Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Retailing

message: I would note the following:
* A company's business model is a major source of criticism (e.g. importing from China → criticism about wages in China) so the criticism section should be just below the "business model" section.
* The philanthropy section should immediately follow, and should not need to be the same size. NPOV &neq; equal time for each POV. Criticism responses should be in the criticism section - for example "(criticism about wages in China → claims that the wages are actually quite good for the Chinese)" - which clearly does not belong in the philanthropy section.
* As is standard on Wikipedia, External links is seperate from Further Reading.
Yours, r3m0t talk 09:48, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks for your response.  I have made changes based off of what you have suggested.  The External links vs. Further reading thing I got from WP:CITE#Further reading/external links, which suggests that it doesn't matter since you can read both printed and online material anyways.  I suppose it would only matter depending on how many non-referenced works are listed in the article, and the personal style preference of the editor. Tuxide 23:18, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Notes

message: I think that the newsletter to the user talk pages is just a tad over the top.  Here's why: most people who are involved in the project will have the page watchlisted, and therefore will be able to follow a newsletter posted to the project's talk page.  Thoughts?  SchuminWeb (Talk) 04:20, 5 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: If we were to do another newsletter, should we make the user talk page thing opt-in, I suppose?  I had no intention of doing another one unless we really want it or it was absolutely necessary, since bored people leave quickly.  I got the idea from User:Caldorwards4's talk page, since he's the one that's subscribed to such a service.  If you really want to know, I pulled off a September one primarily because I needed a quick and dirty way to streamline information for the first time, and it was easy for me to send it without using a bot since I was only messaging four people, excluding myself.  What I am interested in knowing is, do we really want to keep it?  This is open to feedback.  Regards, Tuxide 04:38, 5 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Opt-in, or just ditch it entirely for posting to user talk pages.  I have no problem with the newsletter.  I just think that here is a better place for it than in the user talk page.  SchuminWeb (Talk) 04:57, 5 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Now that I think about it, opt-out might be better since anonymous users don't have watchlists.  You can't take advantage of something that you don't know about, but then again that is the justification that all other spam uses.  Oh well, for whoever it bothers (if any), you have my permission to remove the one I posted yesterday from your own talk page.  Tuxide 04:24, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

text: I've just noticed that WP:WPTC has an option that allows users to either be notified when a newsletter becomes available, or to have the whole newsletter be sent to them.  There is also a mailing list.  Tuxide 00:46, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: On a similar note, have you thought about making a template in the Wikipedia namespace (like as a subpage for the project) for users to place in their user space?  This could be similar to what The Wikipedia Signpost does with their  template.  This would allow users who subscribe to see it right on their userpages, and would probably be a lot less cumbersome to update.  SchuminWeb (Talk) 08:04, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Like User:Tuxide/Sandbox/retailing-subscription or would rationale instead of a list of links be more useful?  Tuxide 20:45, 11 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: What you came up with seems to work.  SchuminWeb (Talk) 00:07, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Done, all I have to do is move it into another namespace and put some instructions for posting.  I've also created another page called Wikipedia:WikiProject Retailing/Noticeboard so other members can post their own notices as they wish (for example, links to discussions concerning major edits that need attention, etc.).  As far as User:Tuxide/Sandbox/retailing-subscription, I am planning on moving it into the Template namespace unless anyone objects.  Tuxide 16:50, 16 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  is now available.  Tuxide 05:42, 28 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Newsletter just a little over the top 

message: Any of you use IRC (particularly freenode)?  I don't know if any of you are interested, but you can usually find me on the #wikipedia channel.  We could have a channel for our WikiProject Retailing, too.  Tuxide 05:38, 28 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[WP:IRC|IRC]] 

message: I have created Wikipedia:WikiProject Retailing/20061001 newsletter for October, although something needs to be put into it!  Hrm...  Now is your opportunity to put something in here and make your voice heard to the rest of the WikiProject.  Feel free to edit it as you see fit, for real life is keeping me busy (university studies).  When it's done, a link to it should go onto Wikipedia:WikiProject Retailing/Noticeboard.  Regards, Tuxide 06:37, 28 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Last call for additions/edits made to Wikipedia:WikiProject Retailing/20061001 newsletter.  If nothing else, I will post it tonight.
I have created Wikipedia:WikiProject Retailing/20061101 newsletter for November, just as before.  Again, its content is open for anyone to decide upon.  I am quite busy in college, and I don't know if I'll have the time I need to add to this before the start of November.  Regards, Tuxide 19:40, 25 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  October 2006 newsletter 

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thread_title:  Project directory 

message: Should shopping malls be covered under this project?  They are covered under WikiProject Architecture, but most malls are composed of a group of retailers in the same area for convenience.  Plus articles on individual shopping malls wikilink to articles under this project such as Macy's. --Geopgeop 08:54, 15 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I think so, some of the more interesting shopping malls (such as Southdale Center) were started by retailing companies.  Also, :Category:Shopping malls is a subcategory of :Category:Retailers.  Tuxide 00:15, 16 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Shopping malls 

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message: Dear Tuxide,
Thank you for your article on John F. Geisse.  I updated it a bit.  Rowley's book is fairly good on Target but she failed to get the inside true story on Dad.  I've sent her the corrections but no update as yet.
Discount Store News Markowitz (the late) was very accurate in his history of discount stores......look for 25th anniversay material circa 1987.  His work was encyclopedic and Dad said very accurate.
Thomas Geisse —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Tjgtjg (talk • contribs).
:Thought I would add that Thomas Geisse is still editing his father's article.  Tuxide (talk) 12:09, 4 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: [[John Geisse]]

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replies: text: Edit:  Removed redlink, the template is now our official one.  Tuxide 05:20, 17 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  New WikiProject Retailing template 

message: Sorry I've been terribly busy in college this semester.  Spring break is next week; I'll try to write a newsletter to catch up from the beginning of the year.  Much has happened in this WikiProject since this year started.  Tuxide 01:52, 6 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  So busy/newsletter 

message: Anyone else feel the list of stores is unnecessary Nil Einne 16:15, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I've started discussion on Wikipedia:WikiProject Retailing/Listings of former locations a couple days ago.  In my opinion it's more like a style problem opposed to whether it's notable; WP:CORP states that a list of Wal-Marts in China could be informative.  Tuxide 18:07, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Myer]] 

message: As of today, Wikipedia's main page has this on it:
Tuxide 06:43, 29 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Main Page]] 

message: I just created this page for any Retailing articles that need expert attention. If you think a page needs attention, please add it. TenPoundHammer 01:29, 15 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  New page 

message: A new WikiProject, called WikiProject Fashion was created last month and I was asked by them to introduce it here.  Many articles within our scope about retailers and private label brands also fit within their scope:  I view the difference between the two projects being that our approach is to illustrate the impact of these retailers from a business perspective, while their approach is to illustrate the impact of these retailers from a social perspective.  You might've seen articles about department stores become categorized under :Category:Clothing retailers, :Category:Fashion (which became too big of a category), etc.  Much discussion exists on their talk page about further categorizing articles about retailers, and suggests our involvement/comment.  Regards, Tuxide 21:14, 21 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Another area of overlap is with biographical articles about people like Stanley Marcus, the late CEO of Neiman Marcus, who was a pioneer in fashion retailing. Lawikitejana 01:49, 3 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Fashion|WikiProject Fashion]] 

message: It would be good if there were an infobox template for biographies of retailing CEOs. (See Wikipedia:WikiProject Biography for info on similar infoboxes.) Lawikitejana 01:49, 3 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Need an infobox?

message: I've created a userbox for WP:RETAIL at Template:User WikiProject Retailing. Cheers! WODUP 03:00, 11 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Userbox 

message: Over at Wikiproject Shopping Centres, there has been some discussion on tenant and anchor lists. Thoughts and comments would be most appreciated at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Shopping Centers#Anchors and tenants.  Thanks.  Skeezix1000 18:17, 11 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Shopping centre anchors

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message: I just realized that an RSS feed existed for Special:RecentChangesLinked/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Retailing/Articles now, for those who like to watch pages related to WP:RETAIL without actually having to go to this website or populating your watchlist.  I don't know when they made that addition to MediaWiki, but it's about time.  Tuxide (talk) 02:23, 13 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  RSS feed 

message: I have two requests:
*# editors to further improve the article
*#editors to review the article
Stanley Marcus is a major figure in the history of retail, and it would be appropriate for the article on him to reach Good Article status — on the way to Featured, of course. Please note that to date I have been unable to find a noncopyrighted photo of Marcus to use, though in the section about one of his books, I was able to make fair use of a book jacket that has his photo on the cover. I want to make sure we don't use an image that will get pulled, as that can drag an article down. Thanks for your assistance! Lawikitejana (talk) 12:46, 25 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Good Article nominee: [[Stanley Marcus]] 

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message: If this project ever becomes active again, Template:WikiProject Retailing could use an upgrade to accept grades on the Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Assessment scale. -- Beland (talk) 21:47, 4 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Assement scale 

message: In the article on Steinbach's Department Stores, it states that only the Asbury Park Store had a restaurant in 1978.  Stores in Manalapan Mall, Shoreview Mall, and Seaview Square Mall, all had restaurants well after the Asbury Park store closed.  I was the Manager of the Manalapan restaurant from April, 1978 until April, 1979.  I came back as the General Manager of all 3 opearting restaurants for a year from August, 1980 until August, 1981.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.86.93.166 (talk) 19:48, 20 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Restaurants In Steinbach's Department Stores 

message: Just curious...if Wikipedia is to be a useful tool for shoppers, I think that articles should checked for authenticity. The Buy.com page seems to be critical of the business' practices, yet the final paragraph seems to be something that the company itself may have added to to article, in an attempt to gloss over its shortcomings. Here's the final paragraph...I'd like to know if this was a late addition to the article and who placed it there...the company/one of their lackeys?
"Buy.com is a leading e-commerce company focused on providing its customers with a positive shopping experience and a broad selection of high-quality technology and entertainment retail goods at competitive prices. Buy.com offers over 2 million products in a range of categories including consumer electronics, computer hardware and software, cell phones, books, music, videos, games, digital music downloads, toys and sporting goods. Individuals and businesses can shop quickly and easily at Buy.com 24 hours a day, 7 days a week".
Of course, the critical comments may be bogus too. I'd like to know what to believe!  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 123.243.96.118 (talk) 08:57, 28 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Buy.com Wiki entry... 

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message: Please could someone take a look at Sales management. Thanks thisisace (talk) 22:01, 22 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sales management 

message: Help is needed in reorganizing :Category:Markets at this discussion.  If you can help, please place any comments there. Vegaswikian (talk) 18:30, 26 July 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  CfD discussion that needs additional input 

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message: We are inviting comments and input on the retail loss prevention article. We just published a major revision to that article and would like to hear from people interested in this topic. Thank you. Usgrant7 (talk) 18:06, 28 June 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Retail Loss Prevention Article 

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— Preceding unsigned comment added by Vipulpratap (talk • contribs) 06:40, 18 December 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: National Furniture Supply

message: Discussion on Talk:Apple Store. Please take a look. Thanks ツ Jenova20 (email) 09:29, 13 November 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Requested Move - Apple Store = Apple Retail Store 

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message: Reading this Wiki I have the distinct impression that Apple jumped into the retail scene in 2001 and exploded.  There's no mention of the previous 20 years of attempts at the retail market and the direct-to-consumer stores that Apple struggled with for many years.  Why?  If the answer is, well, this is about "Apple Store," and since we used to call it something else, let's just forget about that history - then that's disingenuous at best, fraudulent at worst and has no place in a community dedicated to truth and transparency.  If I missed it, my bad, but it should be at the very start of the page, front and center, e.g. - Apple's first entrance into the retail space was in 1981 (substitute the actual year) and its stores....  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.114.132.30 (talk) 19:45, 10 March 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Be bold or if in doubt, discuss your sources at Talk:Apple Store. There is some history from 1997 on already in the article. --Hroðulf (or Hrothulf) (Talk) 12:33, 11 March 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Apple in retail 

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thread_title:  Unsourced material on "Criticism of Walmart" 

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message: Hi all. I work for DICK'S Sporting Goods, which has owned the Golf Galaxy retail chain since 2006. If you search "golf galaxy" on Wikipedia, you are currently redirected to the DICK'S Sporting Goods page, where there is a brief mention of the Golf Galaxy brand. Also, if you do a Google search for "golfgalaxy.com," the Golfsmith Wikipedia page is featured in the Google Knowledge Graph in the search results -- I believe this is because DICK'S recently bought Golfsmith out of bankruptcy and converted 36 Golfsmith locations to Golf Galaxy stores, but there is not a Golf Galaxy Wikipedia page for Google to feature.
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thread_title:  One of your project's articles has been selected for improvement! 

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We'd like to collect information on how the current tool is used by....you! How do you yourself and the other maintainers of your project use the web tool? Which of its features do you need? How frequently do you use these features? And what features is the tool missing that would be useful to you? We have collected all of these questions at this Google form where you can leave your response. Walkerma (talk) 04:24, 27 October 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Request for information on WP1.0 web tool 

message: I hope this is appropriate to post here because I think it's of interest to many of you. I just found out about this group, however, for several years I've been creating articles about retailers based in Los Angeles. Some interesting creations are: 
*:Template:History of Retail in Southern California
* Store lists for Bullock's, J. W. Robinson's and The Broadway
* Central Business District, Los Angeles (1880s-1890s) (few people know that the original CBD of Los Angeles was basically completely bulldozed!)
* Added a block-by-block walking tour to the Broadway (Los Angeles) article.. Broadway is known for its cinema palaces but it was also full of retail palaces. I also created an article for Seventh Street (Los Angeles) which 1920-1950 was the chic downtown shopping street.
* L.A. based "junior dept. store" chains like Harris & Frank, Coulter's, Fifth Street Store/Walker's, Walker's San Diego & Long Beach, Mullen & Bluett, Phelps-Terkel, B. H. Dyas
* Furniture and specialty retailers like Barker Bros. and Dearden's
* A few notable buildings, Sears-Pico and Milliron's Westchester
And perhaps random but a beautiful store called Stuttafords in South Africa, which had NO article and I couldn't bear it not being remembered. (We visited South Africa as tourists and so remembered the chain)
Interested in your comments and suggestions. Thanks. Keizers (talk) 16:30, 11 July 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  History of retailing in Los Angeles 

message: There's quite a few articles that required assessment for importance, but we have not yet formalized a criteria like other WikiProjects. Based off a review of the already assessed, it seems like this has been the general pattern:
Top: General retailing concepts (advertising, department store)
High: Deeper concepts (credit, store manager) and large/national chains (The Home Depot)
Mid: Specific retailing practices (Back to school) and smaller, but significant retail groups (Kmart, Apple Store)
Low: Individuals, specific store locations, some small shops
Bottom: Obscure retail (unopened store) and tangentially related to retail.
I propose we formalize the following categories, in keeping with the priority of topic guidelines:
Top: General, broad retailing concepts, multinational retail companies (think Walmart, Amazon)
High: Deeper concepts, national chains that have little to no importance outside their country (like Target)
Mid: High profile individuals (like Robert E. Wood or Sam Walton), regional chains
Low: Individuals who worked in retail, specific store locations, small shops (one or two).
Bottom: Obscure retail (unopened store) and tangentially related to retail.
Curious of others' opinions.
Tfkalk (talk) 19:48, 17 August 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks Windyshadow32! I left a message on the other members' talk pages (unless it said that they've left Wikipedia) so I'll give it a few more days to solicit feedback. Looking forward to working alongside you to make it active again! Tfkalk (talk) 20:13, 20 August 2020 (UTC)

text: Thanks Bungle for your feedback! I would respectfully disagree on the "bottom" because it's not necessarily importance for Wikipedia or the article as a whole, but the relative importance towards our project. A politician who also happened to own a store may be of mid importance to the Politics WikiProject, but he's only tangentially connected to us. I don't think it hurts to have a bottom category and there's many WikiProjects that utilize it. Tfkalk (talk) 20:47, 20 August 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, this is my view so take it as you desire. I simply feel that a bottom category is redundant and I would deprecate its inclusion moving forward. If the suggestion is that a wikiproject article could be deemed as being of almost no importance, then how could it sustain a wikipedia existence if even the WP doesn't feel it has any importance? A WP would generally be accepted to consider it's own articles to be of greater importance than when compared against the wider encyclopedia. Low is surely "low" enough. Bungle (talk • contribs) 20:55, 20 August 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Importance Assessment Criteria 

message: Hello,Please note that Delivery (commerce), which is within this project's scope, has been selected as one of Today's articles for improvement. The article is scheduled to appear on Wikipedia's Community portal in the "Today's articles for improvement" section for one week, beginning today. Everyone is encouraged to collaborate to improve the article. Thanks, and happy editing! 
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thread_title:  One of your project's articles has been selected for improvement! 

message: Need your thoughts on whether a separate article should be created for Complex smart cards.  Please discuss at Talk:Smart card AngusW🐶🐶F (bark • sniff) 14:02, 16 December 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Smart card vs. [[Draft:Complex Cards]] 

message: Hello,Please note that Grocery store, which is within this project's scope, has been selected as one of the Articles for improvement. The article is scheduled to appear on Wikipedia's Community portal in the "Articles for improvement" section for one week, beginning today. Everyone is encouraged to collaborate to improve the article. Thanks, and happy editing! 
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thread_title:  One of your project's articles has been selected for improvement! 

message: Hello,Please note that Wholesaling, which is within this project's scope, has been selected as one of the Articles for improvement. The article is scheduled to appear on Wikipedia's Community portal in the "Articles for improvement" section for one week, beginning today. Everyone is encouraged to collaborate to improve the article. Thanks, and happy editing! 
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thread_title:  One of your project's articles has been selected for improvement! 

message: Dear group members,
I wanted to ask for your feedback on how to improve the draft page for Melon Fashion Group -- a major Russian clothing retailer that's been called "the H&M of Russia." 
Draft: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Melon_Fashion_Group
The draft has been declined twice with the comments that it reads like an advertisement and does not show significant coverage in independent, 3rd party sources. However, the draft includes dozens of links to articles in Russian and Western media, including Reuters and Seeking Alpha, with the articles focused exclusively on the company and its business developments. The tone of the draft is neutral, in my view, and the content outlines the company's activities, some of its history and current structure. There is no promotional language and no citation of company sources.
I wanted to create this page since I'm interested in the topic, and there are pages on Wiki for H&M, Zara, and many other fashion retailers. Can anyone suggest how to improve this draft so that it passes review?
Many thanks!
Supereditor91 (talk) 08:38, 21 February 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Help with draft page for Russia's Melon Fashion Group 

message: Hello! I'm a COI editor here on behalf of John Antioco, who has a rather slim Wikipedia page that I'm trying to improve. Mr. Antioco has had a robust career that includes c-suite and CEO roles at major retailers such as 7-Eleven, Circle K, and Blockbuster. I put together a draft for a new Career section that highlights the most notable details from these tenures, and I was wondering if anyone on this WikiProject would help me out by reviewing it? The draft is available in full on my user page, and you can see my initial Career edit request on the John Antioco talk page. Any assistance would be much appreciated! Thank you. Daryl at McGriffin Media (talk) 01:02, 10 March 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  John Antioco: Career section edit request 

message: I have (with the help of others) made a small user script to detect and highlight various links to unreliable sources and predatory journals. Some of you may already be familiar with it, given it is currently the 39th most imported script on Wikipedia. The idea is that it takes something like
*John Smith "Article of things" Deprecated.com. Accessed 2020-02-14. (John Smith "Article of things" Deprecated.com. Accessed 2020-02-14.)
and turns it into something like
* John Smith "" Deprecated.com. Accessed 2020-02-14.
It will work on a variety of links, including those from ,  and .
The script is mostly based on WP:RSPSOURCES, WP:NPPSG and WP:CITEWATCH and a good dose of common sense. I'm always expanding coverage and tweaking the script's logic, so general feedback and suggestions to expand coverage to other unreliable sources are always welcomed.
Do note that this is not a script to be mindlessly used, and several caveats apply. Details and instructions are available at User:Headbomb/unreliable. Questions, comments and requests can be made at User talk:Headbomb/unreliable.
-  Headbomb {t · c · p · b}
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thread_title:  User script to detect unreliable sources 

message: Hi. Editors of this project might be interested in suggestions to update the article about Dan Wagner a known U.K. e-commerce entrepreneur. The proposals are here: Talk:Dan Wagner#Request Edits April 2022. Since I have a COI, an independent editor or editors should review these. Thanks.W12SW77 (talk) 19:38, 8 August 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Dan Wagner article update 

message: Hello editors, I'm Will and I work for evo. I was hoping someone here might be interested in taking a look at the draft I wrote for evo. I've been working with some editors on changes and now I'm hoping to jumpstart the AfC review process. I have a conflict of interest so I won't publish the article myself. Any assistance would be wonderful! WSevo (talk) 22:12, 24 October 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Evo draft 

message: This project has multiple undisclosed limitations.  As an old customer, I was told to bring in my old electronic equipment for Staples Rewards.  My receipt dated 07/30/2023 verifies that I brought in a tablet, a cellphone, and 8 other pieces (mostly cords).  I received ZERO rewards.  My receipt reads "$10 off in store purchase of $30 or more" -- but it was good for only the  one day that I brought in the above equipment: "Offer valid through 07/30/2023-07/30/2023".  This is a rip-off.  
Please call me if  you wish to verify the above.  Elta Wilson 71.241.254.58 (talk) 13:06, 1 August 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Recycle Project 

message: There's a growing number of companies that sell direct-to-consumer, bypassing traditional retail stores. Oftentimes this is through an ecommerce site, but some even have physical stores. How do we want to handle those as a WikiProject? Exclude them since they bypass traditional retailers? Or include them since they are businesses selling goods to the end customer? Tfkalk (talk) 03:52, 19 January 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  How to Handle DTC?