SHOP
There's up to 60”” off Prada (right) at Cruise. but there are also some
great bargains to be found in the Topshop sale (above)
January, sick and tired . . .
You’ve been hanging on for the SALES to get a bargain. but did you know that end-of-line price cuts are occuring throughout the year more and more often. Merle Brown investigates the trend of the rolling sale.
ht‘ee litil‘ the priee til t\\tt.
Bu) one get one tree.
Sountl lainiliai“? \\'hene\er _\ou \xalk into a High Street retaiier thexe ti;t_\\. there i\ \oltte \ort ol ol‘l‘er on. It it'\ not initl» season \alex. it'x inone) oll or tree protluetx it _\ou hit) in hulk. We no“ li\e in a LilSCtllllll-ieti retail market. \xhere e\er_\one \xantx to ol'l‘er ux gootlx on the eheap. So uh} is it then that the .laiiti;ii‘_\
~\alex \till ha\'e the higgext Lil'it“ ol'
the Iot'.’ In London the) queue tor Lla_\.\ to get into llarrotlx. \\ith litlinhurgh antl (ilasgoxx' tlexigner boutique (‘ruixe e\perieneing similar xituationx. But it \xe‘re getting bargains all _\ear round. \\it}’ do we l‘eel the need to Hit
ottr turkeylatlen hotliex out ol~
our arinehairs and head to the high street on a tree/ing eoltl Januar) inorning'.’
'l‘here‘x no doubt that )ou ean get anta/ing httt'g‘ttiltx in \oine
\alex. hut .\lar_\ .\le(io\\ne. i)i\ antl hu}er l'or('rui\e. helie\e\ it\ niain|_\ the great Britixh tratlition that tlri\e\ tl\ otit in the \\ illti and rain. She e\plain\ that ‘the .lanuar} \alex are niueh more popular than an_\ other heeauw ol \xhen the} are eoniing right alter ('hrixtinax. l’eople ha\e gilt inone_\ hurning a hole in their poeket ttttti il.\ ttivi title Hi. the le\\ little\ \xhen ltlttxl people are oil on holitla) at the write time. \o there'\ a huge turn on the high \treet.‘ .'\liti til~ e‘tHlt'M‘. ;t\ .\le(io\\ne ix tpiiek to point out. the ania/ing priee til'tt[i\ alw entiee the etl\lttltlel'\ in. ‘.\t (‘I'uixe \\e Litl ha\e a \eleetion ol' hargainx in thew \alex. I’roni rangex like (iueei. I’ratla. Paul Smith and \ixienne \Vextuootl. people ean e\peet up [0 (ill per eent till.~
Yet the proxpeet Hl \;t\itt:_‘ nione_\ ix not the onl_\ than.
great
WHY DO WE FEEL THE NEED TO LIFI' OUR TURKEY LADEN BODIES OUT OF OUR ARMCHAIRS ON A COLD JANUARY MORNING?
aeeortling to 'lop\hop huyei Sain i’;tt'\ie_\. I’eopie \Kiii lloek lit the popular high \tieet \tore tor the \ale lletth. hut \\ ill alw he ahle to i‘tl_\ truth the ne\\ \pring \uininei‘ INNS eulleelionx at the \aine tiine. ‘l think the eu\torner \tt'i\e\ to ha\e the neuewt limk\ at all trinex and the} are delighted that our \torex are tlri\ en h} our lull-priee \[it'tltL‘ imik\ in January. Hut ol eouixe
'Itiiiflitip
\it'eetl iritt\itii}t tlwri't .li'.‘..t\\ hit the
taxlrionrxla'x
lll.tli\._\t'1 l’arxlef. rxnit untlulk \‘Jtllle‘ti \trieii \lie \ee\ \totk \lie i‘lllx
lmtiz'lit illlllll‘.‘ llie \tlik.
'Ioihliop xtrr‘~.e» to turntanllt
muonate .rinl an rte \\e u\e all lire limix Ml lite lttirit' lH :‘t'l It Ili‘ill. int luthnz' paxt ‘utit'S itl\lttl_\
the liil§irl“ l‘.itleiii\. eatxtall. tientl~- tu\toinei rintlehtantling .tllti a :‘teal ti\'\l'.'il team. But we
all make llll\l.ti.t‘\. .tllti \kt'
\‘.t'lliti|l.i he itt[‘\ili'[l it \\e tuxt playetl it \ale all the little. iitl‘»‘-t'\k'1. lit|\ \ale nieiitalit} putx t“~.e'l inore tt'l.tliet\ to eoine up xxrth loner
‘»\ itli iiian_\
[llt‘\\tltt‘ on .lllti lover priee» \toie\ knoekrng titl\‘ n prieex long heloie (‘liihtinax :.et.ei llllllti .lanuai_\. top iet; 1| aeeountanh reekon the} kl'lliti he \liooting theinxeluw Ill the loot. ('|e\er their ('hi‘i\tni.i\ \liopping at hai‘gain
ettlt\lllllel\ mart to tlo
prieex. antl the laek ol eti\toiner\ loreex the \hop into \lttl’llllfJ the Mile tpiiekl} and then tlropping pt‘iee\ en en lurtlier alter ('liri\tina\. l’eihap\ a eoiiiplete return to the traditional .lanuar} \ale'\ 1\ \‘.liat our \iltlliileti out \oulx. and the retarierV tillx.
i‘eall} neetl.
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