re: Orvis closing half its stores due to tariffs.

Posted by fallguy_1978

Best States #50

Member since Feb 2018

53068 posts

Posted on 10/16/25 at 5:34 pm to BugAC

quote:
products geared towards the elderly

Damn. I know I'm getting older, but I didn't think I was "elderly"

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Posted by Barbellthor

Columbia

Member since Aug 2015

10826 posts

Posted on 10/16/25 at 5:39 pm to geauxjuice

quote:
are the tariffs only on chinese exports?

I didn't know we were china. Tariffs are on specified imports.

Posted by DevilDagNS

Member since Dec 2017

2956 posts

Posted on 10/16/25 at 5:54 pm to dyslexiateechur

Now where am I going to get a $500 dog bed?

Posted by rocksteady

Member since Sep 2013

2353 posts

Posted on 10/16/25 at 5:55 pm to prplhze2000

I’ve honestly never heard of this store in my life

Posted by white beans

Member since Sep 2009

6549 posts

Posted on 10/16/25 at 5:56 pm to prplhze2000

Orvis is what sucks I’m afraid.

They are closing stores bc they carry niche shite at premium price points. If ppl wanted it the stores would be doing fine.

Posted by lockthevaught

Member since Jan 2013

2699 posts

Posted on 10/16/25 at 5:58 pm to prplhze2000

Well its time yall go to Academy Sports now

Posted by geauxjuice

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Member since Jan 2007

4339 posts

Posted on 10/16/25 at 5:58 pm to Barbellthor

quote:
are the tariffs only on chinese exports?

quote:
I didn't know we were china. Tariffs are on specified imports

go bother your husband you nitpicky bitch

Posted by KajunLass

Member since Apr 2022

473 posts

Posted on 10/16/25 at 6:14 pm to Rohan

Frankly, I never understood how they stayed open this long.

Posted by PsychTiger

Member since Jul 2004

106945 posts

Posted on 10/16/25 at 6:16 pm to Bazzatcha

quote:
I've never been in an Orvis

I’ve never heard of an Orvis.

Posted by Warfox

B.R. Native (now in MA)

Member since Apr 2017

3751 posts

Posted on 10/16/25 at 6:22 pm to Bonkers119

quote:
This is just the beginning, it's going to get much much worse.

You mean unpatriotic greedy f*cks who offshore their manufacturing getting hosed?

I hope so.

Posted by NC_Tigah

Make Orwell Fiction Again

Member since Sep 2003

135452 posts

Posted on 10/16/25 at 6:25 pm to BugAC

quote:
Yeah, it was the tariffs, not the stale brand, lack of advertising, and products geared towards the elderly. It was those damned tariffs..

Posted by LegendInMyMind

Member since Apr 2019

71482 posts

Posted on 10/16/25 at 6:26 pm to Bazzatcha

quote:
I never thought they sold cheap chinese crap.

I don't know how people can apparently be adults and not understand just how much shite, cheap or otherwise, in their lives comes from china.

Posted by LSUSkip

Central, LA

Member since Jul 2012

24717 posts

Posted on 10/16/25 at 6:27 pm to KajunLass

I've never even been there.

Posted by Cdawg

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Member since Sep 2003

61537 posts

Posted on 10/16/25 at 6:34 pm to fallguy_1978

quote:
products geared towards the elderly

Damn. I know I'm getting older, but I didn't think I was "elderly"

Same. I like their shirts.

Posted by Pettifogger

I don't really care, Margaret

Member since Feb 2012

85873 posts

Posted on 10/16/25 at 8:51 pm to Cdawg

Orvis variety has definitely been on the decline. I used to buy clothes here and there and i have fly gear from Orvis.

I think Orvis wanted to compete with other mountain frat type brands for younger customers but never successfully got their sizing right (fits like tents) and never embraced synthetics enough. Not as technical as Patagonia, not as cool as Filson, just as gaudy as Simms. And you had a bunch of small lifestyle brands pop up like Free Fly and such.

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