me: oh man, Joann Fabrics is closing. That’s going to really suck for a lot of people
Sophia, the Victorian ghost who haunts a lamp I bought at Brimfield: not the least among them Joanne. though I suppose her business acumen must have been wanting if she gave the shop her Christian name- it just seems undignified. was that what drove her customers to other establishments?
me: well, nothing- it’s a chain, and in most places, there weren’t any other fabric stores.
Sophia:
Sophia: there weren’t. any other dry goods stores. selling fabric.
me: not usually, no.
Sophia: in a whole town
me: no.
Sophia: and now there will be nowhere to purchase fabric at all in those towns
me: not in person. I guess people can buy it online
Sophia: what if they don’t know what different weaves feel like? how will they learn if they never get to handle them?
me: some places have free swatch service on their websites-
Sophia: so they’ll wait a week or more for a swatch, decide if they like it, then send away for the full amount of goods they need and wait even longer for that? what if they want something finished sooner?
me: they’ll just be frustrated, I guess
Sophia: wait, why did Joanne’s shops close? if she had such a monopoly, surely she’d have made quite a profit regardless of the name
me: an even bigger company bought them and couldn’t use them to make billions of dollars, so they’re forcing them to close
Sophia:
me: wait- PUT MY SNOW SHOVEL DOWN AND STEP AWAY FROM YOUR LAMP
I made this about a different business that was the victim of private equity and I hate that news stories keep coming up where I can use it.
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