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 | | From: | Crypt | | Subject: | Re: The Disney Store | | Date: | Sun, 19 Dec 2004 06:46:53 GMT |
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 | The Change has already taken place. Disney has looked for over a year for
someone to buy the stores. They will continue with the same Disney products you
have known.
MCRTNYFAN wrote:
> I recently found out that The Disney Store in my town has been bought by The
> Children's Place. Basically ALL Disney Stores will be closing. I go to the
> Disney Store in Oak Brook Illinois. Does anyone out there know exactly when
> the changeover will take place? Please e-mail me privately if you've got any
> information. Thanks in advance.
> mcrtnyfan@mcrtnyfan.com
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| | From: | MCRTNYFAN | | Subject: | Re: The Disney Store | | Date: | 27 Dec 2004 09:52:17 GMT |
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| The Disney Store has changed during the last several years. I used to LOVE
going because they had so much stuff to go nuts over. They sold adult clothing
and that's where I got most of my kids clothes when they were little. There
used to be TONS of Mickey Mouse items but the past couple of years Mickey
seemed to have vanished, there's hardly any adult clothes in there at all
meaning pants and nice button down shirts etc. It basically kept me away and I
stopped going there years ago. I used to go once a week when they first opened
here in Illinois but after that first change I was lucky if I got there 3 times
a year. The one in Oak Brook Illinois was the most disappointing because they
had a great section that they were in, the room was huge, they had all the
animated characters up against the walls near the ceiling and that big huge
screen in the back with all the stuffed animals piled in front. Now THAT is
when it was a Disney Store, anyway, they had moved about 3 or 4 stores down and
the excuse back then was they were going to remodel the original store and move
back but that never happened. When they moved out of their original spot they
lost that Disney "smell" that we all know and love. The Disney Store has
proven to be a real downer. It took 10 years for them to finally hire me for
seasonal. When they first opened I applied at least 6 times a year and there
answer was they already hired everyone they needed, then I finally lucked out
this past September and they hired me only for me to find out that not even a
month later the stores were being sold to the Childrens' Place. The store in
Lombard lost all their original employees or so we were told because none of
them wanted to stay there and work for the Children's Place. My store in Oak
Brook had 38 employees which didn't give me many hours at all, I wasn't very
happy and that too was a big disappointment for me after waiting all those
years to finally work there and be a cast member so I quit and I don't even
miss it. I wish we could get a store like they opened in New York this past
week, why can't one come to Chicago?! If you have any inside info on
that....spill!
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