Out of curiosity, I just called AboutFace and spoke to Paige Hall, who is listed on their site as being in charge of Strategic Partnerships. She told me the "research side" of the business was sold to another, larger MSC, and they are only doing consulting now. I tried to find out who bought them, but she said she could not reveal it because it is still in the process, but she did say she thought I probably wouldn't be able to guess because it's a company that is not based in the US which now wants to expand into the US market. I told her that was sad because I used to love working for them and she replied, "Aww, I love our shoppers!" She also said that during the pandemic, that side of the business wasn't profitable for them anymore, and they just couldn't bounce back enough to keep on doing it. So, it's been sold!
I did so-o-ooo many shops for AboutFace when I lived in NYC. Cosmetics shops in high-end and regular department stores or boutiques, mostly. I loved doing those! No opportunities like that where I am now, but I was really surprised when I recently checked their job board to see that there was nothing available ANYWHERE! I had a feeling something was up. I thought they always paid decently and they were never late to pay.
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