There’s a holiday called ‘Buy Nothing Day’ an international day of protest against consumerism & ‘Black Friday.’ Participants wander around shopping malls or other consumer havens with a blank stare.
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Costco purposefully designed their…
Costco purposefully designed their store without signs to force people to wander through all the aisles and find things to buy.
Target had to apologize after…
Target had to apologize after a labeling error resulted in plus-sized customers feeling insulted. Target was selling two dresses of the same color but at different sizes. The small was listed as “Gray” while the larger’s color was listed as “Manatee Gray”. Target pulled the dresses.
Trader Joe’s has a “try before…
Trader Joe’s has a “try before you buy” policy – where employees will open nearly ANYTHING for you to sample.
If you have $1000 to spare, you can buy a tin…
If you have $1000 to spare, you can buy a tin can from Tiffany. As far as tin cans go, it’s a very nice one. It’s made with “Sterling silver and vermeil with Tiffany Blue enamel accent.” But at the end of the day, it’s still a tin can.
There is a mall in China…
There is a mall in China that offers “husband storage” where wives can leave their husband while they shop.
Costco purposefully designed their store without…
Costco purposefully designed their store without signs to force people to wander through all the aisles and find things to buy.
Piggly Wiggly revolutionized grocery shopping in 1916…
Piggly Wiggly revolutionized grocery shopping in 1916 by allowing customers to select their own items, “To have no store clerks gab and smirk while folks are standing around ten deep to get waited on.”
During her time as First Lady of the Philippines, Imelda Marcos was seen
During her time as First Lady of the Philippines, Imelda Marcos was seen as a “symbol of excess” due of her expensive shopping sprees. On one occasion, she spent $2,000 on chewing gum at the San Francisco International Airport and, on another, she forced a plane to do a U-turn mid-air just because she forgot to buy cheese in Rome.
A man leaped from a 7th story balcony at a Chinese shopping…
A man leaped from a 7th story balcony at a Chinese shopping mall after his girlfriend refused to stop shopping. He reportedly told her she had ‘more shoes than she could wear in a lifetime’ before jumping to his death.