Good ol Claire’s has gone all right-wi…oh, private equity. Figures.
OpinionatedPoster on
Another one joined the dark side of the Force…
84thPrblm on
At least they won’t starve to death, what with all the fascist boot to lick.
JonEdwinPoquet on
I’m guessing they don’t speak for the entire company.
squirlz333 on
TIL that I should inform people that claires is a extremely conservative company.
Savings-Cry-3201 on
“We were raped by private equity and they said our last paycheck was contingent upon us blaming the wokes”
CassCat on
“Thank you for your attention to this matter, Claire’s Stores Inc.” should tell you all you need to know about the author of this letter. Someone so far down the rabbit hole that they are hiding behind a company name, while denouncing the evils of private equity. And how much of what Claire’s sells is subject to stupid unnecessary tariffs? Damn near 100%, I’d say.
therealsylviaplath on
My guess is nearly 100% of the shit they sell has been tarrifed all to shit under Dear Leader, who it sounds like the company supports. I think this is a leopards eating faces situation
Mrrrrggggl on
Company rooted in values of family & community, but will render those local workforce within the community expendable when servicing the financial obligations of its shareholders. Yup.
ValleyGirlHusband on
Mmmmm, that’s some good cope
RPGreg2600 on
the fact that the fliers are posted on the OUTSIDE of the windows proves that these were posted by someone trying to stir the pot, rather than anyone associated with the company, IMO.
Bitch_Posse on
Yeah, the “radical left” made your product line shit and your senior management incompetent. Whatever.
HeatAccomplished8608 on
I can’t believe the radical left made the vulture capitalists eat another company alive
--var on
bend us over daddy 😉
if there isn’t already a hole there, I know a place 😉
strongholdbk_78 on
I’m the CEO of the radical left and I certainly have never shopped there.
Necessary_Tension461 on
I hope you took it off. If it was from Claire’s it would be in the inside. None of their crap is made in America so it makes no sense.
RhythmTimeDivision on
This sounds like a flaming conservative store manager, not company executives. I asked Google about “criticism of Claire’s”. The response was hysterical: *low product quality and high prices, concerns over the use of asbestos in some makeup, questionable ear-piercing practices, poor ethical and sustainability practices, and a data breach settlement. Customers also report issues with staff, store cleanliness, and the impact of tariffs on product prices.* Never mind competition from Temu and Shein. Wikipedia says: *On July 9, 2025, Claire’s warned that it would be considering* [*Chapter 11 bankruptcy*](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chapter_11_bankruptcy) *protection for its U.S. operations for the second time in 7 years. The company blamed declining consumer demand, rising import costs caused by* [*President Donald Trump’s U.S. tariffs*](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tariffs_in_the_second_Trump_administration) *and heavy debt as a result of the decision.*
A horrible business that adopted “shareholder value”, putting customers second & employees last. I’d say having to sell to private equity (who stripped everything of value and sold off any remining parts) for pennies is EXACTLY the demise lowlife business owners deserve. And this sign-making store manager.
But yelling “the radical left” is a choice. Sorry Don screwed you. Please blame Biden, I’ve heard that works wonders!
Impeachcordial on
Lol closed by a private equity firm, blames radical left agitators
Reppate on
Ridiculous!
SWlikeme on
“…work with the current administration…” yea. That’s what Donald trumps going to put time into, fixing Claire’s…
Mmmwafflerunoff on
“We at Claire’s have been selling you all cheap Chinese shit that we pay nothing for, because child labor and ughur camps make sure that those prices stay low. We make sure that those savings have been passed on! No, not to you the consumer. Our stakeholders of course, but now despite our incredible efforts, we have realized that our unsustainable end stage capitalism pursuits don’t really work for long term strategy. So instead of taking a good hard look at what went wrong. We decided it would be best of course to blame the shadowy bogeyman, the left! It wasn’t our outdated, often dirty stores where we paid employees nothing, and kept them half staffed. It wasn’t that constantly rising prices, and stagnant wages have killed the exact class of people we catered to. Nope, everything is the leftists fault! So while we prop up this dying ship one more time at the expense of corporate raiders looking to squeeze every last dime out of the American consumer, please come spend your hard earned money at Claire’s!”
jeje-robobo on
AHAHAHHAHAHAHAH oh boy – blaming the radical left AND private equity at the same time. That’s a new one.
SirFlibble on
Never heard of them but that note alone would make me not want to shop there.
IvetRockbottom on
So they closed a store because it wasn’t making money and blamed in on the “radical left.”
I would boycott it, but nobody shops there anyway.
Sega_Dude_113 on
How is Trump gonna bring back saying Merry Christmas when he tells families that they can only buy two dolls and is ignoring all the closing malls? I thought he wanted to make America great again? lol Trump only cares about Trump.
SecBalloonDoggies on
What the fuck did anyone on the left do to Clair’s?
love_that_fishing on
Victimhood runs strong in this one.
MrDontTakeMyStapler on
Danke fur your attention to zis matta! *boot click*
Separate-Owl369 on
As soon as they said “ private equity ownership “ and “ shareholders “, I knew it was all bs.
backAtItForInsanity on
Last time I checked there was no5 m7ch made in America in their stores.
tjatdisneyland on
It couldn’t be because of your bad business model, right?
valencia_merble on
Who knew plastic earrings were a tool of the bourgeoisie?
Chelsea_Kias on
Fucking hell ‘this decision is to protect the shareholder……’ but ‘we still commit to community value’
A bunch of horseshit. At least they’re honest enough to admit that
CriticalStation595 on
Always blame never change, the capitalist way!
Frequent_Ad6084 on
😳😳😳 Are you shitting me?? My daughter loves Claire’s. I didn’t know they were on the batshit list. Wow.
falcobird14 on
Claire’s actually declared bankruptcy last month, so it’s ironic that they want to blame the “left” and embrace the administration that tariffed all their products.
elwood_911 on
Not that I even needed a reason to keep avoiding that plastic earring emporium, but damn… I guess when a corporation failing this hard feels ok blaming half of their potential customers for the sorry state of their business it isn’t all that hard to see why they failed. Well, that and the fact that they have always sold a dog shit product.
Looking forward to the rest of the company failing miserably, as well!
cobracmmdr on
I’m struggling to understand what “radical left agitators” did to cause a location to close. I’ve never walked by a Claire’s and it beem full of people. Didn’t they sell like preteen girl jewelry?
supermanboss on
Cult like memo
willow6566 on
Oh hell, the left is what KEPT them in business all these years!! How many piercings does one person need?! Other than selling out to private equity, you know what doomed them? Temu. Temu sold (sells) the same crappy jewelry for cents unlike Claire’s that asked $20 for the same damn thing!
FamiliarImpress1873 on
it’s CLAIRE’S what??? how is the radical left against them. they give kids terrible ear piercings, and they sell Chinese made garbage like😐
NoPhone4571 on
“Attacks of ridicule?” There’s got to be a story there.
Guyin63376 on
1. Bad Management decisions are what resulted in new private equity ownership
2. Domestic Economic Terrorism is what our President is doing
lexijoy on
The only thing the radical left did to Claire’s business is convince people that ear piercing guns were unsanitary and going to a professional piercer was a better idea. Which is also 100% true.
Jupitersd2017 on
Ok so does this mean I can go hang signs at the hospital and drs offices and grocery stores saying maga and trump are the reason prices are higher and they don’t have healthcare? Because we will win that game easily, no one gives a crap about stupid Claire’s
theprofessor1985 on
The filed for bankruptcy and there is paperwork out to get money from them by the employees. My son was working part time for them
NumerousTaste on
Radical left huh? It’s funny, the radical left are the customers that but stuff. The right wing lunatics just shoot people and steal wealth illegally.
YungNuisance on
Is this not a joke? It reads like a joke and its on the outside of the door.
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Boston Consulting strikes again
Good ol Claire’s has gone all right-wi…oh, private equity. Figures.
Another one joined the dark side of the Force…
At least they won’t starve to death, what with all the fascist boot to lick.
I’m guessing they don’t speak for the entire company.
TIL that I should inform people that claires is a extremely conservative company.
“We were raped by private equity and they said our last paycheck was contingent upon us blaming the wokes”
“Thank you for your attention to this matter, Claire’s Stores Inc.” should tell you all you need to know about the author of this letter. Someone so far down the rabbit hole that they are hiding behind a company name, while denouncing the evils of private equity. And how much of what Claire’s sells is subject to stupid unnecessary tariffs? Damn near 100%, I’d say.
My guess is nearly 100% of the shit they sell has been tarrifed all to shit under Dear Leader, who it sounds like the company supports. I think this is a leopards eating faces situation
Company rooted in values of family & community, but will render those local workforce within the community expendable when servicing the financial obligations of its shareholders. Yup.
Mmmmm, that’s some good cope
the fact that the fliers are posted on the OUTSIDE of the windows proves that these were posted by someone trying to stir the pot, rather than anyone associated with the company, IMO.
Yeah, the “radical left” made your product line shit and your senior management incompetent. Whatever.
I can’t believe the radical left made the vulture capitalists eat another company alive
bend us over daddy 😉
if there isn’t already a hole there, I know a place 😉
I’m the CEO of the radical left and I certainly have never shopped there.
I hope you took it off. If it was from Claire’s it would be in the inside. None of their crap is made in America so it makes no sense.
This sounds like a flaming conservative store manager, not company executives. I asked Google about “criticism of Claire’s”. The response was hysterical: *low product quality and high prices, concerns over the use of asbestos in some makeup, questionable ear-piercing practices, poor ethical and sustainability practices, and a data breach settlement. Customers also report issues with staff, store cleanliness, and the impact of tariffs on product prices.* Never mind competition from Temu and Shein. Wikipedia says: *On July 9, 2025, Claire’s warned that it would be considering* [*Chapter 11 bankruptcy*](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chapter_11_bankruptcy) *protection for its U.S. operations for the second time in 7 years. The company blamed declining consumer demand, rising import costs caused by* [*President Donald Trump’s U.S. tariffs*](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tariffs_in_the_second_Trump_administration) *and heavy debt as a result of the decision.*
A horrible business that adopted “shareholder value”, putting customers second & employees last. I’d say having to sell to private equity (who stripped everything of value and sold off any remining parts) for pennies is EXACTLY the demise lowlife business owners deserve. And this sign-making store manager.
But yelling “the radical left” is a choice. Sorry Don screwed you. Please blame Biden, I’ve heard that works wonders!
Lol closed by a private equity firm, blames radical left agitators
Ridiculous!
“…work with the current administration…” yea. That’s what Donald trumps going to put time into, fixing Claire’s…
“We at Claire’s have been selling you all cheap Chinese shit that we pay nothing for, because child labor and ughur camps make sure that those prices stay low. We make sure that those savings have been passed on! No, not to you the consumer. Our stakeholders of course, but now despite our incredible efforts, we have realized that our unsustainable end stage capitalism pursuits don’t really work for long term strategy. So instead of taking a good hard look at what went wrong. We decided it would be best of course to blame the shadowy bogeyman, the left! It wasn’t our outdated, often dirty stores where we paid employees nothing, and kept them half staffed. It wasn’t that constantly rising prices, and stagnant wages have killed the exact class of people we catered to. Nope, everything is the leftists fault! So while we prop up this dying ship one more time at the expense of corporate raiders looking to squeeze every last dime out of the American consumer, please come spend your hard earned money at Claire’s!”
AHAHAHHAHAHAHAH oh boy – blaming the radical left AND private equity at the same time. That’s a new one.
Never heard of them but that note alone would make me not want to shop there.
So they closed a store because it wasn’t making money and blamed in on the “radical left.”
I would boycott it, but nobody shops there anyway.
How is Trump gonna bring back saying Merry Christmas when he tells families that they can only buy two dolls and is ignoring all the closing malls? I thought he wanted to make America great again? lol Trump only cares about Trump.
What the fuck did anyone on the left do to Clair’s?
Victimhood runs strong in this one.
Danke fur your attention to zis matta! *boot click*
As soon as they said “ private equity ownership “ and “ shareholders “, I knew it was all bs.
Last time I checked there was no5 m7ch made in America in their stores.
It couldn’t be because of your bad business model, right?
Who knew plastic earrings were a tool of the bourgeoisie?
Fucking hell ‘this decision is to protect the shareholder……’ but ‘we still commit to community value’
A bunch of horseshit. At least they’re honest enough to admit that
Always blame never change, the capitalist way!
😳😳😳 Are you shitting me?? My daughter loves Claire’s. I didn’t know they were on the batshit list. Wow.
Claire’s actually declared bankruptcy last month, so it’s ironic that they want to blame the “left” and embrace the administration that tariffed all their products.
Not that I even needed a reason to keep avoiding that plastic earring emporium, but damn… I guess when a corporation failing this hard feels ok blaming half of their potential customers for the sorry state of their business it isn’t all that hard to see why they failed. Well, that and the fact that they have always sold a dog shit product.
Looking forward to the rest of the company failing miserably, as well!
I’m struggling to understand what “radical left agitators” did to cause a location to close. I’ve never walked by a Claire’s and it beem full of people. Didn’t they sell like preteen girl jewelry?
Cult like memo
Oh hell, the left is what KEPT them in business all these years!! How many piercings does one person need?! Other than selling out to private equity, you know what doomed them? Temu. Temu sold (sells) the same crappy jewelry for cents unlike Claire’s that asked $20 for the same damn thing!
it’s CLAIRE’S what??? how is the radical left against them. they give kids terrible ear piercings, and they sell Chinese made garbage like😐
“Attacks of ridicule?” There’s got to be a story there.
1. Bad Management decisions are what resulted in new private equity ownership
2. Domestic Economic Terrorism is what our President is doing
The only thing the radical left did to Claire’s business is convince people that ear piercing guns were unsanitary and going to a professional piercer was a better idea. Which is also 100% true.
Ok so does this mean I can go hang signs at the hospital and drs offices and grocery stores saying maga and trump are the reason prices are higher and they don’t have healthcare? Because we will win that game easily, no one gives a crap about stupid Claire’s
The filed for bankruptcy and there is paperwork out to get money from them by the employees. My son was working part time for them
Radical left huh? It’s funny, the radical left are the customers that but stuff. The right wing lunatics just shoot people and steal wealth illegally.
Is this not a joke? It reads like a joke and its on the outside of the door.