
Jordyn Holman
Business Reporter at The New York Times
Reporter @nytimes • Covering retail + the economy + the culture • Busy reading some book • Chicagoan forever • [email protected]
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1 month ago |
thestar.com.my | Jordyn Holman |Aimee Ortiz
Cassandra Orakpo had enough. Too much, in fact. Shopping on her phone had become so easy it had turned into a bad habit. She bought a cake decorating kit, thinking she’d make her own birthday cake, and never even took it out of the box. She has at least 80 bottles of perfume stored in her closet. And despite all the clothes she has purchased, she feels she has nothing to wear. “Clearly my buying has gotten to a place where it’s bordering on hoarding,” Orakpo said.
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1 month ago |
jessicadefino.substack.com | Jordyn Holman |Aimee Ortiz |Kate Manne |Jessica Defino
Hello and welcome to another edition of THE DON’T BUY LIST! I’m fresh off of a fever-laced week of Covid — my third time and maybe the worst one yet — and my brain is still not fully functioning. I walked past someone wearing a lot of (pleasantly scented) perfume in the hallway of my apartment building this morning and considered complimenting them by saying, “Oh, you’re so smelly!”, the thought of which continues to make me laugh.
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1 month ago |
pressdemocrat.com | Aimee Ortiz |Jordyn Holman
Macy’s, the largest department store in the United States, saw slightly improved sales during the holiday season, but it and other retailers have warned of a rocky year ahead as tariffs push up prices and sow uncertainty for shoppers. Macy’s said Thursday that comparable sales across all of its stores, which include Bloomingdale’s and Bluemercury, rose 0.2% last quarter, its best result in nearly three years.
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1 month ago |
straitstimes.com | Jordyn Holman |Aimee Ortiz
Ms Cassandra Orakpo, who has pledged to slow down her online buying habit this year, with the collection of perfumes she keeps in a closet. PHOTO: MICHAEL STRAVATO/NYTIMESCassandra Orakpo has had enough. Too much, in fact. Shopping on her phone had become so easy it had turned into a bad habit. She bought a cake-decorating kit, thinking she’d make her own birthday cake, and never even took it out of the box. She has at least 80 bottles of perfume stored in her closet.
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1 month ago |
nytimes.com | Aimee Ortiz |Jordyn Holman
Macy's, the largest department store in the United States, saw slightly improved sales across all of its stores during the holiday season, but like other retailers it warned of a potentially rocky year ahead. Macy's said comparable sales at stores that it owns were down 1.1 percent in its fiscal fourth quarter, which ended Feb. 1.
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My Apple Music keeps shuffling in JT’s Mirrors after me not hearing this song for years. I don’t know what the meaning of this is

Chicagoans getting a taste of the NYC market

Yesterday at 8pm I listed a 2BD unit in Lakeview for rent on Zillow. So far 11 applications already (all from people who have not seen the unit yet) and 26 showings set for tomorrow. This leasing season is going to be WILD.

It’s really one of those news cycles where you’re giving your interview subject real-time updates as the interview is unfurling