I don’t understand the mobile app business anymore: Duolingo, the app famous for learning not-so-useful phrases in other languages, has put “coming soon” banners over four shuttered Hooters locations in the U.S..
The locations are:
- St. Louis, Missouri
- Charlotte, North Carolina
- Beaumont, Texas
- Galveston, Texas
Earlier this year, Hooters announced that it had filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and closed a number of its locations.
Duolingo, who’ve always been a little bit odd with their self-promotion, have responded to queries as you might expect:
- They told USA Today that the “installations” (referring to the Hotters branches with Duolingo banners) will be open for a “limited time.”
- When contacted by the Houston Chronicle, a spokesperson for Duolingo replied “Duo [the Duolingo owl mascot] has always had a flair for drama. When he spotted an empty nest in Galveston, he did what an overly ambitious owl might do: leave a few feathers and see who noticed.”
