifties and forties are able to be on the Internet reading. Like the " If you had to use a catalog to do your business " response to your comment. I was born in 1947 and my Grandma had the same situation in her Outhouse, except usually, " it " was Newspapers, in Danville, Virginia; when 'we' visited from Newport News during the summertime, when school was out, early fifties on up to late fifties. Grandma passed in 1957, Daddy in 67 and Ma' in 77. Nobody made 'it' to Sixty Years of Age
      The experience .....PRICE LESS .....Rick:
      Tks. much.

    • @rickmcdonald1557
      @rickmcdonald1557 Рік тому +6

      @@JMoroccoMisterBoy So glad other people got to live "The Good Life" before everyone went crazy~!! Us Baby Boomers were the last of the Real Americans as I felt serving in Vietnam and you are very welcome~!! 👍✌

    • @rickyspeople
      @rickyspeople Рік тому +3

      ​@ChatGPT1111 same thing for my grandparents, it's the thrifter's way

    • @rickmcdonald1557
      @rickmcdonald1557 Рік тому +2

      @@ChatGPT1111 It's obvious you'll Never Know how great it was~!!

  • @celina4686
    @celina4686 Рік тому +11

    What some people don't realize.. .when you eliminate the competition, you can charge customers whatever you want, because there's no other place to shop.
    This is why "you don't put all your eggs in one basket".

  • @robertrobert7924
    @robertrobert7924 Рік тому +429

    I thought retail stores were closing due to shoplifting theft, and violent customers.

    • @Bob-Loblaw13
      @Bob-Loblaw13 Рік тому +45

      Probably plays a factor is some stores

    • @Menaceblue3
      @Menaceblue3 Рік тому

      Only 13% of the population can answer that!

    • @deltasource56
      @deltasource56 Рік тому +36

      depends on the city

    • @bruced47
      @bruced47 Рік тому +58

      Walmart just announced they were closing four stores in Chicago.

    • @jaydoe5654
      @jaydoe5654 Рік тому +17

      I think the commercial real estate market is failing too

  • @msmom1994
    @msmom1994 Рік тому +73

    I stopped shopping Kohls ever since they stopped carrying My pillow products.

    • @clarkpalace
      @clarkpalace Рік тому +2

      That’s as brilliant a comment as the post above that blames the store closing on the current prez. Not too bright ‘Murica. It’s not your prez’s fault what happens in retail

    • @bruced47
      @bruced47 Рік тому +2

      Their quality of clothes has gone downhill. I used to shop there years ago, but not in many years.

    • @hq9344
      @hq9344 Рік тому

      @@clarkpalace WEF, agenda 2020, agenda 2030, read it! All documented. We are being attacked from within and there are still a lot of people dumb enough to blame consumerism/capitalism. It’s all a very well ran global economic takedown to usher in the NWO.
      Plain and simple.
      You and the rest of us are being eliminated.

    • @timbuckxxi9690
      @timbuckxxi9690 Рік тому

      Kohls was loaded with cheep China CRAP that they sold at a huge markup...

    • @Thundarr995
      @Thundarr995 Рік тому +4

      I always thought My Pillow was kind of a gimmick. One night I was having a few beers messing around on my tablet. Well,.....I ended up buying one. They are really nice. A little on the expensive side, but it is the hands down the best pillow I've ever had. I bought a couple for my parents for Christmas. They love em. I should buy one for my crazy lefty uncle.🤣🤣
      Put it inside one of those plastic bags from one of those $4.00 Walmart pillows. 🤣

  • @LeeCoins
    @LeeCoins Рік тому +245

    Its rough in retail. Be kind to workers, its not their fault.

    • @Gray-Today
      @Gray-Today Рік тому +7

      That depends where you live.

    • @cosmiccometchichi
      @cosmiccometchichi Рік тому +4

      @@Gray-Today it will be global soon. just wait

    • @Giarcnek
      @Giarcnek Рік тому +11

      @@Gray-Today Yep, It's in Demoncratic Cities.

    • @EatMyShortsAU
      @EatMyShortsAU Рік тому +4

      I think most of the time it is just quicker, easier and cheaper to buy online.

    • @ddevil4980
      @ddevil4980 Рік тому +4

      Naw its the democrats fault.

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      @avajones2944 Рік тому

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      @sophiamoore9 Рік тому

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  • @annmarie4794
    @annmarie4794 Рік тому +54

    Bridal gowns are a rip off anyway. People go into debt just to wear the wedding dress ONCE. Insane. I never believed in this.

    • @drdotter
      @drdotter Рік тому +6

      They wear the dress once, then they get divorced a year later. Definitely Insane!

    • @catherinecurtis2865
      @catherinecurtis2865 Рік тому +5

      I sewed my own wedding dress for $300 from silk fabric.

    • @cj4988
      @cj4988 Рік тому

      😂

    • @TacitusR
      @TacitusR Рік тому +6

      The entire wedding ritual as it has developed in America is a shamefully foolish event. Bridal gown, diamond ring, lavish catered feast, video documentation, etc are all resources unwisely squandered that would be better used to launch a secure financial future for the new couple. It is heartening to see that some American women are wising up to the commercial exploitation.

    • @IvySnowFillyVideos
      @IvySnowFillyVideos Рік тому +9

      Weddings are a rip off...put a down payment on a house

  • @theharshtruth8563
    @theharshtruth8563 Рік тому +53

    Disney closing is actually great news! #GoodRiddance 😁

  • @1982nsu
    @1982nsu Рік тому +43

    I've been reading what people are saying in the comments about the all stores they miss from way back when but nobody is showing any love for Montgomery Ward. I miss that store!

    • @YoBoyMarcus
      @YoBoyMarcus Рік тому

      They're still open online.

    • @denickite
      @denickite Рік тому +3

      Our Montana vacation home came with a 1958 Montgomery Ward freezer. It still worked and the previous owner still had the original booklet that came with it. We decided to give it away as we are not there except in the summer. So, it moved to a new home and the they were fhappy to get a free freezer!

    • @desertrain1505
      @desertrain1505 Рік тому +4

      @Ruben... Loved Monkey Ward. ❤ Thanks for the memory.

    • @barbaradean5242
      @barbaradean5242 Рік тому +3

      Close all the other crappy stores and bring back Sears,Montgomery Wards and Woolworths,that's when we got good service and they appreciated their customers.They were nice and polite while helping ya with a smile,hell now they never say hello or even look us in the face.They are snotty and act mad they have to even help us while the managers are in hiding counting their next big bonus.It's all about the money and they're just like the Government "they don't give a shyt about us"

    • @barbaradean5242
      @barbaradean5242 Рік тому +2

      ​@@denickiteThey use to last,appliances now are made to last a year or two,just like crappy light bulbs.I had an old wards freezer they last forever,I should of kept it.

  • @JockMan8979
    @JockMan8979 Рік тому +17

    Be a minimalist like me. When you got nothing. You got nothing to lose...

    • @jimpippin5848
      @jimpippin5848 Рік тому +3

      You're invincible now, you've got no secrets to conceal

  • @JohnGalt1960
    @JohnGalt1960 Рік тому +163

    I found out I didn't need most of what I had/ was buying. The less I have the easier my life has become. I've simplified since 2020 when covid came along. I don't want to go back now. Perhaps my not consuming has affected the economy in some way, I rarely drive anymore either.

    • @dendenlang5648
      @dendenlang5648 Рік тому +19

      Me too. Only purchased soap and toilet paper I think from a grocery store. Purchase my food from wet markets. People learned what is essential after the pandemic. We are not lured by fancy ads anymore. I buy local.

    • @charliewerchan7252
      @charliewerchan7252 Рік тому +12

      Hmmmm, good point, and you know, you survived. Funny how retailers will scream bloody murder if their store shuts down, but all you need is food and clothes and you can survive, no matter what madison ave. would have you believe.

    • @donwise8767
      @donwise8767 Рік тому +10

      Please read Henry David Thoreau.
      His mantra was "Simplify, Simplify, simplify."

    • @robbieogle8622
      @robbieogle8622 Рік тому +4

      Exactly.

    • @icanseeyourpixels8499
      @icanseeyourpixels8499 Рік тому +12

      Welcome to freedom brother. I've been living like this and somewhat off grid for the past 20+ years now. I mainly Grow my own food, fish and hunt the odd time. When i do shop, I only go to a few small mom and pop shops. Living a simple life, was the best decision I ever made.

  • @simonhadley8829
    @simonhadley8829 Рік тому +126

    My biggest surprise in this video was finding that Sears is still around. Their mind boggling mismanagement should have ended them years ago.

    • @anthonylemkendorf3114
      @anthonylemkendorf3114 Рік тому +8

      And perhaps the worst customer service reputation in America.

    • @caelanwilliamson4284
      @caelanwilliamson4284 Рік тому +6

      I haven't been to a Sears since the 90's

    • @frankprit3320
      @frankprit3320 Рік тому +2

      thats a big 10-4 good buddy !!!!

    • @johndesade126
      @johndesade126 Рік тому +3

      The local Sears closed a long timr ago!

    • @nedelwre
      @nedelwre Рік тому +1

      probably eddie lamprey want to drag the death of sears to his own time of death..

  • @StockDude
    @StockDude Рік тому +47

    I recently went running around looking at 3 different pharmacies locally for an item that my dermatologist said they would have.
    Nope. None of them had it.
    Finally I got on Amazon, and there it was, delivered to my door in 2 days.
    I tried to stay local, but no luck.

    • @frankprit3320
      @frankprit3320 Рік тому +5

      and with all the theft, how can they stay in business..

    • @hajnalradoofficial
      @hajnalradoofficial Рік тому

      Hi, if that item is a supplement, then I can show you an other way to get it from a very honest company of US

    • @kimberlyperrotis8962
      @kimberlyperrotis8962 Рік тому +2

      The same here. I tried local drugstores, then Target for many household basics I needed and ended up with one item out of my list of 14. I wasn’t going to wait 45 minutes to check out for one item, so I left it there. I ordered everything I needed on Amazon in a few minutes and had it all in a few days. Target stocks 10,000 units of one item, instead of 1,000 each of ten items. But, I have brand/product loyalty for things like detergents, because I really hate certain fragrances. Amazon just stomped put the competition because of the convenience, lower prices, and vast selection.

    • @floswason8776
      @floswason8776 7 місяців тому

      ShopRite ran out of russet potatoes can you believe that cvs half shelves empty just rejoined cosco and like it or not you order from Amazon it’s there next day markets have very little in cat food chewy delivers next day and gives you discounts last week in market no regular lays potato chips that’s why people are hoarding

  • @warpedweft9004
    @warpedweft9004 Рік тому +87

    The reason Starbucks is collapsing is because their coffee is worse than foul and Americans are only just now waking up to the realisation of what real, good coffee is. Australians gave it the flick years ago, long before there was any financial crisis and long before Covid. There's only a few remaining outlets in Australia, those that are postioned to capture American tourists who don't know better. Even they are slowly dying off.

    • @2Timbi
      @2Timbi Рік тому +1

      Starbucks NEVER Collapse.
      I am working in the Starbucks the Netherland.
      I know from where the REAL GREEN coffee is comming.

    • @gregbishop610
      @gregbishop610 Рік тому +9

      Go Woke go broke

    • @bobbys4327
      @bobbys4327 Рік тому +4

      Charbucks forever

    • @warpedweft9004
      @warpedweft9004 Рік тому +10

      @@2Timbi it might be REAL GREEN but it still tastes disgusting and no one is going to continue to pay that sort of money for something that is undrinkable. It tastes like the scapings off of the factory floor, with a mountain of sugar added to disguise the horrible taste. Once you've tasted what REAL coffee tastes like, there's no going back. Clearly you have never tasted good coffee!

    • @johncross923
      @johncross923 Рік тому +9

      Starbucks has never tasted good it is all the young people that keep it open they think it is the place to go, look at me I am at Starbucks.

  • @denisegregory9115
    @denisegregory9115 Рік тому +385

    I took a stroll through the local mall today and walked into one of the Athletics stores and saw a thin lined windbreaker jacket for $120. The clothing stores in malls have priced themselves out of business

    • @mjmf1430
      @mjmf1430 Рік тому

      Thanks to Trump and Biden’s tariffs on China imports and corporate profit greeds, hooray!

    • @pierre-rose7783
      @pierre-rose7783 Рік тому +17

      @Denisegregory......Even the simpler items like a shirt, or comfy pants are ridiculously over priced. I now go to a thrift store and find great items, some like new for a fraction of the price, but I do buy brand new "Rockport" shoes because they really last long !

    • @theo847sqn
      @theo847sqn Рік тому +9

      Not the case if you are prepared to shop around
      I get great deals all the time
      Why ?
      Because like you say 120 bucks and its basically nothing your buying
      I've been taking my time for over 20 years in buy clothing and shoes ect
      People will not wait
      There is a vibe of
      Must have it today
      If you take your time
      Consistently say NO
      then buy when the product is right as well as the price
      Then you will pick up bargains

    • @bellican48
      @bellican48 Рік тому +7

      Agree we are seeing this in whatever stores we can find open especially for our ourselves we also are seeing that the cloths are made smaller like if I need a large shirt I have to find a extra large lol..

    • @386joedaddy
      @386joedaddy Рік тому +20

      ​@@pierre-rose7783 I'm all about goodwills in wealthy areas 😊

  • @aj4377
    @aj4377 Рік тому +492

    Have to give Sears their flowers. To be founded in late 1800s and still be around (barely) in 2023 surviving multiple economic crisis, world war 2, 2 pandemics, tech crash, etc. They've definitely been battle tested. I literally thought they died back in early 2000s but having 15 operating stores still open is fascinating to me.

    • @mystiquesquared
      @mystiquesquared Рік тому +34

      As a kid in the early 90s I used to look through the reproduction Sear's catalogs and daydream about going back in time to take advantage of the savings. Now I'd settle for early 90s prices. 😅

    • @danc2014
      @danc2014 Рік тому +22

      let not forget the last few Radio shacks, one Blockbuster and a few reopened Ace and Orchard supply

    • @bb5242
      @bb5242 Рік тому +11

      Sears is still around?
      I saw a Radio Shack in Estes Park, not sure if it was still open, but the sign was there.

    • @donnad4264
      @donnad4264 Рік тому +13

      Hate we lost our Sears and K Mart, my favorites for years. Kohl's is doing well here

    • @burgerjointgame
      @burgerjointgame Рік тому +8

      @@mystiquesquared I also grew up in the 1990s and sometimes feel the same way, but the average annual salary was only $21k and some things were very unreasonably priced, like video games. I had a SNES and could only ever afford a couple of games like Street Fighter 2 (my favorite) and Super Mario World, and when I finally got an N64 I only ever had GoldenEye! Oh, and remember Pizza Hut prices? They were no joke!

  • @thedalillama
    @thedalillama Рік тому +36

    10 years from now people will realize that consumers were forced to focus on their spending on basic necessities. For some reason, that is not obvious now.

    • @ArmChairKoalaBare
      @ArmChairKoalaBare Рік тому +2

      customers...not consumers....

    • @mauriojohnson4887
      @mauriojohnson4887 Рік тому

      There won't be a 10 years from now with everything they're doing to force us to worship Satan.

    • @davidingram1016
      @davidingram1016 Рік тому

      10 years from now ppl will be walking around in this country naked because biden will not bring back industry to our country so I’m voting for Trump again so we can again produce quality clothing,shoes, tools, cars, steel, food for America first ,,……

    • @MidnightOilsRestoration
      @MidnightOilsRestoration Рік тому

      Yep, always late to arrive at the real issues. Some of these companies that are slowly slowly sinking... Take Sears for instance, what is it they're doing to remedy the situation? It's like they're in denial...

    • @caragare3214
      @caragare3214 Рік тому

      Here's who voted for biden

  • @GotCamel
    @GotCamel Рік тому +114

    Nothing makes me happier than hearing Disney is closing doors.

    • @Turtle00001
      @Turtle00001 Рік тому +1

      I haven't reached that point of the vid yet, if true its the best thing ever.

    • @richardcline1337
      @richardcline1337 Рік тому +11

      I'm hoping the decline will continue to escalate to the point that Disney and it's perverted theme parks. will just go "Poof!" and disappear forever!

    • @wayneramquist4392
      @wayneramquist4392 Рік тому +11

      Go woke go broke let's go Brandon so much for building back better what a laugh Disney's going down Hollywood will go next we don't need either one ding dong the wicked witch is dead hallelujah praise God😅😂❤🎉

    • @genitagray6126
      @genitagray6126 Рік тому +3

      You know how evil they are too don’t you??? I’ve tried to warn ppl for a long time but I’m just a conspiracy theorist…

    • @sunnyjoy229
      @sunnyjoy229 Рік тому +3

      Disneyland aka Pedoland... good riddance

  • @eradicator187
    @eradicator187 Рік тому +90

    Couldn't be happier to see Starbucks and Disney defunct. 🥳

    • @emilylee9894
      @emilylee9894 Рік тому +1

      Why?

    • @yosif8235
      @yosif8235 Рік тому +2

      Amen.

    • @dgman0313
      @dgman0313 Рік тому +1

      If Starbucks closes where will you poop? Starbucks is America's public bathroom.

    • @jzx8t6
      @jzx8t6 Рік тому +3

      Because they charge outrageous prices and their CEO's are paid outrageous salaries.

    • @heavyweight1028
      @heavyweight1028 Рік тому +5

      I haven’t forgot the CEO said if we didn’t believe in his politics he didn’t want our business.
      No problem.

  • @jacquelinemorgan2086
    @jacquelinemorgan2086 Рік тому +122

    So sad for all these workers losing their jobs from the closures.

    • @Gfysimpletons
      @Gfysimpletons Рік тому +10

      No worries, welfare will pay for all their needs…..food, sec. 8, healthcare, cell phone, electric, water, gas, diapers, school, abortions, dental, vision, clothes, ETC…….alls good! Right?

    • @dennisburdick682
      @dennisburdick682 Рік тому +5

      They can learn to code or be pipelayers.

    • @sylviachacon4152
      @sylviachacon4152 Рік тому +3

      California!

    • @paulw2117
      @paulw2117 Рік тому +4

      Oh. This is just the beginning of woes to come. When people worship money, let the consequences roll forth.

    • @squaresided
      @squaresided Рік тому

      @@Gfysimpletons All that while scalping Playstation 5's or whatever the next hot item is with their free time. As long as they keep scalping while being on welfare, it's all fair right?

  • @marblox9300
    @marblox9300 Рік тому +3

    All the people buying expensive vehicles is why vehicle prices are sky high.
    Blame the idiots who spend everything they have.

  • @SuperChaoticus
    @SuperChaoticus Рік тому +120

    This has been happening since Walmart destroyed small businesses and Amazon made consumers even more lazy. It's the circle of life. People's tastes and priorities change.

    • @wvdave771
      @wvdave771 Рік тому

      Yea , that's why Amazon is hurting too , has nothing g to do with failed liberal policies attacking the very fabric of our country

    • @Allforlife889
      @Allforlife889 Рік тому +3

      and you are probably the one who shops at Walmart and then wants their money back!

    • @galvinstanley3235
      @galvinstanley3235 Рік тому +1

      @@Allforlife889 I haven't shopped at a Walmart in five or six years.

    • @John-uo1qf
      @John-uo1qf Рік тому +2

      Can't argue with the success of Amazon or Walmart. The proof is in the pudding

    • @CCisRight
      @CCisRight Рік тому

      Go woke go broke lol
      You get what you voted for

  • @sallymoore6920
    @sallymoore6920 Рік тому +49

    Enjoying people returning to supporting mom and pop stores

    • @thisisfun887
      @thisisfun887 Рік тому +4

      Remember all these stores were once ma and pa stores.

    • @sallymoore6920
      @sallymoore6920 Рік тому +2

      @@thisisfun887 yes and their loss is our gain. They should have stayed true to watching costs. Instead they allowed themselves to become greedy and debt ridden overpaying top management. Out of the ashes us mom and pops will flourish

    • @KB-ke3fi
      @KB-ke3fi Рік тому +1

      @@thisisfun887 Even WalMart

    • @JeanetteFaith
      @JeanetteFaith Рік тому +3

      @@KB-ke3fi WalMart just feeds the Chinese Economy now. I NEVER shop there for anything.

    • @sallymoore6920
      @sallymoore6920 Рік тому +1

      @@MichaelTheophilus906 wow…our area is actually the opposite..more mom & pop retail, restaurants etc..not a lot of big box other than walmart & target…

  • @josephhartwell6214
    @josephhartwell6214 Рік тому +236

    Honestly this is what happens when you try to appeal to one percent of the population and expect the other 99% to just follow

    • @Floyd69
      @Floyd69 Рік тому +41

      Go Woke Go Broke

    • @Slw1111
      @Slw1111 Рік тому +5

      ​@@Floyd69 Ah yes, because refusing to be a bigot, is bad for business. 🙄

    • @josephhartwell6214
      @josephhartwell6214 Рік тому +2

      @@Slw1111 I just miss jnco jeans and elephant gear

    • @josephhartwell6214
      @josephhartwell6214 Рік тому +13

      I miss shoes that where actually built for their purpose and not style

    • @josephhartwell6214
      @josephhartwell6214 Рік тому +6

      I don't want to where baby jeans that look like Huggies shorts

  • @jjohnston1552
    @jjohnston1552 Рік тому +8

    The Democrat party of the U.S. is solely responsible for this.

    • @chrome2infinity938
      @chrome2infinity938 Рік тому

      Both parties are to blame. Just the Comunist party wants it faster than the Republicans. But they both let the bleeding of jobs continue to other countries.

  • @Doc.Holiday
    @Doc.Holiday Рік тому +58

    Some of these companies, such as but not limited to Disney and Starbucks went WOKE and are now going broke. Many, including myself do not spend where their hard earned is used against their beliefs. CEOs that use their stockholders for social voice are not serving their stockholders interest.

  • @JDWard-Jeepster
    @JDWard-Jeepster Рік тому +201

    Went through a ugly divorce in 2012 and moved permanently overseas in 2015. I have become a minimalist and I love the freedom it gives me. No more debt either. I spend what comes in and not a penny more.

    • @theo847sqn
      @theo847sqn Рік тому +6

      Brilliant
      I am looking hard a minimalism
      I've got no house (mortgage or huge bills)
      No financial products
      I have few possessions now
      But still buy stuff
      Like a strimmer
      Here in Aus you must cut your lawn as part of tenancy
      I'd like to own less in time
      It's liberating

    • @Whatta33
      @Whatta33 Рік тому +26

      You are fitting their agenda. Will own nothing and be happy

    • @eleonorahmartinez1852
      @eleonorahmartinez1852 Рік тому +8

      Many workers in USA perfer to be "homeless" The homeless shelter monopoly now has shelters in every city for nomadic homeless.

    • @theo847sqn
      @theo847sqn Рік тому +10

      @Average9joe but having said that I won't be there slave
      If owning everything means being a stooge then it's worthless
      I.can live a great life without being a WEF PUPPET

    • @JDWard-Jeepster
      @JDWard-Jeepster Рік тому +4

      @@Whatta33 that is one way to look at things. The other is why am I going broke trying to impress neighbors etc. I don't even like? I have a pretty 20 years my junior trophy wife. So it's not like I have nothing. I have what makes me happy.

  • @nhrafan335
    @nhrafan335 Рік тому +24

    Two Walmarts are closing in my state because of their locations/shoplifting/crime/demographics. You can put lipstick on a pig and it's still a pig.

    • @richardcline1337
      @richardcline1337 Рік тому

      That will KEEP happening as long as BLM, Antifa and the NAACP keep showing their dumbass IGNORANCE and standing up for these barbaric hoodlums! Black, white, green or purple, if they do shit like this throw them in prison and let them rot in there!

  • @cavscout62
    @cavscout62 Рік тому +1

    This Narration combined with the background noise absolutely had me rolling in the floor laughing! I know it’s done for dramatic effect because it’s needed for some but it just cracks me up.

  • @DeammatronamnostraeisGod
    @DeammatronamnostraeisGod Рік тому +17

    1.)Kohl’s
    2.)David’s Bridal
    3.)Gymboree
    4.)99 cents only store’s
    5.)toms shoes
    6.)True Religion clothing
    7.)TOPS
    8.)Joann
    9.)Morphe
    10.)Sears
    11.)Belk
    12.)Christopher & Banks
    13.)Starbucks Coffee
    14.)Disney Retail
    15.)Art Van Furniture
    16.)Clark’s
    17.)Estee Lauder
    18.)Furniture Factory Outlet
    19.)Guess
    20.)H&M
    Just to save anyone the trouble
    You’re welcome & Stay safe people

    • @toddlavigne6441
      @toddlavigne6441 Рік тому +1

      and just in case nobody gets it, we don't need these stores. There are still more than enough around

    • @IvySnowFillyVideos
      @IvySnowFillyVideos Рік тому

      Thank you

  • @timbuckxxi9690
    @timbuckxxi9690 Рік тому +4

    Build Back Better...
    Thanks Joey & crew...

  • @ClearShotYoOfficial
    @ClearShotYoOfficial Рік тому +64

    most of these stores are in the mall. Malls themselves are becoming a faded memory.

    • @astra6712
      @astra6712 Рік тому +1

      Funnily everyone thought they’d force the closure of street mall shopping. The suburban shopping strips are where I go to the most. Funny how the shopping centres are struggling .

    • @ClearShotYoOfficial
      @ClearShotYoOfficial Рік тому

      @@mph650 there where 3 prominent malls in my area. 2 have completely shut down and the last one expanded over the years, which took out the other 2. Its quite busy, but a lot of store have closed up inside the mall. I miss the old days of malls and then night clubs as you got older.

    • @NewYoutuber1111
      @NewYoutuber1111 Рік тому

      @@mph650yes they have to bring entertainment to the mall movie theater bowling alley Arcade room skating lounge/sports bar

    • @ddognine
      @ddognine Рік тому +1

      It depends on where you live. But wealthy communities with lots of disposable income and teens usually means thriving malls which primarily traffic in the inanity that is important to teens. I really can't understand why an adult would shop in one.

    • @ClearShotYoOfficial
      @ClearShotYoOfficial Рік тому

      @@ddognine so true. I go there for Apple store. About it really now i think of it. Only there when the kids go.

  • @SquammyGirl
    @SquammyGirl Рік тому +4

    Now people are realizing they don’t need much to survive.

  • @jbonaful
    @jbonaful Рік тому +610

    My grandma’s whole career was in Sears. She’s in her 90s. It’s wild to see companies ultimately live and die like any individual.

  • @JosephSato-1997
    @JosephSato-1997 Рік тому +62

    1 Kohl’s
    2 David’s Bridal
    3 Gymboree
    4 99 Cent only store
    5 Tom’s Shoes
    6 True Religion
    7 Top’s Supermarket
    8 Joann
    9 Morphe Cosmetics
    10 Sears
    11 Belk Department Store
    12 Christopher and bank apparel
    13 Starbucks
    14 Disney retail store
    15 Art Van Furniture
    16 Clark’s Shoe
    17 Ester Lauder cosmetics
    18 Furniture Factory Outlet
    19 Guess apparel
    20 H&M
    Thanks Joe for what you have done. Let’s go Brandon!

    • @envynemo4170
      @envynemo4170 Рік тому +8

      Thank his voters

    • @pixpusha
      @pixpusha Рік тому +3

      How is BestBuy not on this list?

    • @pedrofernandez8729
      @pedrofernandez8729 Рік тому

      Joe and the shoplifting mobs that are causing millions in loses. I suppose that after they all go under, the poor Amazon drivers will be next? Maybe they'll have to start using armored vehicles with armed delivery men.

    • @2628Kelvin
      @2628Kelvin Рік тому

      thank miss trump, she wants to turn us into North korea

    • @renaminginprogress6903
      @renaminginprogress6903 Рік тому +4

      21 Anheuser Busch

  • @HEHE-dx9og
    @HEHE-dx9og Рік тому +28

    I worked at sears in the 80`s. Once a year an inventory sheet came from the home office letting us know what the store should have in stock and how many of each item. We had a surplus of 3 mopeds and one go-cart in my dept. Well management sent them to the auto shop to be cut up and thrown away. I saw tons of tools and tool kits go into the dumpster. I was shocked to see what was being destroyed and trashed. Imagine throwing away your inventory because some sheet says you have to many. No wonder sears is going away. When you put stupid people in charge this is what happens.

    • @martinwagnerproductions
      @martinwagnerproductions Рік тому +2

      It could’ve been because they used those destroyed mopeds as a tax write off

    • @veronamartin5285
      @veronamartin5285 Рік тому

      I bought a coffee pot from Sears. Black & Decker. Lasted me for 10 years! Only item I needed & was on sale. Sears was also great for children’s clothes because they offered a warranty that if the article wore out before the kid outgrew it then they would replace it. They never met my boys! Lol! Really rough on their clothes. We bought our two boys new snow suits for $150 each about 16 years ago. My oldest blew out his zipper. We lost the receipt. I paid $25 to have it replaced. When the youngest son blew his zipper a week later, I had already dusted off my computer and started learning.

    • @margaretbedwell3211
      @margaretbedwell3211 Рік тому

      @@martinwagnerproductions Couldn't they have donated them to schools or someplace and still have the tax write off?

    • @martinwagnerproductions
      @martinwagnerproductions Рік тому

      @@veronamartin5285 what’s school you know of allows motorcycles or mopeds to be driven as a ciriculum lol other than 3rd world countries

  • @A-t-r-u-s
    @A-t-r-u-s Рік тому +86

    Mostly mall stores because, who wants to go to a mall anymore, especially if you have good chance of getting shot.

    • @keagenmccartha7412
      @keagenmccartha7412 Рік тому

      You have a good chance of getting shot? Are you a confrontational scumbag?

    • @MisterMonsterMan
      @MisterMonsterMan Рік тому +15

      If you dont live in a large blue city you are going to be fine.

    • @ezekel.4656
      @ezekel.4656 Рік тому +4

      Exactly! Especially here in the Bay Area. Better to just order online.

    • @cacitybird
      @cacitybird Рік тому

      ​@@MisterMonsterMan WRONG! Crazy Republicans run amok toting their guns.

    • @a-d-m23
      @a-d-m23 Рік тому +5

      💯💯💯💯

  • @pete9688
    @pete9688 Рік тому +2

    Good. They can close those stores. I’m tired of dealing with uneducated, rude employees these days anyway.

  • @huskavarnapunkband
    @huskavarnapunkband Рік тому +11

    95% of the food available at stores, AINT DAMN FOOD !!! People know this.

    • @LlamaDrama142
      @LlamaDrama142 Рік тому +1

      You’re not food.

    • @billhorning4023
      @billhorning4023 Рік тому +1

      You ain't lying! If it's genetically modified, it ain't food. Look at all the labels on everything, it's getting bad

  • @trustnuffin9121
    @trustnuffin9121 Рік тому +34

    When more people are stealing than buying, it is inevitable

  • @JohnSmith-it4sv
    @JohnSmith-it4sv Рік тому +77

    Inflation and high energy prices have crushed consumers
    Retailers are also struggling to stop the wave of shoplifting

    • @mrtruth1748
      @mrtruth1748 Рік тому +6

      Thank your local Dem

    • @AlwaysLisaLisa
      @AlwaysLisaLisa Рік тому +3

      @@mrtruth1748 😢 Not parties Politics against the middle and working class. The rich and monied eating the poor for sport and power. We might be in for some unifying challenges.❤️‍🩹

    • @289cobra9
      @289cobra9 Рік тому +4

      This is what build back better looks like. Biden's America.

    • @preciousisrael7
      @preciousisrael7 Рік тому +1

      It’s not the shoplifting, that’s what they have you people think to get you up and angry. It always works.

    • @mrtruth1748
      @mrtruth1748 Рік тому +4

      @@AlwaysLisaLisa ok Biden voter, inflation and energy dependent is what Biden gave us. Lawlessness and war is also another gift.

  • @janinegrey6937
    @janinegrey6937 Рік тому +2

    Lower prices or die retail! You have killed your consumers with your greed.

  • @richardr7947
    @richardr7947 Рік тому +18

    when 90% of my paychecks go to bills i don't have money to spend in stores.

  • @Cheeseypoofs85
    @Cheeseypoofs85 Рік тому +13

    its great seeing consumers be in control in a capitalist economy. fuck the greedy companies.

  • @Eternalmercy4evr1
    @Eternalmercy4evr1 Рік тому +239

    The trucking industry is tanking as well, especially in California. Companies are trying to hide it, but taxing, inflation and gas prices are pissing off the Middle class. They are feeling the consequences of their greed now.

    • @Floyd69
      @Floyd69 Рік тому

      Our nation is being dismantled so that it can be turned in to the worlds largest door mate.

    • @trumpmuskteam
      @trumpmuskteam Рік тому +30

      On top of that, the California democrats are planning to increase gas/diesel tax AGAIN in this summer. We try not to drive and spend time at home more.

    • @Catchmyvib2
      @Catchmyvib2 Рік тому +26

      Thing is truck driver says they’re aging out the professional ones, and now we have all these new foreign and young drivers out there and more and more accidents daily because of the inexperience and because they no longer use CB radios to communicate to one another to warn of situation, highway risks, and such to the trucking industry has been falling apart. I think due to the lack of skills and professional training for this high risk job.

    • @stuckinmygarage6220
      @stuckinmygarage6220 Рік тому

      ​@@trumpmuskteam Morons

    • @geng8667
      @geng8667 Рік тому +12

      Of whose greed?

  • @beartooth867
    @beartooth867 Рік тому +5

    Internet shopping killed brick and mortar stores. In a recession people quit buying brand new junk they don’t need.

  • @montanagal6958
    @montanagal6958 Рік тому +18

    too big to fail, no one feels sorry, hoping ma/pa businesses come back and we don't ever abandon them again.

    • @AK.__
      @AK.__ Рік тому +1

      Hopefully will not happen. People do not need obnoxious small stores with limited stock and running on the "need to know" business model.

  • @bonniefells7585
    @bonniefells7585 Рік тому +88

    I work for a high end retailer and the employees go to work to visit and talk to each other. There are no customers in the store. Even peak times like Valentines Day, Easter, Mothers Day, we still do not see am increase in business. Christmas shopping used to happen right after Thanksgiving, but no longer. The last 2 weeks before Christmas is when business picks up and shopping is soft. We do not make the money we used to.

    • @Calallenbrian84
      @Calallenbrian84 Рік тому

      Bidenflation has killed the middle class. Oh well stolen elections have consequences.

    • @toddlavigne6441
      @toddlavigne6441 Рік тому +4

      Obviously you're company won't survive

    • @Mike-gt1cs
      @Mike-gt1cs Рік тому +16

      Nobody has the money to spend on 'luxury' items, they are spending on silly things like mortgage, utilities and food.
      Crazy, right?

    • @Mady-lo6qb
      @Mady-lo6qb Рік тому +3

      I went to a local store that sells nice household items - curtains, sheets, glassware, etc. The kind of store you visit if looking for wedding gifts. We paid a visit early this year. I asked the sales clerk how were things at Christmas. She said there was a rush. She pointed to some bedlinens and said, "That's all that's left." Said that when they were trundling out the stock to put it on the shelves, customers took it off the pallet. They were nice sheets - thick fabrics (I bought extra pillowcases I needed). But she said that the other staff (she was recently hired) said that the crowds were less. She was concerned because she knew that in tough economic times, stores like where she worked were going to be the first that people stop coming to. Didn't know what to tell her because it was true. 🥺

    • @electrictroy2010
      @electrictroy2010 Рік тому

      MY MALL never had empty parking spots in December. That was back in the 90s.
      Today that’s no longer an issue… plenty of parking, because there’s few customers even in December
      .

  • @KarlsLabReport
    @KarlsLabReport Рік тому +159

    I’m sad to see Sears go. They were a staple in my home during my childhood. I bought my first set of automotive hand tools there. Bought a barbell set there in my 20s.

    • @kevinmach730
      @kevinmach730 Рік тому +6

      Well, you have had plenty of time to get used to the idea. I feel like they haven't been on anyone's radar for 20 years now, I am not sure how they are still around.

    • @raymundogonzalez6450
      @raymundogonzalez6450 Рік тому

      Wall street and Amazon is eating Everything ( Bussines) but Puppets Politicians didn't do anything [ the got all stocks for Amazon so they profit for that)

    • @cheeto.1
      @cheeto.1 Рік тому +7

      Lowes is carrying Craftsman & Honoring lifetime warranty on the tools

    • @williamrowlands1789
      @williamrowlands1789 Рік тому +9

      I bought all my Kenmore appliances at Sears. Still have them all... fridge, washer & dryer and dishwasher....all still working great. I too was surprised to hear they still had 15 locations open nationwide after all this time.

    • @paulwolf7562
      @paulwolf7562 Рік тому +8

      These stores have been dying for years. Walmart, put them, and the "mom and pop" stores out of business, years ago. Sears, put the small hardware stores out of business, back in the early 1900s, so,it's turnabout is fair play. Amazon is gonna put Walmart out, eventually.

  • @rhonasmall8955
    @rhonasmall8955 Рік тому +11

    The irony... President Trump has predicted this economy crass under the Biden administration two years ago.... 😂

    • @user-ql5yb2hs2p
      @user-ql5yb2hs2p Рік тому

      ‼️he would know…he lost $$$ constantly and bankrupt his jersey casinos. ‼️he even closed his fake university ‼️

  • @robertwright7283
    @robertwright7283 Рік тому +18

    Americans better quit spending money but save money.

    • @myleshagar9722
      @myleshagar9722 Рік тому

      Why? Your saved money has consistently lost value for years with 0 interest rates and inflation.

    • @JohnGalt1960
      @JohnGalt1960 Рік тому +3

      I spend very little now, my goal for 2023 is to spend as little as possible. I just stack the cash at home and don't spend except for basics.

    • @bruced47
      @bruced47 Рік тому

      That's like asking an addict to give up drugs.

    • @JeanetteFaith
      @JeanetteFaith Рік тому

      @@bruced47 It amazes me how many people on food stamps, etc... walk around with Apple phones made in CHINA!

    • @marcpikas2859
      @marcpikas2859 Рік тому

      @@JohnGalt1960 You must have a fireproof waterproof theftproof safe to sleep at night

  • @DrProgNerd
    @DrProgNerd Рік тому +17

    Practice financial minimalism. 80% of your expenditures is generally crap you don't need: too much house, expensive car, more clothes than you need, exessive dining-out, recreational-shopping. You can cut a lot of fat and still be happy. The security of money in the bank, credit cards paid off, car paid for, etc. is better than a bunch of 'stuff'.

    • @Bill-sp8kb
      @Bill-sp8kb Рік тому +3

      Well said!!!

    • @magnushelin007
      @magnushelin007 Рік тому +3

      I am 55, live in Norway and have never used a credit card in my life (only use debit cards). I am a minimalist by nature and use the first class public transport in Oslo and don't need a car at all.

    • @MR..181
      @MR..181 Рік тому +3

      Im sorta gambling on Cubas 70 year car lifespan..

  • @cee7345
    @cee7345 Рік тому +14

    People are not going to understand what's going on until it's to late

    • @benjohnson1786
      @benjohnson1786 Рік тому

      And thats when their emergency becomes your emergency…🤦‍♂️

    • @craigs1437
      @craigs1437 Рік тому

      @@benjohnson1786 Are they going to start whipping our bare backsides with bullwhips? What are you going to do if they do it to you?

    • @blakebortles6098
      @blakebortles6098 Рік тому

      Total economic global collapse incoming. Thanks Rothschild

    • @paulw2117
      @paulw2117 Рік тому +2

      Unfortunately, it's going to be the end of the road for many. I'm not saying I will survive, but many will not make it through.

  • @zeemunee78
    @zeemunee78 Рік тому +4

    All of these companies have no one but themselves to blame. They all contributed to eliminating the middle class.

  • @jamesnorwood4084
    @jamesnorwood4084 Рік тому +15

    In other words, tha public is broke and purveyors of goods aren't selling enough to cover costs much less turn ah profit. Depression settling in over our land. Retail workers will only be the first to be idled by this pull back in our economy.

  • @HafezBd
    @HafezBd Рік тому +376

    Increased losses for portfolios this quarter are predicted by market drops, skyrocketing inflation, a major interest rate hike by the Fed, and rising treasury rates. How can I profit from the volatile market right now? I'm still considering whether to sell my million dollar bond and stock account.

    • @harod033
      @harod033 Рік тому +1

      Focus on two key objectives. Learn when to sell stocks to minimize losses and maximize gains to start protecting yourself. Second, prepare to make money when the market turns around. I advise speaking with a broker or financial counselor.

    • @Igorstravinsky788
      @Igorstravinsky788 Рік тому +1

      Yes, I've been in touch with a financial analyst ever since I covid. Investing in trending companies is relatively easy today; the trick is determining when to purchase and sell. I started with a $300K reserve that was initially dormant; my adviser decides when to enter and exit my portfolio; since then, I have accumulated over a million dollars.

    • @godof-ou1dw
      @godof-ou1dw Рік тому +1

      @@Igorstravinsky788 Can you leave your investment advisor's contact information here? I absolutely must have one.

    • @Igorstravinsky788
      @Igorstravinsky788 Рік тому +1

      @@godof-ou1dw Ruth Loralann Brennan, whom I discovered on a CNBC interview and contacted, is guiding me. She has since given me entry and exit points for the securities in which I am interested. You can look her up online if you require care supervision.

    • @AustinReid09
      @AustinReid09 Рік тому

      @@Igorstravinsky788 Insightful... I was curious after reading what you shared, so I Googled her name. I came across her webpage.

  • @Kinkle_Z
    @Kinkle_Z Рік тому +48

    Toughest economics since the 70s? In the 70s I went to school in Philadelphia getting a BS for virtually nothing; I rode the NYC subways all day long for 25 cents, I lived in a good area of Boston for $40/mo, shared bathroom down the hall. Life was SO EASY in the 70s here in the US!! So I don't know WHAT you're talking about!! Life only began to get more difficult in the 80s with Reagan, worse still with Clinton and just kept getting worse through every Deep State Presidency until our present terrifying moment!

    • @raymundogonzalez6450
      @raymundogonzalez6450 Рік тому +3

      Regan just the before and after of the decline( specially for workers with attack of unions and the emerging of .gig jobs . Contractors. And 1099

    • @1914sweet
      @1914sweet Рік тому

      The clinton era was the biggest boom in 30 years. All the stores came back and you could throw a rock and hit a job. There are adjustments in every decade and these are minor ones... except for the crime. That's what's killing us!

    • @jaysilva5854
      @jaysilva5854 Рік тому +8

      Even 80s has better living than today. Other than technologically living standards are getting worse. We are getting to the point you will own nothing and be happy.

    • @femalewarrior125
      @femalewarrior125 Рік тому +3

      @@jaysilva5854 which is what they want!! But they will be happy… because they will own it all !

    • @femalewarrior125
      @femalewarrior125 Рік тому +1

      @ kinky, you are right!

  • @billlebrave8539
    @billlebrave8539 Рік тому +54

    can you imagine how bad it would be, if Biden wasn't building back better.🤣

    • @Stefan_Van_pellicom
      @Stefan_Van_pellicom Рік тому +4

      The only thing worse would be if someone tried to make America great again …

    • @hcox1111
      @hcox1111 Рік тому

      @@Stefan_Van_pellicom At least back then the kids knew what was between their legs.

    • @DillonFrancis31
      @DillonFrancis31 Рік тому +3

      Stefan I really hope you aren’t saying that Biden is better than trump. A dead kitten is better than Biden. But bill I spit out my drink reading that comment. Bravo sir.

    • @bite-sizedshorts9635
      @bite-sizedshorts9635 Рік тому

      @@Stefan_Van_pellicom So you didn't like the lower gas prices, lower inflation, lower unemployment, lack of wars, and no chance of World War III that we had under Trump? Open your eyes. Senile Biden is pathetic, and he's actually considering running for a second term. We can't let that happen.

    • @pattiwilkins680
      @pattiwilkins680 Рік тому +3

      @@Stefan_Van_pellicom We can only hope someone will make American great again like Trump did.

  • @noel3422
    @noel3422 Рік тому +52

    Glad to see kohl's closing, the were charging more than any other stores for simple items that were marked up more than 200%.

    • @preciousisrael7
      @preciousisrael7 Рік тому +2

      I knew they wouldn’t last the moment they opened.

    • @NewYoutuber1111
      @NewYoutuber1111 Рік тому +1

      Right the clothes and everything high like a Store inside a Mall

    • @richardcline1337
      @richardcline1337 Рік тому

      Add that to their immoral advertising habit of offering an item they know most stores don't carry. When you take the sales circular in to question them their sales people show you a micro-printed like that says "Not all items available in all stores". It's printed so small it almost looks like a solid line! I walked out of the store and refuse to ever go back!

  • @tombrewsaugh1399
    @tombrewsaugh1399 Рік тому +4

    Yet many of these companies are seeing record profits. They are pricing themselves out of business.

  • @jgz6989
    @jgz6989 Рік тому +52

    I hear Bud Light is going through some rough times too.

    • @richardr7947
      @richardr7947 Рік тому +12

      That's good news.

    • @Floyd69
      @Floyd69 Рік тому +5

      Gender Fluid

    • @melindak.21
      @melindak.21 Рік тому +4

      YAY!!!!

    • @lapdogg
      @lapdogg Рік тому +1

      I think you need to check your hearing aide because it’s not working correctly. Thus far sales projections are up for the quarter and the company’s stock prices are up by 11% so far this year. It’s weird to see grown folks revel in the idea of boycotting a company because they support a transgender person and then happily support another company because it gives money to organizations that are against the LGBTQ community and therefore their “values” align with yours! That’s a whole lot of focus on hate and a whole lot of focus on other people who do not affect you one bit. It seems mighty hypocritical and just nonsensical. You should choose to not drink the beer because it tastes bad and you don’t like it, not because someone else that you don’t agree with drinks or and therefore you now must refuse to, as if your position has some sort of moral reasoning. I can assure you… it doesn’t. Jesus would have a Bud Light with a transgender woman much like that time he had no issue hanging out with Mary Magdalene! If Jesus doesn’t hate, why are you doing it?

    • @Catchmyvib2
      @Catchmyvib2 Рік тому

      😂

  • @mupty
    @mupty Рік тому +111

    I was at a Kohl's recently to do an Amazon return. In fact, the special counter for Amazon returns was more popular than the Kohl's cashier lines.

    • @TheAgentAssassin
      @TheAgentAssassin Рік тому +4

      You might get an email soon , Amazon is starting to crack down on serial returners.

    • @newdawn7586
      @newdawn7586 Рік тому +2

      This is true.

    • @slocumb1270
      @slocumb1270 Рік тому +6

      @@TheAgentAssassin Great news actually. Sick of returning things for my wife.

    • @rj-wz7do
      @rj-wz7do Рік тому

      Jeff Bezos did a great job brainwashing everyone. Pat yourself on the back for being lazy as a rock and a total lemming.

    • @deltasource56
      @deltasource56 Рік тому +3

      thats the reason they did it so people would come into their stores

  • @grahammewburn
    @grahammewburn Рік тому +37

    Make retail a human experience.
    I avoid shopping online.
    I want to shop where I'm served by people. I avoid self-service payment. Bring back personal service.
    Cheers Gray
    Australia

    • @slocumb1270
      @slocumb1270 Рік тому +5

      Have you dealt with service personnel in the U.S.? Mmhmm.

    • @94sHippie
      @94sHippie Рік тому +1

      This works really well in small retail stores, but larger it gets and more customers it gets the harder it is to personalize service and more hellish it becomes on the workers. But those stores that do it well are worth supporting. Unfortunately the few stores I've seen that still do personalized service are very specialized and sell items that most people don't need regularly, meaning they aren't going to be making as many sales annually per customer as a larger store.

    • @assessmenttreatment8445
      @assessmenttreatment8445 Рік тому +1

      When you go out to shop and possibly can catch a virus and die… you tend to stay home. It’s crazy how every thing went online so quick -

    • @grahammewburn
      @grahammewburn Рік тому

      @@slocumb1270
      I sometimes ask someone serving,
      "How much for a smile?"

  • @phil3572
    @phil3572 Рік тому +3

    This is what happens in mixed economies with politicians who buy votes with socialism and welfare while increasing legislation rather than getting rid of it.

  • @Oldman808
    @Oldman808 Рік тому +91

    Starbucks has too many drinks that take their employees too long to make. I don’t have the time most days to wait 30 minutes for my beverage while employees are slowly fixing complicated drinks for the customers ahead of me.

    • @hellogoodbye6201
      @hellogoodbye6201 Рік тому +9

      U r my spirit animal!

    • @squaresided
      @squaresided Рік тому +3

      I can take a guess who's wasting time in front of you. It's the same for me for anything.😅

    • @weedermann
      @weedermann Рік тому +2

      Order in advance at a Starbucks 20 minutes away. It'll be waiting when you arrive. :)

    • @abcxyz8116
      @abcxyz8116 Рік тому +1

      Starbucks is grossly over priced slop. Only idiots pay to drink that swill.

    • @1922BluePhoenix
      @1922BluePhoenix Рік тому +2

      I agree

  • @Zoydian
    @Zoydian Рік тому +192

    In recent years, I've noticed an increased and strong demand for products from apparel and department stores. The problem is that the customers forget to pay for these products when leaving the stores.

    • @Mike-gt1cs
      @Mike-gt1cs Рік тому +16

      Wepawations!

    • @bradmyers5354
      @bradmyers5354 Рік тому

      No you haven’t. You’ve watched spa segment on a “news” outlet that’s sole mission is to protect the interest of the capital owners and push a narrative that crime is on the rise. If you’ve done more than watched tv and actually looked at the numbers provided by cops themselves, all crime across the board has steadily declined since 1990. Property crime, that which you imagine is on the rise, has not increased in recent years. Post pandemic lock down violent crimes, mostly gun crimes, in the US slightly rose because the entire country was on lockdown for several months in 2020 so it was harder for folks to do crime.

    • @fredjung
      @fredjung Рік тому +29

      It’s what happens when politicians fight for the rights of criminals and punish hard work and success.

    • @claudettedoyley9056
      @claudettedoyley9056 Рік тому

      LoL

    • @JahRootsRadio
      @JahRootsRadio Рік тому

      @Patti McClintic ABOMINATION!!

  • @bromion5123
    @bromion5123 Рік тому +14

    Yes folks back to the 70s but with a 2023 debt burden.

  • @bensk8in467
    @bensk8in467 Рік тому +3

    People are too nostalgic about corporations. None of these are good for America. No love lost for me.

  • @glenrashak7605
    @glenrashak7605 Рік тому +13

    Go WOKE go broke!

  • @shane8915
    @shane8915 Рік тому +18

    At least Sears lasted long enough to see the beginning of Walmart's demise. It's kind of poetic actually. I've been around long enough to have witnessed Sears/Kmart go from what they were, to what they are now. I see what Walmart is currently going through. It's a carbon copy of what Sears and Kmart went through. Tick Tock Wally World. Tick Tock.

  • @gunfunandstuff9226
    @gunfunandstuff9226 Рік тому +52

    Wait....what? But Brandon says the economy is "STRONG AS HELL" 😂😂😂

    • @Bill-sp8kb
      @Bill-sp8kb Рік тому +12

      Brandon doesn't know his head from a hole in the ground! 🍻

    • @preciousisrael7
      @preciousisrael7 Рік тому

      These places been having bad quarters for years and many are using certain events to act like that’s the reason they’re closing.

    • @chrome2infinity938
      @chrome2infinity938 Рік тому

      Brandons just the comunist parties puppet.

    • @bite-sizedshorts9635
      @bite-sizedshorts9635 Рік тому +1

      Are you sure he actually strung together three words in a row? :)

    • @galaxyanimal
      @galaxyanimal Рік тому

      You're acting as if over half the stores haven't been dying a slow motion death for at least the last 10 years. Sure a weakening economy will be what finally kills them off, but most of these stores weren't exactly thriving under Trump or even Obama.

  • @dianestallings392
    @dianestallings392 Рік тому +4

    When you have to rent because homes are selling far more then they’re worth, and with every lease renewal the cost of rent rises, how can you shop in any store much less these listed. With the corporations buying up all the properties that are available and causing those living conditions the middle class is disappearing and the 1% loves it.

  • @Zappy1210
    @Zappy1210 Рік тому +19

    I feel like most (as I have not even heard of some of these companies) got WOKE in recent years. Imagine that...

  • @stevenhickey326
    @stevenhickey326 Рік тому +55

    In my hometown (Jackson , Wyoming) , we have THREE Starbucks within a one mile stretch. One in Smiths , one in Target , and one in Albertsons.
    We had a fourth but it was closed last year.
    Jackson , while a big tourist town , has about 9000 year-round residents.
    Can you say over saturation?

    • @magnushelin007
      @magnushelin007 Рік тому

      Are there other coffee shops as well or just Starbucks?

    • @stevenhickey326
      @stevenhickey326 Рік тому

      @@magnushelin007 There are 2 other local brand coffee hours in that area. Folks here dig coffee lol

    • @MR..181
      @MR..181 Рік тому

      Thank god a sucker born every minuite???

    • @electrictroy2010
      @electrictroy2010 Рік тому

      Everytime I drive through Wyoming I think “Where are the people?”
      (Least populated state.)

    • @289cobra9
      @289cobra9 Рік тому

      Can you say this is what build back better looks like? Biden's America.

  • @robertmyers7383
    @robertmyers7383 Рік тому +40

    I hope Walmart goes away. I had so many bad experiences there from 2020 to 2022. I haven't shop there in almost a year. Since their price went up there is no reason for me to shop there. I go to Aldi for cheap fruits, veggies, snacks and can goods and go to Publix for the rest. Both stores have exceptional good service.

    • @blankabison1331
      @blankabison1331 Рік тому +1

      what service does one need in a grocery store:?

    • @blankabison1331
      @blankabison1331 Рік тому +5

      aldi offers zero service whatsoever walmart has order online curbside pickup

    • @d.l4055
      @d.l4055 Рік тому +2

      @Robert Myers, Their Curbside business shift IMO will be their demise. They're favoring this market to the point where they're seemingly ignoring their floor traffic base.

    • @robertmyers7383
      @robertmyers7383 Рік тому +3

      @@blankabison1331
      Let me explain. I go get cheap prices at Aldi and get 100 times better service at Publix who are known for their amazing service. Walmart suck.

    • @steveh7108
      @steveh7108 Рік тому +1

      I used to do Walmart at least once every 2 weeks now it's about two or three times a year. And that's only because it's extremely inconvenient to get pants and a couple other things in my area unless you go to Walmart.
      I sure wish there was as many local independent department stores as there is grocery stores to choose from.

  • @thatguybill34
    @thatguybill34 Рік тому +2

    *Lowes, Best Buy, WalmArt, Target, Malls can call be used as FEMA Camps/ Holding areas.*

  • @ddutsie
    @ddutsie Рік тому +5

    Thanks Brandon!

  • @lillones
    @lillones Рік тому +10

    I've lived in america my whole life and have never heard of half of these stores

    • @richardr7947
      @richardr7947 Рік тому

      some store are not all over the USA.

    • @benjohnson1786
      @benjohnson1786 Рік тому

      I live in the country of Texas and I feel the same way

  • @ryucartel351
    @ryucartel351 Рік тому +69

    A wonderful opportunity is at hand for people to provide services that people actually desire, instead of what "feels convenient".

    • @nmatthew7469
      @nmatthew7469 Рік тому +10

      A couple of local coffee shops near me are booming, good product, no Starbucks politics and drama.

    • @ariloves10
      @ariloves10 Рік тому +1

      Yes!!!

    • @r.marie08
      @r.marie08 Рік тому +4

      Yes, this may eventually lead to the beginning of quality over quantity making a comeback.

    • @bradmyers5354
      @bradmyers5354 Рік тому +2

      @@nmatthew7469 Starbucks politics like using red cups during Christmas?

    • @bite-sizedshorts9635
      @bite-sizedshorts9635 Рік тому +1

      @@bradmyers5354 Nope. Like the Starbucks CEO telling us that if we believe in traditional marriage that we should stay out of the stores.

  • @evanmccue736
    @evanmccue736 Рік тому +5

    People are boycotting Disney for being obnoxiously woke. They did it to themselves.

  • @burgerjointgame
    @burgerjointgame Рік тому +339

    I remember walking around giant 'big box' stores in the late 1990s and just being puzzled by how on earth they made enough to pay the rent and keep the lights on given how few customers seemed to be actually buying things. The trend now seems to be putting everything online or automating jobs out of existence.

    • @alau4739
      @alau4739 Рік тому

      This is the result of the COVID19 lie, placing everybody to hide in their homes, out of work, losing their homes, their jobs, their kids ultimately.

    • @S0ulinth3machin3
      @S0ulinth3machin3 Рік тому +28

      Jobs have been getting "automated out of existence" ever since the Industrial Revolution began and 90% of the workers were in agriculture. It will keep happening and the economy will become ever more complex as new jobs are invented. 40 years ago there was no such thing as an IT specialist.

    • @davedave1776
      @davedave1776 Рік тому +9

      @S0ulinth3machin3 yeah but most IT jobs are redundant, companies increase cultural homogenization, and the more we play into the feedback loop, the tighter the grip algorithms have over communication. The nature of isolation is totalization.

    • @Mypleasure-dc3zh
      @Mypleasure-dc3zh Рік тому +19

      I remember when there was a thing called "job security".
      Now, in some places, the only thing that seems to be secure
      Is "not having a job".

    • @lantzrobinson
      @lantzrobinson Рік тому +2

      Same here

  • @ashleymarie7452
    @ashleymarie7452 Рік тому +164

    When consumers are staying away from dollar stores, you know our country is in deep doo--doo.

    • @MR..181
      @MR..181 Рік тому

      Er..me too...

    • @government_costumes-ui5lx
      @government_costumes-ui5lx Рік тому +5

      Well I wouldn't say that they're exactly staying away from it, I mean I've seen in many cases where the dollar store is the busiest damn store in the middle of the afternoon in the middle of the week.
      Yeah it's true prices have went up, by the dollar store is still the hell of a lot cheaper than anywhere else.
      And I will say to a large degree you do not go to the dollar store for quality you go there for quantity.
      And that applies no matter what decade you want to refer to.

    • @CleverGirlAAH
      @CleverGirlAAH Рік тому +5

      @They own you, if you're in debt. 99 cent stores in LA were just nasty. I bet with crime going up these places are just even dodgier than before.

    • @GhostRanger5060
      @GhostRanger5060 Рік тому

      Dollar stores are being overrun by the criminal gangs of the protected classes -- especially the homeless looter class. Their employees are terrorized and their shelves are emptied by thievery.

    • @MrsMysteryWoman
      @MrsMysteryWoman Рік тому +2

      Plus, they’re not even dollar stores anymore. Some dollar stores are selling things up to $20 randomly. Also, in a lot of states it’s gone up to $1.50 per item instead of a dollar. One local dollar store that I often go to was at $1.11 for the longest time, they have gone up to $1.55 within a year.

  • @Tim_the_Enchanter
    @Tim_the_Enchanter Рік тому +17

    Don't worry. When there is only one retailer (sooner than you think), they will have one variety of whatever you need. And the quality won't matter, because it's not like you'll have a choice.
    It's going to be great! Trust me.

    • @jeffvandagrif
      @jeffvandagrif Рік тому

      Like communism. We'll all wear gray smocks provided by the government and eat grass and dirt !

  • @debclassyfied9723
    @debclassyfied9723 Рік тому +7

    Most of these stores were “mall stores”. Back n the 70’s and 80’s when you coyld pay your rent, car payment, utilities, food and still have enough to spend on nice gifts, an outfit for a date, a movie night and dinner. Just trying to keep a home, car and other Necessities is more important. Consumerism and corporate greed 😊has killed the consumer

  • @MrThejboe3oh5
    @MrThejboe3oh5 Рік тому +28

    They grew themselves into bankruptcy...poor management.If you don't keep your exclusivity by maintaining balance..you experience saturation.Keep the stores that are doing great and try to liquidate your debt of which you over evaluated.Basically, never get greedy.

  • @led0073
    @led0073 Рік тому +54

    I work in the construction supply industry, and it's starting to slow and massively. They say if the construction sector goes, then everything else follows that's what happened in 2008. People above my position are starting to worry. People are struggling to pay the household bills, and with the cost of food and fuel rising, having building work done is not even on the list. People can't afford mortgages, so new homes are not being built, and construction sites are closing. This time, I fear it's going to be far worse than 2008. I my job goes with it, then this time I'm going to walk away and find a new start elsewhere but not sure where yet.

    • @maryfinnfan4140
      @maryfinnfan4140 Рік тому +5

      I wish you all the best for the future x

    • @adrianjeffrey2897
      @adrianjeffrey2897 Рік тому +1

      I knew I might need to find something else to do when I was working construction and Austin back in 2019 and it seemed to be a severe labor shortage.

    • @led0073
      @led0073 Рік тому

      @Adrian Jeffrey something is different this time. We can't get materials, and if and when we can, it's very expensive, which puts customers off from buying it. Peoples pay is not rising, I think that's why governments are happy to let more immigrants into countries to try and suppress pay and keep it low (people at the top can have nore money but working people can't!). But everyone suffers as prices rise and everyone can't afford them. Almost feels like governments, the rich elites are doing this on purpose.
      Also, young people don't see the construction industry as a future job. They would rather try to make money from the Internet, why work hard when you can try to work smart, unfortunately buildings still need to be built and the complexity of it, would dictate robots would be a long time before they take over in the construction industry. It may collapse before that anyway.

    • @Stefan_Van_pellicom
      @Stefan_Van_pellicom Рік тому +2

      I am in repairs of doors, windows, awnings, screens, etc. Even THAT is in decline. People are keeping their pockets closed nowadays!

    • @wolfrunning1
      @wolfrunning1 Рік тому

      ​@@willchristie2650 The problem is, any time a city is actually successful and working, the looters are coming in to destroy it, after wrecking their own cities in California and New York. That's what's starting to happen to Portland, Arizona, Wyoming, Tennessee, Texas, Colorado, and Florida. The locusts are moving in to start wrecking them like they wrecked their own cities. They're not content to live and let live. They want to impose their lawlessness and lack of any moral values on any community that still has a soul left.