Maybe. I just spent a month trying to buy (not all of that time, obviously) two articles of clothing. I had fairly specific criteria ( black, hoodie + joggers,

Maybe. I just spent a month trying to buy (not all of that time, obviously) two articles of clothing. I had fairly specific criteria ( black, hoodie + joggers, zipper on hoodie, thick and soft material on both), which most stores could not fulfil. It was strange. Major sportswear brands make the items I want. I have the money. I'm willing to pay, frankly, much more than the product is worth for most people. But the issue seems to be, somehow, retailers do not stock enough of the kinds of things I want that I could actually buy them. IOW, the maths of supply and demand seems to be a bit more complicated than one might expect.