Another thing that makes me wonder
Aug. 3rd, 2005 11:06 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
forsythI was at a mall recently, and I would have to guess that literally half of the stores were clothing boutiques. Half of them. How does that work? How do they all stay in business? Why do people need half of the stores in the mall, PLUS Sears etc all selling clothes?
I know the markup on clothes is something on the order of a couple hundred percent, so is it just the ridiculous profit margins that let these boutique clothing stores stay in operation in high rent mall locations? Or is there really that much demand for clothes? I know, yeah, there's 250 million people in the US, but even so...
I dunno, maybe it's just 'cause I'm a geek and don't care about clothes.
I know the markup on clothes is something on the order of a couple hundred percent, so is it just the ridiculous profit margins that let these boutique clothing stores stay in operation in high rent mall locations? Or is there really that much demand for clothes? I know, yeah, there's 250 million people in the US, but even so...
I dunno, maybe it's just 'cause I'm a geek and don't care about clothes.
