Lack of men's clothing in Asda George

Lesj

As a typical bloke, I am not too fussed about fancy clothes and just want basic, down to earth, clothing that doesn't cost an arm and a leg and is quick and easy to find and buy. That is why I have always liked Asda George but recently it seems Asda don't really want to be bothered with me any more!
A few years back, my local Asda George displayed 4 or 5 aisles of mens clothes and I could always find what I wanted. There was never the volume or selection of stuff that was displayed for women but, OK, I expect that as women are more into clothes than men. However, over the last few years, I have notice the amount of floor space given to the mens section has steadily reduced. In my local store, men's clothes is now just 1 aisle and includes a few pairs of jeans and some uninspiring tee shirts.
When I complained by email - I got an amazing answer back which said "sales of men's clothes had declined - so they had decided to cut back the volumes in favour of ladies and kids stuff". Well it doesn't take a genious to work out that if you offer less, you will sell less and that is not really a very good reason for making even further cuts.
Do other blokes find the same thing happening in their Asda ? Come on guys - complain and demand more floor space and selection before they discontinue men's clothing altogether and change the name to 'Georgina' !!

redfragglebiker

Hi LesJ - You're not alone in this. My OH has noticed in several stores (supermarket and generic department stores) that the floorspace given to menswear is decreasing. Our local Debenhams has just reduced the menswear floor by about a third in order to put a videogames and tech style concession in there. He too is not particularly fussy. He favours well cut jeans, shirts and t-shirts that don't have silly logos or 'est 1981' style text emblazoned all over the front of them.
Maybe there's a secret mans naturism movement going on that you both haven't been informed of yet! :rotfl:

Zedicus

I noticed the same thing in M&S some years ago. They kept reducing the size of the men's department. At one time I got almost all my clothes from M&S but it got to the point where I gave up and I found other places to buy clothing. I expect a lot of other people did the same. And then M&S probably gave themselves a pat on the back for not wasting floor space on items where custom was falling.

dreavi

I'm assuming that sales of Mens clothes were down before they started cutting back on shop floor space. If that were the case then they would be prudent to boost their other lines at the expense of menswear.

Mens fashion has gone thorugh some changes in the last few years, customer that didnt care about quality so much moved online and more men have gravitated towards quality. Asda unfortunately can't compete with Online prices and neither can it compete with the quality of somewhere like Reiss. Hence they cut back and focus on other lines

JamesK10

If Tesco have done the same thing it's because the quality of their clothes circa 2009 was bleedin' awful, I had to return smart trousers three times and since they were for a funeral that was added stress I didn't need - then the 4th pair fell to bits and I buy my clothes in Sainsbury these days.

George@Asda's on the other hand, were and are top quality considering the
price, bought in the same year and still wearing them today, so I'd really hate if the Autumn/business clothing for men was ditched. No way do I want the faff of buying trousers online given the Tesco experience!

Have they specifically been given the chop or just moved to Asda Living stores that don't sell food?

DCFC79

Well my local havent decreased the size of its mens clothing range.

You sure you havent just missed parts of the section ?

knightstyle

In hard times men spend less on clothes and women spend more!!!!
Shops work out sales per sq. m. and reduce size of sales areas of slow selling stuff.
If you and others had bought lots when there was lots on display you would now have more on display.

Barneysmom

I also think the range of sizes is limited too. I can't find smaller sizes that my hubby needs now, the trousers all seem big.

Fosterdog

I have to say I've found the opposite in our local Asda, I haven't found anything decent in the ladies section for quite a while now (not including plain black trousers for work). They have decreased the number of isles for most ladies clothing but have added extra underwear and accessories isles.

OH finds something he would like every time we go there, he is more a plain jeans and tee guy and there's loads of choice for him.

I do agree though that the kids section has taken over the majority of the sales area

C_Mababejive

Men ar very much marginalised when it comes to clothes. I wouldnt do asda George for clothes. I'm not a fashionista or anything but im not sure they would have anything for me.

Try the bigger M&S stores. The blue harbour range is ok for basics thogh i prefer the Autograph range as its better quality.

You can also browse,shop on line

http://www.marksandspencer.com/Mens/b/43371030

Shoes..

Deichmanns for sure. Such a massive range and keen prices.

http://www.deichmann.com/GB/en/corp/home.jsp

I also sometimes browse Debenhams menswear dept

Luckily this store is within range..

http://www.boundarymill.co.uk/

What i do find annoying in big stores is the lack of male parking areas. Its such a small investment but dont they realise that if men are not happy then women will feel fidgety and rushed and will not shop !

mttylad

I have whinged about this for years, too little choice and whenever there is a sale on there are no mens clothes in it.

But then I have stopped getting my own clothes from there, its all crap and does not last.