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... and bf shipped yesterday, and is supposed to arrive this friday, which is nice.
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... and bf shipped yesterday, and is supposed to arrive this friday, which is nice.
Interesting
My suit backorder showed an est ship date of 9/26, but checking BB.com just now it says the order shipped today. So we'll see what shows up next week.
F/W Black Fleece is now online. http://www.brooksbrothers.com/blackf...ks_viewall.tem
I notice the suits are now made in the USA instead of Italy. Any idea who made these suits? And are they more or less conservative than last season?
Inventory too low, supply chain shortages, etc. are all signs of a company whose lenders are putting on the squeeze. So limited funds to carry inventory and suppliers who won't ship until they are paid. This apparent liquidty problem could be with the supplier as well or instead of with BB. Given the size of BB's recent discounts on top of what has to be lower volume, BB must be generating far less cash than a year ago. Additionally, the garment industry (those that sell to BB) is traditionally financed by factors (who buy a vendor's receivables with BB) of which there are now just a handful, so they talk. These factors may limit what BB's supplier's can ship on credit (that they finance) if they are concerned with BB's financial health, or just have too much due from BB.
I notice the suits are now made in the USA instead of Italy. Any idea who made these suits? And are they more or less conservative than last season?
Well if it makes you feel any better, after reaching an emotional high when my suit shipped, I crashed back down to earth when I tried to pick up three shirts that I had ordered at a retail store. After three weeks, only two of the three had come in, then one of those turned out to be the wrong fabric (either ordered wrong or shipped wrong), then they gave me a hard time because the SA had promised that I could use my Brooks Brothers rewards card (those things are always such a pain, since you can't use them on internet/phone orders AND you also can't use them for a retail order if the store has to order a product from the warehouse, neither of which makes any sense to me) and get tax-free status. My SA had already left but the manager said he wasn't supposed to do any of those things but honored them anyway (I give them credit for that, but not the attitude I got).
I also bought a suit online and will bring it to the store for alterations. may i ask what is included in basic alterations at BB?