Well here’s part of the answer. Rite-Aid reported that their front end same-store sales were up 1.2% for 2014, while CVS reported theirs were down 4.0%, and for the last quarter Rite-Aid was up 2% while CVS dropped a whopping 7.0% over the last 3 months of the year. Walgreens was up 1.3% in Read More…
Author: RetailGuy
I have worked in retail for over 40 years. I've seen the good, the bad, the ugly, and the completely unbelievable.
9 Retail Horror Stories That Will Make You Regret Humanity
These are all true stories. How do I know that? Because you couldn’t make this sh** up. Man Drops Trou and Flashes Pink Panties at Target In January 2013, 18-year-old Jason Tyler Stuart revealed his cute new thong to aghast shoppers in the women’s section. Witnesses say he made comments about his underwear, presumably Read More…
The Best Employee Response Ever. This Is Perfect.
This actually is similar to what a co-worker did years ago. But instead of creating “Murray”, he blamed himself. When customers complained “Why are you always out of the ad items here?”, instead of making excuses he just said “I’m sorry. I screwed up. I didn’t order enough. I’m such an idiot.” Next thing Read More…
Some of the Biggest Lies Companies Tell Us
Some of these are downright outrageous and should be illegal. Foot long? Not unless you’re using the metric system. The picture on the box is only accurate if you have a family of midgets. Yeah, that’s pretty close to what you actually get. They didn’t see the irony in this when they painted the Read More…
Hilarious Reviews and Pairing Recommendations for Wine
You need a sense of humor to work in retail, and this guy has it. Best part is that sales have increased, which shows that people appreciate honesty, humor and creativity. We don’t believe that Jeff W. is a wine steward or anything, but it’s clear that he must have some experience drinking wine Read More…
An Interesting Payment Option
From user Rick, seen at a CVS. I’m sure there’s a lot of people who would like to give CVS the finger.
7 Retail Trends That Will Shape How You Shop In 2015
I’m not too sure about the first one, Amazon is so damn good at what they do I can’t see them getting challenged but I suppose eventually they will get some chinks in their armor. The second one is already happening where I work and will continue to be a thing for a while. Read More…
Skymall Isn’t Dead After All
A few weeks ago I posted about the death of Skymall, how they were going out of business and depriving us of the opportunity to buy great items like these Orbit Wheels: or these pipe covers: or the ultimate travel pillow. But sadly, they are coming back under new ownership and will be focusing more Read More…
Weird Customer Nicknames
This one is from frisky.com and rings soooo true. I have to admit I had a few customer nicknames as well, although obviously I never wrote them down or used them around anyone. Mine were: The Scarf Lady–a sweet old lady who had Alzheimers and we never knew how she got to Read More…
The Top 5 Craziest Things to Happen at Walmart
These are all pretty amazing, although it’s interesting that this top 5 didn’t include a naked guy walking through Walmart or another naked guy walking through Walmart. Perhaps the fact it happened twice makes it less remarkable than oh, say a guy stabbing his wife to death there. The store staying open after THAT Read More…