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| Posted: Tue Sep 22, 2009 4:47 pm Post subject: The Most Stupid Promo/Event That Your Store Ran | |
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This should be a fun post !
What was the most stupid promo or event that your store hosted ?? I'll start. When I was still in school (way back when) I took a job as a Evening/Weekend Supervisor at the brand new Abraham and Straus (A & S) in the Mall at Short Hills. The Mall at Short Hills is an upscale mall to say the least, and at the time A & S arrived the other anchors were, Bloomingdales, Bonwit Teller and B. Altman. Needless to say A & S was the "odd man out", and business went nowhere fast. A & S regulars did not travel to the store, and the regular clientle of the mall looked down upon the store, and rarely ventured inside. This was 1981, and the soap opera, General Hospital, was all the rage. So to generate buzz for the new store, an in store meet and greet was scheduled with the actors who played Luke and Laura. A stage was set up in the furniture department, and when we opened the doors at 10:00am, I joked that I could hear a stampede, well I was right, 500 teens ran into the store, and by 11:00 we were up to 2,000., and the local fire department ordered the 3rd floor closed to further patrons. So we wound up with 2,500 teenagers that had to be entertained until 1:00 pm. At last count we had to turn 3,500 people away, and the Police were growing more and more concerned about the amount of people refusing to leave. Luke and Laura arrived and were advised by their "people" to leave since the crowd was unruly. They did go on, but cut short their "visit" to 30 minutes (it was supposed to be 90). As the event ended the angry kids started to tear up the store, and the Police ordered the building shut down at 2:00 pm. The end result being a near riot, loss of sales for a Saturday, and complaints that lasted for months. A & S did pay everyone for their regular Saturday hours, and the commission deparments were paid pro-rate. Needless to say it did not generate any new business for the store, and in fact the next 2 months of Saturday's saw business drop. Ken PS For the record, business at that A & S store finally improved when they started to stock the store with merch more be-fitting for the location, like the store they had in Manhassett, Long Island. The location is now a Macy's. The other anchors today at this mall are: Bloomingdales, Saks, Neiman-Marcus and Nordstrom. |
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| Posted: Tue Sep 22, 2009 5:30 pm Post subject: | |
| The real question with Macy's should be.... Which one ISN'T stupid! | |
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| Posted: Tue Sep 22, 2009 8:58 pm Post subject: | |
what amazed me is that they want you to press for donations..but they look like the shinning RED START  Team Wins yeah...
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| Posted: Wed Sep 23, 2009 4:30 am Post subject: | |
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the most stupid event/promo, you ask ?
that's easy. it's the one running now (well, one of the 5 that are running now ! ) the come+together campaign. it is explained in detail in other recent threads. basically, macy*s wants customers/employees to host a dinner party at their home, make all kinds of dishes/food, etc. then at said dinner, macy*s wants the hosts to ASK their dinner guests to pay their hosts MONEY ( i think they want a dollar donation but will gladly take much more than that ). then the hosts will in turn come into their local macy*s store and turn that money in as a donation. wait, it gets better. after the hosts do all of the work, then macy*s makes the donation in their name (macy*s) and gets all the glory and the tax write-off !! whadda ya think ??
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| Posted: Wed Sep 23, 2009 5:25 am Post subject: | |||
Gotta agree on this one. I've been there for ....oh shit, too long, and the dinner party thing is downright the stupidest thing I've every heard. |
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| Posted: Wed Sep 23, 2009 12:24 pm Post subject: | |
| I predict that this one is going to be a big flop. I can't imagine who thought that it sounded like a good idea. With all of the advertising and promoting that they have done for this stupid thing, they could have donated that money and been done with it! | |
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| Posted: Thu Sep 24, 2009 5:35 am Post subject: | |
now why didn't i think of that ??? 
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| Posted: Thu Sep 24, 2009 10:44 pm Post subject: | |||
You would have thought between Donald Trump, Jessica Simpson, Martha Stewart, Tommy Hilfiger, Usher and whomever else is sitting at that table in the commercial, one of them could have thought of that!!! |
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| Posted: Thu Sep 24, 2009 11:07 pm Post subject: | |||||
You're giving Jessica waaaaaaaaaaaaay too much credit here. 
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| Posted: Thu Sep 24, 2009 11:25 pm Post subject: | |
| Yeah, she was just trying to figure out if they were having tuna fish or chicken. | |
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| Posted: Fri Sep 25, 2009 12:07 am Post subject: | |||
I was planning on having Chicken of The Sea for my dinner party! |
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| Posted: Fri Sep 25, 2009 1:51 am Post subject: | |
| Whats wrong with aerosol cheese and day old bread? | |
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| Posted: Sat Sep 26, 2009 6:22 am Post subject: | |
| OK, now they're playing "Come Together" by the Beatles, but in instrumental form. I love that song, but if Macy's plays it constantly, I'm afraid I'll hate it. | |
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| Posted: Sat Sep 26, 2009 3:20 pm Post subject: | |||
They started yesterday, and played some version of it nearly every twenty minutes. I hate it now. 
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| Posted: Sat Sep 26, 2009 5:31 pm Post subject: | |
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I would agree that this is by far the stupidest thing that they have ever come up with. I used to think that it was Thanks for Sharing...give me $25.00 and I'll give $10 of it to charity and keep the other $15, but this has that waaaay beat.
And the marketing to sell housewares and clothing to go along with your fundraising dinner party is just hillarious. The person that came up with this will be thrown out on his ear before this is all said and done. |
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| Posted: Sat Sep 26, 2009 5:49 pm Post subject: | |||||
It's a conspiracy for us to hate the Beatles... |
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| Posted: Sat Sep 26, 2009 5:50 pm Post subject: | |||
I'm cleaning up on the TFS! $$$ Already filled up 1 card, working on the 2nd. Hey, anything for tequila money! |
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| Posted: Sun Sep 27, 2009 2:00 am Post subject: | |||||
Hey what's your secret of how to buy tequila with Macy's Money??? |
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| Posted: Sun Sep 27, 2009 2:33 am Post subject: | |
| Fashion, Fashion, Fashion...haven't we been over this already? You can buy anything with macy's money. It's just like REAL money! In fact, is so similar to real money, that I can't figure out why they don't just give us real money!!!! | |
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| Posted: Sun Sep 27, 2009 3:02 am Post subject: | |||||
No fair!!!! Your store sells tequila? Ugh, wait. It's probably a Macy's private label brand distilled in China, with a picture of Terry on the label wearing a stupid looking sombrero. |
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| Posted: Sun Sep 27, 2009 3:05 am Post subject: | |||
Right. I take Macy's Money to the grocery store, the gas station, and even Target. When my utilities are due, I just tuck the appropriate amount of Macy's Money inside. I also use it to pay for haircuts, carpet cleaning, and my gym membership. I even got a THANK YOU letter from my mortgage company for my timely payments with Macy's Money. It's just like money!!! |
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| Posted: Sun Sep 27, 2009 3:12 am Post subject: | |
| Have you ever noticed the look on your waiter's face when you leave macy money for the tip? They just can't believe it. Macy's is enabling me to make so many people happy with macy money. | |
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| Posted: Sun Sep 27, 2009 3:36 am Post subject: | |||
I know!!! The server just looked at me and said "What is THIS?" And I said, "What do you think it is?" And the server said, "Are you SERIOUS?" And I said, "Yes. Yes, I am. And you're welcome. You have an outstanding day." The server starting welling up... and I left. I needed no thanks. My work here was done. Isn't it just OUTSTANDING how Macy's allows us to spread their brand of joy with everyone else? Last edited by hudsmarshmacys on Mon Sep 28, 2009 4:02 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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| Posted: Sun Sep 27, 2009 5:44 am Post subject: | |||
Hey I'll host of them fancy shindigs! Anyone up for day old bread and water? Just donate your Macy's Money to me!
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| Posted: Mon Sep 28, 2009 12:02 am Post subject: | |
| I have started giving my Macy Money as change to my customers. | |