Comments on: Retail fail: why men hate clothes shopping http://mehlman.info/2010/01/retail-fail-why-men-hate-clothes-shopping/ Editor, writer and online strategist Mon, 16 Jan 2012 05:18:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Simon Rumble http://mehlman.info/2010/01/retail-fail-why-men-hate-clothes-shopping/comment-page-1/#comment-16 Simon Rumble Mon, 25 Jan 2010 07:55:12 +0000 http://mehlman.info/?p=102#comment-16 H&M offer a pleasant environment? I only visited a single store (Oxford Street) during my six years in London, and I vowed never to return. The queue just to try on clothes was 20 minutes long, staff nowhere to be found for assistance, and when you finally found something that fit (their sizes were random -- some bigger sized things were smaller than the next size down in another model), there was another 20 minute queue to actually pay. I was tempted to walk out without paying, since there wasn't a soul on the shop floor to notice me stealing, but I don't do that so I just walked out without the goods.<br><br>The UK is no paragon of virtue in this regard. Though I do miss Uniqlo H&M offer a pleasant environment? I only visited a single store (Oxford Street) during my six years in London, and I vowed never to return. The queue just to try on clothes was 20 minutes long, staff nowhere to be found for assistance, and when you finally found something that fit (their sizes were random — some bigger sized things were smaller than the next size down in another model), there was another 20 minute queue to actually pay. I was tempted to walk out without paying, since there wasn't a soul on the shop floor to notice me stealing, but I don't do that so I just walked out without the goods.

The UK is no paragon of virtue in this regard. Though I do miss Uniqlo

]]> By: Josh Mehlman http://mehlman.info/2010/01/retail-fail-why-men-hate-clothes-shopping/comment-page-1/#comment-15 Josh Mehlman Mon, 25 Jan 2010 06:58:18 +0000 http://mehlman.info/?p=102#comment-15 Agreed. I buy a lot of stuff (socks and PJs and such, not high fashion) from Marks & Spencer online and get it shipped and it's still cheaper than buying it here, and better quality. Agreed. I buy a lot of stuff (socks and PJs and such, not high fashion) from Marks & Spencer online and get it shipped and it's still cheaper than buying it here, and better quality.

]]> By: Simon Sharwood http://mehlman.info/2010/01/retail-fail-why-men-hate-clothes-shopping/comment-page-1/#comment-14 Simon Sharwood Mon, 25 Jan 2010 06:51:59 +0000 http://mehlman.info/?p=102#comment-14 When I lived in London (sorry, as you read on you will find there is an excuse for starting this comment in such a wanky way) I loved buying clothes, because the UK (and the USA, FWIW) has mens clothing vendors who sell nice things at reasonable prices.<br>GAP, Mexx, H&M and others offer a pleasant environment, a casual rather than fashion-oriented atmosphere, lots of clothes in solid colours or simple patterns and products with impressive durability. I therefore bought more clothes, more often, and enjoyed dressing up more when I lived in the UK than at any other time in my life.<br>Australian menswear, IMHO, is often tattty (Tarocash, for example, uses the most obscure and cheap fabrics imaginable and its clothes wear very poorly) and ugly by comparison, or expensive: Country Road stuff is nice, but way more than I want to pay for casual wear. Ditto RM Williams, some of whose prices are flabbergasting ($90 polo shirts, WTF?).<br>Rumour suggests GAP and H&M will open stores in ther redeveloped Pitt St Mall. I suspect they will earn plenty of my custom. When I lived in London (sorry, as you read on you will find there is an excuse for starting this comment in such a wanky way) I loved buying clothes, because the UK (and the USA, FWIW) has mens clothing vendors who sell nice things at reasonable prices.
GAP, Mexx, H&M and others offer a pleasant environment, a casual rather than fashion-oriented atmosphere, lots of clothes in solid colours or simple patterns and products with impressive durability. I therefore bought more clothes, more often, and enjoyed dressing up more when I lived in the UK than at any other time in my life.
Australian menswear, IMHO, is often tattty (Tarocash, for example, uses the most obscure and cheap fabrics imaginable and its clothes wear very poorly) and ugly by comparison, or expensive: Country Road stuff is nice, but way more than I want to pay for casual wear. Ditto RM Williams, some of whose prices are flabbergasting ($90 polo shirts, WTF?).
Rumour suggests GAP and H&M will open stores in ther redeveloped Pitt St Mall. I suspect they will earn plenty of my custom.

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