Retail Genius - Smiggle
Niece of Cactus (NOC) is fascinated with this shop. It is called Smiggle.
Such genius in retailing I have not seen for a while. Import a whole heap of colourful co-ordinated cheap gunk from China, open a shop with a silly name and spread it around places where there's not much else happening like Hamilton, Dunedin, Lower Hutt and Mt Maunganui. Not much but a load of children in towns known for breeding.
Seriously though have a look at this - an eraser. Such engineering in design will make it last approximately one week at school. Then the child will need another. It retails online at A95 cents! The mark up must be massive. Funnier is the descriptive
Tell that to the moronic dim-witted parents who have not taught their 5 or 6 year old a few lessons in life. Leaving it all to the poor teachers.
I can see MOC (Mother of Cactus) spending a fair fortune at this shop. NOC took her there at the weekend with $5 and played MOC like a pro using the Christmas Playcard as $5 doesn't get you very far these days. Being almost September and plenty of school left there is no way NOC is going to have to wait that long for her fill of Smiggle. Moreso that MOC is a schoolteacher and finds the stuff just as fun as NOC.
Bill English need look no further than Smiggle to wonder why his balance of payment deficit is morbidly obese.
Such genius in retailing I have not seen for a while. Import a whole heap of colourful co-ordinated cheap gunk from China, open a shop with a silly name and spread it around places where there's not much else happening like Hamilton, Dunedin, Lower Hutt and Mt Maunganui. Not much but a load of children in towns known for breeding.
Seriously though have a look at this - an eraser. Such engineering in design will make it last approximately one week at school. Then the child will need another. It retails online at A95 cents! The mark up must be massive. Funnier is the descriptive
- Description:
- PVC with plastic stick; scented; non toxic; no traces of nuts; not suitable for consumption.
Tell that to the moronic dim-witted parents who have not taught their 5 or 6 year old a few lessons in life. Leaving it all to the poor teachers.
I can see MOC (Mother of Cactus) spending a fair fortune at this shop. NOC took her there at the weekend with $5 and played MOC like a pro using the Christmas Playcard as $5 doesn't get you very far these days. Being almost September and plenty of school left there is no way NOC is going to have to wait that long for her fill of Smiggle. Moreso that MOC is a schoolteacher and finds the stuff just as fun as NOC.
Bill English need look no further than Smiggle to wonder why his balance of payment deficit is morbidly obese.
posted by Cactus Kate at 9:53 PM
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