A bad shadow for things to come.
Belk's put itself on the market for a buyout a couple of months ago and needless to say, when this occurs, there is always an attempt to maximize profits. Granted a deal was made last week but I experienced the effect today.
Wanted to get a couple of jeans for my son who lives in Atlanta. He told us was he wanted and Belks was having a sale so it seemed like a good fit.
Started out that jeans are not in the same area as mens slacks but had to wait till the person in menswear got of the phone to direct up to the correct location.
Could not find the sizes we needed so my wife walked over to a different section and the guy told her that due to the size, would probably have to be ordered as a special order but to go ahead and find a pair and bring it over and he would scan it in and correct the entry till we got what we needed.
To show you how busy it was, it was dead and he was restocking items
We went back and we found the appropriate jeans but it ended up with me, sitting on the floor in a department store, going through each item on the bottom shelf to find what we needed. The bins were disorganized and no order and apparently, no one had tried to instill order in some time
I hope this is not the deathnel for what used to be one of the best department stores in the South. Not happy and I hope they turn it around.