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This Christmas reminded me that as long as there are people like me, who leave shopping for presents to the last minute, physical stores with large stock aren't
by xixixao 11y ago
This Christmas reminded me that as long as there are people like me, who leave shopping for presents to the last minute, physical stores with large stock aren't going anywhere.
But I am definitely waiting for the moment when physical stores turn into a purely advertising space, and draw their revenue from there. In a very near future you might not be able to buy things at a store, you will only be able to look at and try things (books are a good example).
Clothes are an exception here.
- lucaspiller 11y ago> Clothes are an exception here If I could buy all my clothes online I would. The problem is sizes are at best a rough guid - different brands and even different styles in the same brand, fit completely differently. I guess I could find one outfit that fits and then just buy that online when I need a replacement :)
- Senji 11y agoWe have already solved that problem. People could just measure their waist and other atributes with one of those flexible clothier's Measuring Tape things. Then have those be searchable and selectable on the store. Getting people to actually do their own body measurement could be a problem though.
- gozur88 11y agoWhen I lived in a rural area as a child that's exactly what we did. My mother measured everyone and bought our clothes through the Sears catalog.
- throwaway049 11y agoI do exactly that for shirts. I just hope they don't discontinue the one I buy.
- e28eta 11y agoFind a place that's easy to return to, buy +/-1 size, and return the ones that don't work. Bonus points if the extra sizes get you free shipping by inflating the order total above some minimum.
- CydeWeys 11y agoThe problem could easily be solved by industry-wide standardization. Make a set of reference models (hell, NIST could do it), and sell clothes as being designed to be worn on a given reference model. Then you'd simply find your closest fit, and buy clothes for that one. There's some precedent here in shoes with the use of lasts of a given size. I bought dress shoes online recently that fit perfectly, never having tried them on in person, and I was able to do that by looking up the information on the last it was sized on, and comparing that to another shoe that I did have and that I did know which size was correct for me.