tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3551650242422472428.post5617346231150143187..comments2024-03-20T09:03:59.992-04:00Comments on Chic on the Cheap | Connecticut based style blogger on a budget, by Lydia Abate: Shuttered DoorsLyddieGalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01604790644999494872noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3551650242422472428.post-84710313627370185972020-08-04T21:35:33.140-04:002020-08-04T21:35:33.140-04:00That is so sad! I know that so many businesses hav...That is so sad! I know that so many businesses have been struggling right now, it is heartbreaking. I love that dress on you! Shea Lennonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00340001453458159654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3551650242422472428.post-39331104693309405182020-07-31T15:43:35.407-04:002020-07-31T15:43:35.407-04:00Sadly, I don't think they'll be the last! ...Sadly, I don't think they'll be the last! I hope most brands can weather this storm, and especially those small businesses. In other news, you look fabulous in this wrap!<br />xo Annie<br /><a href="https://www.newenglandromanceblog.com/2020/07/life-update-were-having-baby.html" rel="nofollow">New England Romance</a>Annie Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03685094334253607866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3551650242422472428.post-90834984049003944532020-07-29T08:28:51.669-04:002020-07-29T08:28:51.669-04:00When the pandemic first began, my instinct was the...When the pandemic first began, my instinct was the same - what would small businesses do, I wondered? How would they manage? It never occurred to me to worry about large chains, despite knowing that many have been dealing with flagging sales for years. Small businesses, it turns out, knew how to great creative, while many of the giants did not. In retrospect, this probably shouldn't surprise me as much as it did. Even the way they've closed their doors, like Ann Taylor in New Haven did, without warning and with little more than a printed sign in the window, speaks to business practises that are antiquated and don't make sense in the current market - and when I say that, I mean the pre-pandemic market. It amazed me, before this all happened, how out of touch with consumers my local Gap store seemd to have become. I think many stores will wind up going the same route, but it won't really be because of the pandemic it - the pandemic will just have accelerated the process. Still, it's sad to see something you love disappear so suddenly. I've never been an Ann Taylor shopper but I've admired many of their pieces on you, this beautiful dress in particular.<br />xox,<br />CeeCeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08822990898186192908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3551650242422472428.post-48829369432981590522020-07-28T09:19:38.006-04:002020-07-28T09:19:38.006-04:00I did such a lot of my shopping in New Haven at th...I did such a lot of my shopping in New Haven at that store - I was sad and a little nostalgic when I read the news that it was closing (and, of course, all of grad school friends and I were messaging back and forth about it). And, wow, it's been open for such a long stretch there.<br /><br />Courtney ~ <a href="http://sartorialsidelines.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Sartorial Sidelines</a>Courtneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09047168893795791568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3551650242422472428.post-91381276908435239542020-07-27T18:00:09.611-04:002020-07-27T18:00:09.611-04:00Such a cute dress on you! Such a shame the store c...Such a cute dress on you! Such a shame the store closed! My sister came over the other day we were goign to checkout the largest branch of a store near us, and it was closed! Nothing on the website, just a sign in the store that hadn't been updated saying it was closed because of the virus. I laughed my head off when I saw a post from the brand on social media stating all the stores that were reopened that day - with that store on it. I still don't think it's reopened, although there were a handful of other stores in the shopping centre closed too.<br /><br />I think this pandemic will really impact a lot of brands and it will be interesting, if a little sad, to see what happens a year or so from now!<br /><br />Hope that your week is off to a great start! :)<br /><br /><a href="http://awayfromtheblue.blogspot.com.au" rel="nofollow">Away From Blue</a> Micahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06858487062882928298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3551650242422472428.post-7706369383963588362020-07-27T16:18:05.556-04:002020-07-27T16:18:05.556-04:00That dress is so pretty! And wow, I didn't rea...That dress is so pretty! And wow, I didn't realize that location was their first store, that makes it even sadder that it's closed!<br />https://www.closet-fashionista.comCloset Fashionistahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17307750287416918321noreply@blogger.com