tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1317882250647868056.post1074604286396819398..comments2024-03-28T05:33:23.130-04:00Comments on J.Crew Aficionada: Seek & Find: Will you visit J.Crew this Weekend?Alexis {J.Crew Aficionada}http://www.blogger.com/profile/01823796392253094261noreply@blogger.comBlogger70125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1317882250647868056.post-61547154777163691762018-07-09T19:17:20.768-04:002018-07-09T19:17:20.768-04:00@Laura oh, those long merino cardigans were my fav...@Laura oh, those long merino cardigans were my favorite. I have a few that I will wear until they fall apart - which is hopefully not anytime soon.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03640041982516462918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1317882250647868056.post-42409685585559783582018-07-09T15:02:24.482-04:002018-07-09T15:02:24.482-04:00@Nayalya They are counting how many items are in t...@Nayalya They are counting how many items are in the store.Ina Mackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03921238487710374164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1317882250647868056.post-61974855057114375412018-07-09T14:59:23.837-04:002018-07-09T14:59:23.837-04:00Hopefully there will be small rollouts before then...Hopefully there will be small rollouts before then. The amount of new product coming out is really limited.Panda123https://www.blogger.com/profile/06712862375036495104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1317882250647868056.post-68875002665152455012018-07-09T14:58:18.065-04:002018-07-09T14:58:18.065-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Ina Mackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03921238487710374164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1317882250647868056.post-83066296668606280992018-07-09T10:30:42.829-04:002018-07-09T10:30:42.829-04:00Thank you, Ina! What does the inventory mean?Thank you, Ina! What does the inventory mean?Natalyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04385737467332823166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1317882250647868056.post-71866226186295529062018-07-09T08:48:13.933-04:002018-07-09T08:48:13.933-04:00Nope, me too. It's also for the individuality...Nope, me too. It's also for the individuality because the women in my office tend to wear the same types of brands and we could feasibly walk in wearing the same dress from Loft or Old Navy at any given time. Not that it is really a big deal but I like the options re-selling offers and the recycling concept too.TeriLynn13https://www.blogger.com/profile/15542257181809618994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1317882250647868056.post-58811647255785456072018-07-08T23:40:08.880-04:002018-07-08T23:40:08.880-04:00I been looking for a tweed lady jacket with ties f...I been looking for a tweed lady jacket with ties from last season item G7548, in zero or two... haven’t been able to catch it.... let me know if anyone has seen it... thanks so much Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15400171298317344526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1317882250647868056.post-42941501196880525242018-07-08T23:14:04.175-04:002018-07-08T23:14:04.175-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15748716793401919727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1317882250647868056.post-77162309961775524252018-07-08T23:09:20.509-04:002018-07-08T23:09:20.509-04:00the condition i received the above mentioned madew...the condition i received the above mentioned madewell linen jumpsuit...was enough for me to gasp.maybe it was sent on purpose to get rid of it.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15748716793401919727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1317882250647868056.post-88886858910201833762018-07-08T23:07:18.763-04:002018-07-08T23:07:18.763-04:00well....that is very interesting indeed. i will be...well....that is very interesting indeed. i will be watching my orders with a new "open eye" for used items.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15748716793401919727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1317882250647868056.post-16512461612578728672018-07-08T21:46:01.857-04:002018-07-08T21:46:01.857-04:00I've been having great success with poshmark t...I've been having great success with poshmark to find silk blouses, schoolboy blazers, and various skirts. What I can't find are long merino cardigans, which I miss desperately.Laura Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12494764897578584618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1317882250647868056.post-6849966797128011972018-07-08T21:41:54.149-04:002018-07-08T21:41:54.149-04:00There is a guy in our Sunday School class who retu...There is a guy in our Sunday School class who returned home from college who worked for the distribution center last year. I was talking to him about this and he said they were taught to "save" the returns and to fix anything that looked used and repackage it to be put back into inventory. They even use a local drycleaner to dryclean items and repackage them. Okay if this is true I am thinking that is alot of work but human error was all over the place in my order. I would think JCrew has a machine that could at least print out new tags and a sewing staff that would make the item look like it was indeed still fresh if they were going to sell it like that, not just fold it back up and send it out to someone who is expecting a new item.Jackie Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08398440436378055995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1317882250647868056.post-66384086621593343682018-07-08T19:16:21.382-04:002018-07-08T19:16:21.382-04:00Violet, you are so right. The spiraling down in qu...Violet, you are so right. The spiraling down in quality began shortly after the LBO in 2011. Many of the beautiful garments from that era and earlier are still going strong in our closets. <br /><br />At that point, management realized they had to drastically cut costs. They looked around and saw that Zara, Old Navy, Target etc. were killing it in the fast fashion category, and the marketing geniuses were telling them that Millennials won’t buy their value proposition anymore. That was the end. <br /><br />J Crew has never cared much about the free advice they get on this blog, for good reason. JCAs represent about 1% of their market, literally, and they know they don’t have to invest in reaching who is left here, their most loyal fans. It’s the JCAs who have left, and the customers of those other retailers, who are determining their fate. ruffleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01121478944826442351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1317882250647868056.post-31803020302929816732018-07-08T19:00:02.915-04:002018-07-08T19:00:02.915-04:00Am I the only JCA almost exclusively shopping eBay...Am I the only JCA almost exclusively shopping eBay and Poshmark at this point? I am so sorry to say I don’t think they can turn it around. The quality of clothing they were making in 2005-2008 would not just be profitable now. I’m no business expert, but anyone with older J Crew in their closet can clearly compare and see the difference. I’m very sad about it, as they really filled a special niche in the retail market.Corryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12732180751562292892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1317882250647868056.post-25042586964730176422018-07-08T18:19:37.220-04:002018-07-08T18:19:37.220-04:00Joining the choir about the pricing games at facto...Joining the choir about the pricing games at factory. 4 t-shirts in my cart, not one of them qualify for the t-shirt BOGO promo. Smhliztridenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17565675140813379423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1317882250647868056.post-36752986869089860482018-07-08T17:34:38.500-04:002018-07-08T17:34:38.500-04:00Thanks Ina! Thanks Ina! Franhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17895003011839840626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1317882250647868056.post-26090503504305315742018-07-08T15:56:40.456-04:002018-07-08T15:56:40.456-04:00Its called JCREW REWARDSIts called JCREW REWARDSIna Mackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03921238487710374164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1317882250647868056.post-9372590421980719272018-07-08T15:35:07.452-04:002018-07-08T15:35:07.452-04:00Also they will start a loyalty program (like madew...Also they will start a loyalty program (like madewell) soon.Ina Mackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03921238487710374164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1317882250647868056.post-24388828250686298412018-07-08T14:59:37.037-04:002018-07-08T14:59:37.037-04:00thank you Ina...thank you Ina...Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15748716793401919727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1317882250647868056.post-71424469405277525932018-07-08T13:28:13.300-04:002018-07-08T13:28:13.300-04:00One of my orders during the better promo arrived f...One of my orders during the better promo arrived from a store - totally wrong size, handwritten tag. Half the items arrived in plastic bags clearly too small so things were squished and wrinkled on arrival. I think all the promos now are geared toward clearing out tons of inventory in stores, which they should have done months ago! eeps.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10627356547323862881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1317882250647868056.post-62536548959721681042018-07-08T12:26:23.085-04:002018-07-08T12:26:23.085-04:00Next week is inventory,so the next big rollout (ak...Next week is inventory,so the next big rollout (aka August) is the week of july 30th. HTHIna Mackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03921238487710374164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1317882250647868056.post-36208996683867664452018-07-08T08:45:35.420-04:002018-07-08T08:45:35.420-04:00That crippling debt load is what started the decli...That crippling debt load is what started the decline in quality in the first place and it has spiraled to the point now where there is no turning back. Lower quality = lower sales for a company whose whole thing was higher quality than your typical mall brands. <br /><br />Now it seems J.Crew is in this frenetic scramble to find a new identity...and it's just. Not. Working.<br /><br />It will be interesting to see what this fall's relaunch brings - but it feels like one last ditch attempt at finding a buyer willing to take a gamble on what brand equity J.Crew has left. If so, they better roll out the high quality "basics with a twist" that got all of us addicted in the first place. <br /><br />I'm not holding my breath.Violethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12090413794079162631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1317882250647868056.post-3158408802011113082018-07-08T08:03:55.320-04:002018-07-08T08:03:55.320-04:00If J Crew could data-mine even just half of the co...If J Crew could data-mine even just half of the comments from this blog {thank you Alexis!} the answers to many of their issues are right here. I read the article and all I could see were the same misguided ideas as before. Fast fashion, lower prices {probably lower quality} and the loss of vision for their core customer. Maybe they think their former core customer has moved on and are gone forever. I guess we will have to wait and see but that doesn't sound promising :-( I wish they would look at what Brooks Brothers did, maybe they don't have the same financial ability to make those choices or they just don't want to go in that direction. TeriLynn13https://www.blogger.com/profile/15542257181809618994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1317882250647868056.post-13302024071557948222018-07-07T23:50:34.825-04:002018-07-07T23:50:34.825-04:00@Laura Matey Happy to help and thanks so much.@Laura Matey Happy to help and thanks so much.Mygoddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09240250626088757693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1317882250647868056.post-91380942054620137652018-07-07T23:41:56.142-04:002018-07-07T23:41:56.142-04:00Karma.Karma.wellfedfredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07118802089389931227noreply@blogger.com