Introducing the GZ MACS! My group finally thought of name! But anyways,
Without giving away our group idea or at least too much of what we’ve brainstormed, I was assigned to look up articles pertaining to retail jobs. At first I wasn’t finding anything relevant to what I wanted to find, but luckily, I was able to refine my search and got better results. Many of the articles were about the decline in retail sales and store closures due to the economy. I was looking for articles that share scenarios that we may be able to use for show content, interesting or bizarre occurrences happens within retail.
One article I found interesting that I could relate to because I’ve had friends who have told me about a similar experience is You won’t get a look-in if your’re not good-looking; Clothes Chain’s hiring…; Store’s Sniffy Job Ad Sparks Outrage. This article is about how clothing store Abercrombie & Fitch hire based off looks. This can help give us insight for what we can include for our “interview process” which is something I won’t give too much detail on.
Another article I found was Business booming for thrift stores; Customers are up, donations are down at resale shopping sites across the USA. This article focuses on the how thrift stores are surpassing low priced stores such as Wal-mart and surpassing their sales which is an interesting thing to note because long-time retailers can support the trend.
One last article that pertains to our show idea is Storing Up Experience which focuses on a young woman who moved to Texas and how she applied her retail experience to get a manager position for Howards Storage World organization solutions company. We can interview people in the retail world and ask about how long they’ve been in the business and where they hope to go with it. Is it just a side job? Are they going for corporate?
