They need to partner with a fitness center chain and become a store within -- vatechcowpatty 05/26/2020 12:33PM
Makes sense. The internet and amazon prime have damaged them beyond belief -- BG Hokie 05/26/2020 11:42AM
They sell their products on Amazon, BTW. ** -- 48zip 05/26/2020 12:19PM
Doesn't really change the answer. It's their cost of real estate that -- BG Hokie 05/26/2020 2:00PM
It sort of does. You said.... -- 48zip 05/26/2020 2:09PM
I wouldn't change first sentence. 2nd sentence I would probably -- BG Hokie 05/26/2020 2:13PM
Haha... guess GNC has a marketing problem then. ** -- HokieSignGuy 05/26/2020 1:13PM
Probably that too but my initial answer is still completely valid. ** -- BG Hokie 05/26/2020 2:09PM
Re-open the gyms so they can sell protein powder ** -- lchoro 05/26/2020 11:37AM
They should take all their product online, really good fit for that. -- 4dhokies 05/26/2020 11:19AM
They are online. ** -- 48zip 05/26/2020 11:24AM
I think one of the things that may come out of this -- TJE_Hokie 05/26/2020 11:01AM
Yeah, people don't understand creative destruction... -- `lag 05/26/2020 11:28AM
Walked through Wegman's a few days ago and they have a whole section -- `lag 05/26/2020 11:00AM
I hear they have a grand plan to put GNC out of business. ** -- MikeVT85 05/26/2020 11:32AM
Not following...but I could see Wegman's targeting that market... -- `lag 05/26/2020 11:38AM
Has your store coverted it's salad bar into a beer bar yet (pic) -- Hokie360 05/26/2020 12:04PM
Lol, no. In MD you can only buy alcohol in liquor stores.... -- `lag 05/26/2020 12:13PM
Which Wegmans? ** -- Tombo 05/26/2020 11:01AM
Columbia MD and anecdotally -- `lag 05/26/2020 11:06AM
Just curious. Wife is from the area wegmans started ** -- Tombo 05/26/2020 12:51PM
Heh, heh, OK trying to figure out what angle you were coming in on... -- `lag 05/26/2020 2:03PM
New Yorkers will fight you if you don’t agree -- Tombo 05/26/2020 2:11PM
One was alive and well, open for essential business in South Riding -- VAHokie89 05/26/2020 10:51AM
Many companies are over leveraged and -- Tombo 05/26/2020 10:33AM
They are used to getting socialism for the rich and corporate welfare. They -- NokieHokie 05/26/2020 10:53AM
How exactly do you plan for the gov. not allowing you -- fordham 05/26/2020 11:12AM
Actually, during the 1918 pandemic... ** -- jmanatVT 05/26/2020 11:31AM
Ok, in the last 100 years ** -- fordham 05/26/2020 12:42PM
You don't have to plan specifically for that. You can plan for generic -- NokieHokie 05/26/2020 11:16AM
I am sure they have business interruption insurance, fyi, it is not paying -- fordham 05/26/2020 11:19AM
You say the government is trying to destroy our economy. In this theory... -- Gobbler-100 05/26/2020 12:18PM
The politicians that think that shutting down businesses illegally is a -- fordham 05/26/2020 12:38PM
So, just sort of everybody in government at all levels? -- Gobbler-100 05/26/2020 12:44PM
I personally am not happy with any of them currently. -- fordham 05/26/2020 2:37PM
Also, under what specific law makes it illegal to temporarily shut down -- jmanatVT 05/26/2020 12:53PM
Most state constitutions have a clause that it is unconstitutional to -- fordham 05/26/2020 2:39PM
BTW, pandemics aren't covered by BUI. ** -- 48zip 05/26/2020 11:23AM
I never said anything about insurance. But okay. ** -- NokieHokie 05/26/2020 11:23AM
^^^THIS^^^ x1000. I think this goes for the bulk of our economy -- vt_mughal 05/26/2020 10:36AM
The gov. forced the problem, not sure what you are talking about running to -- fordham 05/26/2020 11:15AM
Well, prepping for a pandemic may be a bit much. Once every 100 yrs is -- 48zip 05/26/2020 10:55AM
We were in the longest economic recovery on record -- Tombo 05/26/2020 11:01AM
Thank you. This exactly was my point........ ** -- vt_mughal 05/26/2020 12:15PM
I don't get your point, the gov. forced 40 million people onto unemployment -- fordham 05/26/2020 1:37PM
Whoever made that decision must be a real idiot. ** -- Gobbler-100 05/26/2020 1:56PM
The various state gov.'s did that, and yes it was idiotic -- fordham 05/26/2020 2:40PM
One of many, the consequences of bad decisions will be felt and paid -- fordham 05/26/2020 10:30AM
Yep...900 closures pre-covid ** -- Pylons 05/26/2020 10:56AM
And NOT felt by the people that made those decisions...... ** -- vt_mughal 05/26/2020 10:38AM
I went to the GNC near my house and the male cashier said I had "nice skin" -- HokieNoVA 05/26/2020 10:23AM
So I’ll ask what we’re all dying to know: do you have nice skin? ** -- vatechcowpatty 05/26/2020 12:26PM
He was trying for an upsell -- statmanfromHCyrs 05/26/2020 10:37AM
I was more concerned about a Silence of the Lamps type situation. ** -- HokieNoVA 05/26/2020 10:49AM
Did he offer you a skin lotion sample and threaten you with a hose? ** -- Baltimore Hokie 05/26/2020 11:42AM
Only if you're 'plump' ** -- statmanfromHCyrs 05/26/2020 11:04AM
GNC to start carrying Soylent Green? ** -- Hokie360 05/26/2020 10:56AM
Simply a skin enthusiast complimenting another skin enthusiast ** -- typed by ben 05/26/2020 10:39AM
Humble brag ** -- bigbadbird 05/26/2020 10:26AM
Malls are tough locations- expensive and not convenient ** -- bigbadbird 05/26/2020 10:18AM
Interesting point, could be "designed" for mall life...as that goes, so -- `lag 05/26/2020 11:33AM
Vitamin world is easier to get to- stand alone ** -- bigbadbird 05/26/2020 11:37AM
Were they already in trouble before COVID? -- Hokie360 05/26/2020 09:49AM
I think ultimately Amazon killed them -- TekkNerd 05/26/2020 10:36AM
Yeah, on-line has got to be killing them. For purchasing, and for avoiding -- HokieSignGuy 05/26/2020 10:02AM
Like I said, they already closed 900 stores last summer. -- Chris Coleman
05/26/2020 09:51AM
Gotcha. Missed the "closed" somehow. Haven't had enough coffee yet. ** -- Hokie360 05/26/2020 09:54AM