Go Green, Get Stuff

This isn't something that particularly applies to anything in my closet (that I can think of right off hand), but there is still plenty of drool-worthy home products, DVDs, CDs/iPods, etc. to be had a Best Buy. I received the following tidbit in their eNewsletter today for Reward Zone members.

Recycle Your Old Electronics

Did you know you can recycle electronics at your local Best Buy® store? Bring in your old TVs, computers, DVD players and more and we’ll recycle them for you. There is a $10 recycling fee for each TV, CRT, monitor or laptop you bring in, but we’ll give you a $10 Best Buy Gift Card to offset the cost.

Read more.It's actually pretty good to know info, because most recycling events I've seen have a charge for screens/monitors/etc., at least this way Best Buy is easing the cost a little bit by basically buying you a DVD or CD as a result.

Retail Calendars

Don't get me wrong, I have a degree in this business, but sometimes there are things that just don't make much sense in modern times.

Take Raleigh, NC for instance... it really has yet to get really winter cold until this past week. However, retailers are already rollin' out the spring line up when I'm just starting to realize that I want some more long sleeve options and a few more jackets to mix into my wardrobe. Thanks to the BSC (bat stuff crazy) retail calendar, I'm already buying winter items on deeply discounted sale.

My thinking is this: if retailers adjusted their merchandising calendars just a bit (this is 2009 here, technology is a driving force in most industries, so accounting for a crazy long lead time shouldn't be so much of an issue if you've got your supply chain straight!), they wouldn't have to discount so darn much!

In other news, because it's already all over the place... I can't wait for spring to get here. I'm reallllly dying to do some non-winter shopping and wearing - but all of you NC kids know that's a waste before March... really April. I LOOOOOVE Kristy's selection of her current favorite sleeveless choices here from J. Crew!

Come on retailers, I'm really not shopping for my spring break items with my Christmas money! Save that for late February...