Talk:Ann & Hope

Revolutionary?

This article seems to promote the company concerned - who exactly in the retail industry considers its ideas to be "revolutionary"?

In this case, revolutionary is used in order to mean "Marked by or resulting in radical change", referring to the introduction and propagation of some of the new ideas in retail discussed in the article, and not meant to express the views of a particular group or person.

Neutrality?

• What, exactly, is disputed about this article's neutrality? Just questioning the use of the word "revolutionary" isn't enough. - Sensor 01:17, 18 October 2005 (UTC)

• Ditto for me. I had never heard of these stores before. So I have no ax to grind. And I fail to see what is not NPOV about the article. wgoetsch 19:22, 18 October 2005 (UTC)

• Agreed, and removed PoV tag after some light editingFRS 22:11, 27 October 2005 (UTC)

Well, they weren't really that big, the only Ann & Hope I remember is the one in Danvers, MA, which is now Kohl's, but they do have an outlet store on Route 1, which is maybe about a mile or two west from the store in Danvers. I'm putting this in the defunct retail category, becuase it's mostly defunct, but it's still operating on a smaller basis. --Saint-Paddy 16:41, 18 December 2005 (UTC)

My family shopped frequently at Ann & Hope, Warwick, RI, for decades, since 1963. It appeared to be the "Cadillac" of discount department stores for miles around: it was bigger, it had better quality merchandise, variety, and was well laid out, and a better snack bar. It appeared to predate any of the well-known national chain stores and continued to outshine them for many years, when they finally did appear on the scene.

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New Hampshire store

I'm really sure there was an Ann & Hope store in New Hampshire, as I remember going to it as a kid. That was a long time ago however and I'm not sure exactly where it was. I put what I believe to be correct in the article, but If anyone has more information feel free to edit it. 70.41.158.138 13:14, 22 August 2007 (UTC)

Indented line

There was not a store in NH, but there was a store in Methuen, MA, which borders NH. Marcberm (talk) 04:46, 5 November 2012 (UTC)

Ship

The ship the ANN & HOPE was the First American Ship to reach China, I think this might be better to mention than just that it was lost at sea years later. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.191.76.206 (talk) 02:42, 30 September 2016 (UTC)

If you have more of a cite, that would help. - Denimadept (talk) 06:56, 30 September 2016 (UTC)

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Website and Link

The link "curtainandbathoutlet.com" that appears in the information box takes you to the Vermont Country Store website whose owners inform me that they never heard of Ann & Hope but did buy Country Curtains a few years ago. I remember Ann & Hope had a curtain and bath outlet website as I purchased items from it when it was operating but I don't recall the precise URL. Can we have a correction to the information box or more detailed information about this aspect of the business and what happened to it? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2603:9000:FF00:8E:2151:8FFF:10A4:5D53 (talk) 16:47, 18 February 2022 (UTC)