Originally Posted by Sally Redux (Post 11333556)

It's funny how it's not 'upmarket' back home, more of a pensioners' paradise :lol:

Originally Posted by hungryhorace (Post 11333613)

I would say that M&S is definitely considered upmarket back home. Not for their clothes, per se, but for their food and home items, they are absolutely upmarket.

Originally Posted by Pulaski (Post 11231544)

Anyone who pays full price at Old Navy, JCP, Kohl's, etc. is a mug. Our junk mail is perpetually full of 20%-50% discounts for those and similar stores. When Mrs P buys clothes for little Miss P at Kohl's she is always given more coupons for the next week. On one occasion Mrs P didn't have the coupon for that day, and when the sales assistant asked if she had one, the sales assistant said, "Never mind, I'll take 20% off for you.". :blink

Originally Posted by Anian (Post 11333671)

Similar for so many stores: Bed Bath and Beyond, Michael's, Jo-Ann Carfts, always sending 30%+ off coupons. Makes me wonder how much the mark-up is!

Originally Posted by Pulaski (Post 11231544)

Well I don't/ won't be shopping in either, not so much for price and quality reasons as that I need long fittings in everything, and I have difficulty keeping a long fitting shirt tucked in, and the sleeves of non-long fitting shirts are 4"-6" short of my wrists.


Anyone who pays full price at Old Navy, JCP, Kohl's, etc. is a mug. Our junk mail is perpetually full of 20%-50% discounts for those and similar stores. When Mrs P buys clothes for little Miss P at Kohl's she is always given more coupons for the next week. On one occasion Mrs P didn't have the coupon for that day, and when the sales assistant asked if she had one, the sales assistant said, "Never mind, I'll take 20% off for you.". :blink:

Thinking about it, the competition for Primark is going to be the dollar stores, and places like Magic Mart and Ollies (which are local/regional), but I'm sure everywhere has trashy discount stores, don't they?