WinterSilks is closing. Big sale.

[Emerald_Door]

I received a catalog yesterday and just got around to checking their website.  The things I was interested in are sold out, but you might find something.  All sales final.  

www.wintersilks.com

[kritter]

Does their stuff run true to size as they state in their size guide?

[Desire]

The links up at the top say that the TOG Shop and Norm Thompson are also closing. Appleseeds seems to be staying in business. Most of the sizes available are small and medium, unless it's still high priced even with the sale.

[kritter]

I jumped all over the Fresh Produce sale today. 40% off their sale prices plus free shipping over $100 which I sailed right by.

Their web site was really jacked this morning. Slow plus I couldn't check out. Finally I quit shopping which may have been a blessing and concentrated on checking out. Might go back in later and see what is left.

Just got an email that my order has already shipped. At least their shipping dept. is on top of things.

[Emerald_Door]

Apr 25, 2019 21:03:50 GMT kritter said:

Does their stuff run true to size as they state in their size guide?

It's been years since I ordered anything, but their sizes were absolutely consistent with their size chart.  

[chapeaunoir]

Their long underwear make good base layers for outdoor activities. Unfortunately, they only have pink and white which I can't abide.

[kritter]

Thank goodness we don't need long underwear here. Layers are not for me.

I was putting a cart together and instead of an amount where Free Shipping kicked in, the shipping kept increasing. 

Yes, I am a typical buyer that loves FS and will usually buy enough to get it.

[chapeaunoir]

The prices are so cheap that not having FS doesn't phase me (I often try to hit the threshold for it, too, though, if it IS offered) - I just can't find anything I can use in my size. They have 2XL left in their silk briefs, though, when in a lot of places that size is sold out (my size is sold out, too), and they're really nice. I might get some of their sleep shirts but they're kind of foo-foo for me (I sleep in old running T-shirts) - I checked out the men's stuff for base layers but they appear to be out and for sleep wear, the DH sleeps skyclad lol. We don't really heat our bedroom so that's just too cold for me. Their day clothing is too conservative for my tastes, though make good basics if I still worked in an office. I used to wear their camisoles all the time under fancy sweaters for my 'uniform', but they just have pale beige left, and being myself pale beige, it's too much pale beige.

[chapeaunoir]

kritter

UR101 for free shipping at wintersilks - I just used it and it works.


I ended up purchasing 4 nightshirts - I found two Henley styles that looked more basic and a couple of other ones for cold weather (I often end up sleeping in my robe in the coldest months). 

[kritter]

Thank you! I am headed back there now. I saw a robe that has a zipper and I like zip robes.

[kritter]

YAY It is working. I am shopping.

And they take Paypal!  I love to pay with Paypal.

[Deleted]

I didn't find anything but this made me look around and I saw this article about all kinda retail closings this year - and I'd never even heard of some of these stores.

moneywise.com/a/retailers-closing-stores-in-2019

[jesmelric]

Apr 26, 2019 9:22:27 GMT @unknown said:

I didn't find anything but this made me look around and I saw this article about all kinda retail closings this year - and I'd never even heard of some of these stores.

moneywise.com/a/retailers-closing-stores-in-2019

I had never heard of some either. I hate to see Payless go, it's where we got all the kids shoes when they were little

We went to the Sears down the road a couple of weeks ago to buy our mattresses. The store seemed to be doing a lot of business, I was surprised but there were a lot of shoppers. It's been there since 1949, I hope it can hang in there. I would really hate to see it go

[val2525]

Some of those closures don't surprise me. My take with my buyer hat on:

Target - blah selection since they took floor space for the grocery area (also blah). Target used to offer cool and fun household goods and textiles, but that went the way of the dodo bird when Target reassigned floor space to add the grocery department. I think the only thing I've bought from Target in the last 5 years are some printer cartridges.

Southestern grocers - not surprised, given where they are, the competition is often cheaper with nicer stores. Winn-Dixie, one of their brands, often has high prices and many stores old, dirty, in need of major renovation.

Macys - should have kept the May store identities separate from Macys, making the May stores the lesser priced and keeping the image and magic of the original Macys. But noooo, Federated combined all the stores under the Macys brand and dropped the quality, aiming for the sale crowd. Big mistake, as Macys customers were different than the various May brand store customers. Federated has been closing stores consistently since the merger in 2005.

Penneys - brought it on itself. Poor quality in many product areas, late to the ecommerce picture.

Zgallerie - not surprised, many B&M furniture stores doing poorly. Most have inventory that is similar - bland, boring, neutral. The cool stuff is found from online sellers like Wayfair.

Surprised at Christopher & banks, or maybe not. They pulled the plus sizes from the stores and made them on-line only. I have to wonder how much that hurt the store traffic.

Starbucks - no surprise, many areas have stores too close to each other.

Ascena retail - don’t blame them for trying to sell Dressbarn. Part of the problem is corporate management. They own Catherines, they cut hours as thin as possible and it was difficult to get stock out on the floor in a timely fashion. No stock, no sales. No new stuff, foot traffic drops and so do sales.

Payless Shoes - I think the fact that many former wholesale sources now sell direct to anyone hurt Payless.

[kritter]

Totally agree on Target. I haven't even been in a Target store in over a year and then it was only to pick up cat food that I bought on line when it was on sale.

I think the clothes are blah and look cheaply made. There is a Target store closer to me than Walmart but they aren't price competitive in grocery at all even with what little grocery there is.

[chapeaunoir]

The underlying problem is that they all overbuilt in the tony days of 'sports shopping' when going to malls and shopping was something it seemed just about everyone did. That was a relatively brief blip in consumer habits compared to historical patterns. They've been suffering from it ever since, and were left with a lot of real estate when shopping went more online (though it's still not a majority of shopping), similar to when people used to order from catalogs (which is just a paper version of online).  As well, worker wages have been flat for decades now, in contrast to the soaring wages of C-suite managers, and guess where the price points of most of those stores hit - working and middle class wages.