What rules your mind these days?
Before you come up with the name of your special someone, let’s clarify that this isn’t
about your love life!
We are talking about fashion, come on now, fashion is on your mind 24*7, right?
From your morning Facebook scrolling to your afternoon Instagram posts, you have your eyes
on the latest trends, we aren’t complaining!
But this gives a lot of power to the retail industry and guess what happens in such a
situation?
Secrets come into play, deep dark secrets, maybe that sounds spooky but uhmm secrets
they are!
Wanna know what the retail industry is hiding from you?
Number 10.
Heavy discounts at outlets Every now and then you come across big bargains
at brand outlets, you have shopped at them don’t deny!
After all who wants to miss out on such a catch?
But obviously you never raised an eyebrow on it, why bother!
Okay people when you set foot inside an outlet you see 90% clothes directly from the manufacturer
which are rarely of the quality that you get at the departmental stores.
You are being fooled by the discounts to buy stuff that isn’t even premium quality, as
being depicted.
Uggghh, our love for fashion makes us fall for such lame tricks!
Number 9.
Used clothes Now this might gross you out but hold your
breath and bear with us while we spill the beans on the big secret!
There is a good chance that the clothes you have on your body have been worn plenty of
times by someone else!
Come on, what else do you think should be done when the Americans throw out 10.5 million
clothes every year?
That’s too much wastage of ‘out of fashion’ clothes and it is only sensible to reuse them.
Well, bringing them back in the market seems the most profitable way, cool!
But wash them before use, you know, just in case!
Number 8.
Employee thefts We’ve all seen cameras in and around the
retail stores and have considered them a security measure.
No don’t worry, we aren’t negating this by any means but it might interest you to
know that those cameras aren’t on the lookout for customers with bad intentions or robbers!
These cameras are used more to keep an eye on the employees because they are the ones
with maximum access to the goods and are often found misusing this power!
This isn’t even limited to low level workers but the managers are involved into such lowly
acts and though they don’t serve jail time, they are often chucked out from the job.
Shameful for the brands, hence, no discussing!
Number 7.
Global impact Clothing is a necessity for humans or maybe
that’s a thought of the previous century!
But in any case, you don’t expect this little necessity to decide the economy of whole countries,
do you?
Well you’ll be surprised to know that economies like 88% Haiti, 79% Bangladesh, 52% Cambodia
and 43% Sri Lanka are entirely dependent on the clothing industry¬¬!
Now as a consumer you can make a global impact, ever thought about that?
If you are armed with such knowledge you might be ‘dangerous’ to the industry and hence
you aren’t told any of this!
Number 6.
Water consumption What’s the connection between clothes and
water?
Washing, OBVIOUSLY!
Uhmm that’s not all because a lot of water goes into making those trendy clothes you
look so pretty in!
Any guesses how much water?
Well, a bucket of water is needed to wash it so uhmm a bit more for making, right?
Wrong, a single cotton shirt needs 1083 gallons of water.
You heard that right people, gallons and gallons of water is needed to make a single garment!
Not something to be open about, you never know who starts a protest against water wastage!
Number 5.
Unused clothes Fashion is ever changing, what is trendy today
will go out of style tomorrow.
We aren’t even complaining about that, something new is always appreciated!
But have we ever given a thought to the clothes that are left hanging on the shelves even
after they are labeled ‘last season’?
OBVIOUSLY NOT!
In 2010 cases of such unused clothes by H&M and Walmart being burned came to limelight
and that was not a pretty sight!
When you can donate them, how could they burn fresh clothes like that?
When the news reached public, such companies denied the accusation and said that they were
already on the path of charity!
Number 4.
Working conditions The clothing industry is so vast that it provides
many women with jobs, so we need a boom in the industry to solve unemployment in the
world!
That’s what you thought, right?
While women take this job as an opportunity to lead financially independent lives as stronger
individuals in the society, the reality is the exact opposite.
These workers are often harassed with long working hours, no maternal leaves, low wages
and horrible working conditions.
Many cases of women suffering miscarriages at work have come up in the past years, another
dark reality that is hidden beautifully behind stylish outfits!
Number 3.
Dressing room surprises There are more stories to tell about dressing
rooms than you think!
For you it might simply be a small cabin to try on clothes and finalize what you want
to buy but that’s not how everyone sees it!
For example, there have been stories about children locking themselves in dressing rooms
or even catching frisky couples in the act.
But the most shocking thing is that the dressing room you are about to step in might have been
used as a toilet stall by someone else.
Ewww!
As per retail workers, the cases are more often than you would imagine.
Time to rethink the next shopping session!
Number 2.
Trendy dresses What’s the latest trend?
If you’ve found yourself asking this question, then you are vulnerable to conspiracies of
the fashion industry!
People are obviously ready to spend more on the latest designs and collections because,
well, it’s cool to be up to date with the fashion norms!
Okay people you won’t look at these trends the same way after knowing that many of these
trends are created to cut costs but you end up buying these ‘hot’ items for shockingly
high prices.
Double benefit!
Why change trends every few months?
That is simply a trick to increase sales, that too at high prices!
Fooled by this one?
Number 1.
False sales What is one of the biggest tricks of the retail
industry?
Sales, that’s right!
What do you think happens when people are running towards stores to get the best bargain
for end of season sale or the very popular Black Friday?
They are fooled, OBVIOUSLY!
Most of the time the employees mark up the prices on the tags and then put the new ‘reduced’
price below it so that you know what a deal you have bagged!
Also the sale is not only for a single day and lasts for a couple of extra days, so if
you don’t want to be suffocated in the crowd, wait till the D-day is over!
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