I take these things seriously sometimes. Stupidly so.

[rhyme]

Alright. Alright.

So if your commercial is implying that the reason the jeans ended up at your store was that a buyer for a different chain misread a trend, and bought jeans that didn't sell because they were, essentially, lame, how exactly is that a good thing?

You're basically saying that you're selling hideous clothing. Or at least untrendy. While that isn't exactly a bad thing, I'd think that it isn't the kind of message that they want to be sending to their target audience.

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[ladydreamer.livejournal.com]

Haha. This is so true. Those commercials have completely misunderstood... themselves.

[ririkit.livejournal.com]

Seriously, I take it as "WE MARKET TO STUPID PEOPLE."

I mean, I don't shop at Marshalls. We don't have a Marshalls, and if I did, I might consider shopping there. In fact, I do, on occasion, shop at Ross. (And I love it.)

(But I remember reading once that retail "outlets" sell items that people have elected not to buy at full price. It's something that stuck with me, but I also noticed a few other things: that retail outlets aren't that much cheaper than the actual stores, that availability seems to be determined for the convenience of those paying "full" price, and that unless you're buying when it's 10 cents an item, shopping for Christmas supplies after Christmas and saving it for a year is pretty fucking stupid. And even then, by that point, people have already picked over most of the good stuff.)


My grasp of economic theory is kind of um.... strange sometimes. .____.;;