It was bad enough when they moved Southern Lifestyles over to Canal Street and two different buildings, with the no-walls display look of a mattress outlet, and less than half the furniture on the floor to see and evaluate in person instead of guessing from a catalog.
To turn that beautiful Southern Lifestyles space into TV sales/marketing offices instead of retail or restaurant has dealt a big blow to the square. What are they thinking????
NOBODY likes the setup at the "new" store on Canal St. and some of the key salespeople quit. The last time I was in there, about 3 weeks ago, there were two young women and one young male standing around at the desk, in a gum-chewing and gossip session. The door to the janitor closet in the back hallway was hanging open with janitorial stuff literally falling out. When I mentioned to them this looked very bad, they laughed and went on with their chatting. This was not the Southern Lifestyles we knew by buying most of our furniture there.
I hope City Furniture is not a cheap outfit with crappy brands. And I hope it's true that as salespersons have said at Showcase and SL, that a new SL store would be built at Brownwood.
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