The main theme of thefamous movieGangs of New Yorkis a song calledThe Hands That Built America. And while for many people, America is associated mainly with huge and super-rich corporations, in fact, it was the numerous small business owners who created the greatness of this country over the decades.
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The author of the video is a small business owner and she tells about facing a non-payment issue with Francesca’s clothes chain
According to the author herself, as of today, Francesca’s owes her over $132K for 4 unpaid orders
According to the author herself, she has been working with Francesca’s for about a year, and then, in November 2023, they stopped paying her. Yes, they stopped everything. And since then have failed to pay for five purchased orders.
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And, of course, such non-payments create asignificant problemfor any small business – simply because they make a serious hole in their budget. Moreover, as the original poster sadly admits, summer “is notoriously slow for a lot of small business owners,” and she is no exception, so she was seriously relying on that money.
In any case, as the author admits, she sincerely hopes that people, and in particular other small business owners, having learned about her problem, will be more careful in choosing counterparties for cooperation. Well, perhaps, if someone also has an issue with non-payments from Francesca’s, they can join forces too…
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Francesca’s was founded in 1999 and faced the menace of bankrupcy at the height of the pandemic 4 years ago
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“Retailers tend to pay their critical vendors first. There are certain goods that they must have to achieve their business plan,” Sourcing Journalquotesa former retail executive. “Just because the retailer may have had a tough 2023 doesn’t mean it is going out of business. It might still have decent free cash flow.” However, for the author of our story today, this may be little consolation, since the money has not yet arrived inher account.
On the other hand, perhaps such viral videos (and as of today the OP’s video has 7.2M views and more than 388K likes on TikTok) will force Francesca’s management to turn their attention to the original poster. At least according to the TikToker@TheCliffnotesGal, the Taylor Elliott designs account is currently missing the video the OP refers to. It’s likely that the removal of the video was part of the agreement with Francesca’s.
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You can watch the original video here
In any case, according to responders, it is very important when people publish such videos – because in this case, TikTok becomes a kind of platform from which you can draw people’s attention to any important problem. “I think this is so important for people to hear about. So we all understand how important it is for us all to support small business,” another person added. So what do you, our dear readers, think about this story at all?
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