Official Sales Alert thread - Page 1639

Originally Posted by rexet 

I can't find anything on sales at Mr Porter. Am I blind ?

Originally Posted by pronxs 

us-only sale.

Originally Posted by Caveat 

I'd love to hear the strategy behind these US only sales. LN-CC and the Corner are both giving steeper discounts on their US sites as well.

Originally Posted by pronxs 

its not that hard to understand. us online shops = huge competition. probably they wanna get customer money first before christmas spending & holiday season. usually consumer money would be depleted after holiday seasons. also, usually porter and corner have different stocks to cater to diff markets so they are not really abandoning the non us ppl.

Originally Posted by clausc 

Maybe not the only reasons...In Europe (e.g France, Italy) the sales periods are limited by law to a few weeks per year.. And in each country different dates depending on region. They start a few weeks later than in US.
http://www.sales-date-france.com/en/index.html
This is changing gradually though

Originally Posted by pronxs 


wow did not know this. no wonder they are in recession now when govts restrict spending.

Originally Posted by rexet 

I now understand why I never find any interesting things during Mr Porter sales... you guys have already taken everything !
Poor french people

Originally Posted by pronxs 

different stock

Originally Posted by clausc 

In Europe (e.g France, Italy) the sales periods are limited by law to a few weeks per year.