At least Next are busy

Guy_Montag

The secret is not to have one full price shop, but 5% of the goods in all shops at "full price", but ensuring that the 5% is different in each outlet. Thus everything is on sale in somewhere across the chain at "full price", but all shops can have a continuous sale.

djm1972

wymondham wrote: »

I think all sales are cons - I've never seen a true sale where a desired mainstream item was X one week and X-50% during the 'sale'..... People can't help themselves though, buying the things they never knew they needed until they saw the sale signs... If you did'nt need it then was it really a bargain?

Absolutely. You will always be better off just buying what you need when you need it at whatever price it happens to be at the time than waiting for "sales" and then going mad on stuff you don't really need at all.

techno12

wymondham wrote: »

I think all sales are cons - I've never seen a true sale where a desired mainstream item was X one week and X-50% during the 'sale'..... People can't help themselves though, buying the things they never knew they needed until they saw the sale signs... If you did'nt need it then was it really a bargain?

The only one I saw recently was those M+S flash sales on the thursdays before xmas, where just about everything genuinely had 20% discount applied at the till. Even the £5 gloves I bought came to £3 something...

space_rider

I got some really nice decent undies that were properly reduced last xmas sales in M&S. Will head out there tomorrow.

wymondham

techno12 wrote: »

The only one I saw recently was those M+S flash sales on the thursdays before xmas, where just about everything genuinely had 20% discount applied at the till. Even the £5 gloves I bought came to £3 something...

If you genuinely need it and were intending to buy it anyway then that's great, but I think most people get sucked in...!

fc123

djm1972 wrote: »

Because most of it is a con.

For example, i've had my eye on a chair in a local department store for a while now; and most of last year it was £299. However, during December, it mysteriously went up to £599. Guess how much it is now in their "Massive January Sale"? :rolleyes:

Thankyou for posting this...I have had too much wine to explain how thesales work. They are all a fit up.

bo_drinker

The thing that makes me smile in Next is if say my O H is trying something on and I am waiting for her outside the changing rooms with all the other blokes when one of the women come out to show hubby the jeans, top dress or w h y every one eyes them up and down no matter who they are. And if one of the other women tried something on and it looks cr4p I almost have a tourettes moment, sure I will blurt it out one day. :rotfl:

fc123

PS I own a shop...for years, the sale customer was different to the full price customer.

This year we are not having a sale..I couldn't face it. We had nothing to clear as I have kept my buying / stock on the edge. If I am doing my job well, we shouldn't get stuck with surplus stock to clear out.

We had to choose last week...do we go and get a load of 'Sale stock' to keep the general public happy and join in the con? Or not.

I can't post more as I may offend someone.

My chain neighbours are selling off stuff @ 70% off....their margin at that price is the same as my normal margin on full price.


I was in for part of the day...nice and calm.....totally annoying people looking for the half price new stock that is dead popular....

''Is this in the sale?''

''No...the sale items are over there'' *points*

''But I don't want those items...I want these'' * Holds full price best selling item up to show everyone*

'' i've been waiting for the sale'' ..*starts getting annoyed*......''I want one of these.......it's not half price '' *Stamps foot*.


And do I bother?? Do i bother to explain that the whole 'Sales' thing is just marketing ploy. A con? I know enough about about chain retailing to know that most of the 'sale bargains' were shipped in. The 28 day rule?? Don't make me laugh.

It's an opportunity for retailers to trade down a notch. If we went on sale, my prices would then be borderline Dorothy Perkins / Peacocks. I can't cope with that demographic shoppingwith me now...I did for years....no more. I can't afford to give them the time and space to select thier £9.90 (reduced from 29.90) once per year bargain/purchase.....so I don't.
Sales are to clear out the unwanted stuff...so there is a whole chunk of people out there that think ''It's reduced...because it's now not wanted by enough people...so that could mean it's no good...as it's not wanted...so I don't want it either''.

We had an OK day...but I had my 'No Sale signs up.

Kez100

I do feel for you - caught in this hamster wheel of consumerism when all you want to do is sell your designs/your chosen designs with an ethical source.

I am a non shopper(so you wouldn't make anything from me) but I have noticed it over the years and understand exactly what you mean and I detest it. I hope people's eyes are opened now to what is going on.

What I cannot understand is why they carry on the charade when times are so (apparantly) dire. Stocks desparately need converting into cash so when will the real products be sold - because they ain't going to go at full price in the winter/spring of 2009, are they? I actually expected this year for sale's to have normal stock in them but clearly they haven't. (That's listening to others - I've been nowhere near a shop!)

neverdespairgirl

wymondham wrote: »

I think all sales are cons - I've never seen a true sale where a desired mainstream item was X one week and X-50% during the 'sale'..... People can't help themselves though, buying the things they never knew they needed until they saw the sale signs... If you did'nt need it then was it really a bargain?

The M & S sales before Christmas did have proper 20% off all sorts of perfectly nice stuff.