Interesting.
Some friends just used Macy’s as one of their wedding registry stores and I could only shake my head. From the $350 roasting pan, to thousands and thousands and thousands of dollars of otherwise overpriced and/or unnecessary household items I figured I could outfit a household with the same items, at a perfectly fine quality, for literally one-tenth the cost on average—and some things for much less.
I’d imagine Macy’s is using the same logic as some areas here in northern NJ does with high property taxes (above and beyond the already-high taxes for which NJ is notorious) - it keeps the place clean. Macy’s shoppers can shop without the worry that they’ll run into filthy peons like me....