“Over the past two years, we have been closely following consumer and brand trends, listening to our customers and researching alternatives to fur,” said Jeff Gennette, chairman and chief executive officer of Macy’s, according to a press release.
“This announcement is consistent with the views of countless consumers in the marketplace, and other retailers should follow,” said Kitty Block, president and CEO of the Humane Society of the United States, whose organization met with the company over the last two years about its fur sales. While animal rights activists championed Macy's move, some speculated that the company was simply seeking to wrap up a business model that was no longer commercially successful for them.
"It’s a dying business that isn’t profitable for Macy’s. Spin it how you want, but they are a for-profit company,"Pelt sales ebb and flow with fashion trends, but manufacturing sales have been on a slow decline. U.S. sales are down about 25 percent from a high of about $707 million in 1999 to a projected $547 million in 2019, according to Euromonitor International, a market research company.
Macy’s should be like DicksSporting Goods and stop selling furs right now and destroy all inventory. 2021 is just a way to sell off stock.
Boo
How about stopping now
AnnekaSvenska Fur is DEAD! Fashion business get your act together!
AnnekaSvenska Good news but why wait 18 months?
If furs have no value, these animals will all be poisoned out of existence instead of trapped.
What about leather? Moo Too
What's the hold up? 2021? Seriously. Gethefuckattahere
This is dumb I'm directly going to go kill an animal and wear its skin as a garment. It the fall style. Keeps the cold off.
B E S T N E W S E V E R ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
Let’s make that Feb. 2020 instead!
It’s gross, barbaric, and medieval to raise and torture animals for their fur, and I will not buy brands like Dolce and Gabbana who still use animal furs. dolcegabbana
About time
veganwin
Climate change is a hoax?
why not stop tomorrow? oh wait, they have inventory and this was planned
So what store can I buy my chinchilla coat at now?
Only because people arent buying it like they use to...
Excellent!!
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