what I did today?
Saturday, November 26, 2005
Friday, November 25, 2005
if we can all see the future
.... well, not all omens are from gods. Some are just things to mess
with your head.
As for the classy door front, it didn't prove to be any indicator of the
insides. Essentially, much of this former-Chapters was gutted and
replace with standard Winner's decore and mechandise.
Level one seemed mostly walled-off as backroom area. The new Winners
experience starts on level two. Where once, Private school girls sat on
the floor to read Teen magazines, they're all-grown up now and finding
bargin heels and 14k jewery. They also sell perfumes on this level, but
nothing you would actually wear.
This leaves level three. And it jusr turned out to be like every other
Winner. I found the same Ike Bekar coat here same as the one in College
Park, Vaughan Mill, and Sheppard Centre. I don't find "exclusive" items
for this location, except for the shopping baskets, which is too bad.
The whole point behind having a "premium" brand is to create the
illusion of higher class products. By distinguishing this store-branch
from all the others, Winners management shoukd have made at least a
token effort for exclusivity. Special deals, different, "higher" brands,
etc. At the very least, they should've gotten ride of those Jones of New
York watches from the display case.
Anywho I will drop back by there in January to see if anything changed.
Meanwhile, Winners in Vaughan Mill is still the best place for hard to
find brands on a bargin.
I saw
I saw this sign on the subway and got all excited. It was an ad for
Winners @Yorkville. They dropped the normal white-and-purple for black.
I was anticipating this ever since I read about it a few months ago on
Toronto Life. As soon as I saw the sign, I knew I should go. ( talk
about effective marketing)
Thursday, November 10, 2005
depression again
I am starting to wonder if I am depressed and therefore unhappy, or I need my unhappiness to stay sane.