A lot of businesses do that for going out of business sales. They mark everything up by about 3x, then say everything is 50% off. You end up spending more money than if it was a regular shopping trip. Reference: my mom worked for a business during one of these sales.
NevadaPurple on November 22nd, 2019 at 20:01 UTC »
I get the impression many places just mark up everything before the holiday
mapayne94 on November 22nd, 2019 at 20:22 UTC »
A lot of businesses do that for going out of business sales. They mark everything up by about 3x, then say everything is 50% off. You end up spending more money than if it was a regular shopping trip. Reference: my mom worked for a business during one of these sales.
SniffCheck on November 22nd, 2019 at 21:20 UTC »
This is pretty much Kohl’s whole business model