• Mesophar@pawb.social
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    8 hours ago

    The catch 22 is that the companies are opening on these days to catch the customers that come out. People go because the store is open, the store is open because people go. If people consistently, collectively didn’t go in, the stores would close.

    • mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca
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      6 hours ago

      but what fraction of those people are those that wouldn’t just go the day before or after closure instead?

      The only gain the store is making is customers who need something that day and will go to another open store instead

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        5 hours ago

        Exactly…? If no one goes in, the store gains no benefit (only expending the cost of being open). But stores will open just on the off chance of customers coming in. And customers do go in, because the stores are open. Sometimes they go in and don’t even buy anything.

        If you want retail employees to be able to spend holidays with their families, don’t go shopping on holidays. Make it unprofitable to be open.

        • mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca
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          5 hours ago

          nah. I’m not taking responsibility for shit management. I don’t care if they’re open or not, and I think they shouldn’t be, and it doesn’t change how much money I spend at their store, so they should close to save the labour costs. but it ain’t my responsibility.