In trendier places (like Montreal, for instance), fancy-schmancy dirty-denim Tommy jeans might fly off the Panto-shelves like hotcakes, but when I worked at Pantorama/1850 stores in Ottawa (I got experience in almost every store in that district, btw), Levi’s were our only shot at making our sales goals.
Men and women (but especially men) who hated to shop had it easy with Levi’s - just remember one three-digit style number and one four-digit size number, and ta-da! Instant Perfect Pants. People who were particularly faithful to one style would come in and buy two or three pairs in two or three different colours. These were our gravy sales.
The rest of the time, we were scrambling to compete with places like The Gap, Stitches, Old Navy and Jean Machine, most of which were cheaper, which means we didn’t stand a chance. Most of the time we made sales by suckering in clueless people who would find the same thing for less at The Bay at the other end of the mall. Then we’d get the cheap thrill of pointing at our “No Refund” signs, and laughing when they stormed out. Of course, this meant that as a whole, our chain stores had zero customer loyalty. Except when it came to Levi’s. Good, plain, old-fashioned Levi’s. The only time our Levi’s sales suffered, was when one of the department stores had a mega-sale on them and seriously undercut us.
Levi’s were the only good thing Panto-stores had going for them (not to mention the fact that they bought Levi’s franchises called “The Original Levi’s Store”).
Er, according to your link they’re not going out of business. They are just closing the last manufacturing plant * in the United States * that makes them. The only way they can compete on price is to make them overseas. And this is good how?
Seems like every time I have to search for my keys, they’re right next to where I thought they were in the first place, and it’ll be the third or fourth time I’ve checked that place when I finally see em. It boggles the mid.
Whenever I search for my keys they are always in the last place I look. Then a friend told me, duh, it’s that way because you always stop looking once you find them! So now, whenever I find my keys, I keep on looking for them afterwards, just to be different.
