Secrets of Discount Shopping and a Thank You!

The economic slowdown has lead to many online and media publications to post smart shopping hints for consumers. Inevitably, Loehmann’s gets mentioned as a place to find quality designer clothing for men and women at wonderful discount prices. This seems to have lead to a whole new bunch of shoppers finding Loehmann’s for the first time.

That’s a great thing. It’s like sharing a special secret that before hand, seemed only to be passed down from smart shopper to smart shopper much like an old family recipe for holiday rum balls.

What’s interesting is the number of new Loehmann’s shoppers that are genuinely surprised by what they find in their local Loehmann’s.

Just recently on another blog, the writer was very direct at expressing her dismay. She expected, and we paraphrase:

 “I thought there would be  last year’s wears, mismatched hems…  but really, it was the same stuff at the department store, but for much less!” 

Statements like these create the overall feeling that people don’t really understand how discount retailers acquire their merchandise. It very much amplifies the common myths associated with shopping at a discount store:

• It will be last year’s styles. They can’t be current fashions.
• I have a common size and all the sizes will be irregular, too small or too big.
• They will be damaged goods with broken zippers and bad seams.
• Only yesterday’s designers will be featured. There is something wrong with a designer if their clothes end up in a discount store.

Now, Loehmann’s has not made a practice  of producing television ads, but another discount retailer does.. And here, we would like to very graciously thank our competitors for producing what we like to look at as a fine collection of public service advertisements.

We are sure, that if you watch any television, you have seen the ads that explain, most clearly, how the same designer clothing that is currently at your local department store might end up in a local discount store at the same time. There is nothing wrong with the merchandise, it is not damaged nor broken. It is not ugly or misshapen. They are not throwaways or has-beens. The clothing and items, in all cases, are usually caused as a result of small human errors or other odd acts of nature.

And that, is really, how it happens that Loehmann’s can get to you, our smart shoppers, the finest name brand, current and fashionable, designer clothing at the most wonderful hugely discounted prices. 

Now that you understand, get thee to Loehmann’s and after you have had the shopping experience of your life, tell a friend about your shopping secret and spread the wealth, spread the joy, spread the deals on designer shoes!

She might return the favor and give you her grandmother’s rum ball recipe.

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