1/5 Vince 1 year ago on Google
UPDATE:
There
are
2
KINDS
of
luxury
department
stores.
1)
Takes
the
latest
fashion
utmost
serious.
Buying
department
goes
to
every
major
Fashion
event
and
gets
a
good
budget
to
buy
the
latest
collection
for
their
showroom
(every
season).
Takes
customer
complaints
dead
serious
and
IS
afraid
of
customer
complaints.
OR,
2)
Thinks
they
are
taking
fashion
serious.
Little
budget
for
buying
team
to
get
new
season
items.
Act
arrogant
to
their
customers.
Think
that
offering
a
Refund
will
solve
everything.
Luxury
retailers
that
carry-over
items
that
are
NO
LONGER
in
production(take
dead
stock
to
mix
with
new
collection)
should
be
avoided!
Serious
retailers
immediately
remove
dead
season
stock
(not
produced
anymore)
to
sell
at
other
Outlets
or
Sales
events.
Carry-Over
is
ONLY
Acceptable
if
the
item
is
still
in
production
(example,
a
winter
jacket,
scarf,
gloves
etc.
that
hasn’t
changed
designs).
They
assumed
that
I
had
no
knowledge
of
how
Luxury
retail
stores
operate.
But
I
have
sources
working
in
Buying
Teams
that
travel
for
major
fashion
shows
to
buy
the
latest
fashion.
Background:
Purchased
a
Sandro
Coat
thinking
it
was
from
their
latest
Fall/Winter
2022
Season
collection.
It
turned
out
that
it
was
from
October
2021
season.
They
carried-over
the
dead
stock
(not
in
production
anymore).
On
the
phone,
one
sales
staff
told
me
it
was
normal
to
carry-over
season
dead
stock
with
no
defects.
He
also
dared
to
ask
me
how
and
why
I
thought
it
was
dead
stock
(simple
internet
search
duh…)
He
had
ZERO
interest
to
help
make
things
right.
And
gave
a
bunch
of
excuses.
This
2021
season
coat
was
on
a
dummy
display
in
the
FW
2022
showroom.
Not
even
Zara,
H&M
would
hang
dead
stock
in
their
shopping
floor.
They
SHOULD
label
carry-over
items
CLEARLY!
It
would
easily
solve
the
issue
of
deceiving
customers.
Even
the
receipt
said
it
was
a
sale
item.
Lastly,
sales
had
the
audacity
to
shove
the
Canada
Goose
parka
into
the
cloth
bag.
The
protective
cloth/dust
bag
is
what
you
use
for
a
Suits
or
delicate
garments.
And
you
are
supposed
to
open
the
protective
cloth/dust
bag
in
FULL
and
LAY
customers
items
horizontally
in
the
bag.
Very
disappointing
experience
shopping
at
Steffl.
They
made
me
feel
inferior.
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