Scott Foley and his wife trekked over to the Beverly Hill store to use $1,000 worth of gift cards that were about to become worthless.
to become Barneys New York’s new owner, the store-closing sale at the storied retailer’s Beverly Hills flagship was well under way, with huge signs in the windows fronting Wilshire Boulevard that read, “Everything MUST be sold!, Goodbuys then good goodbye!” and smaller signs posted throughout the five-story store advertising discounts ranging from 5% to 10% .
Part of that is likely because savvy shoppers are betting that the meager 5% across-the-board discount on most items and brands is just an opening move, and, like a slow-motion auction in reverse, the prices will drop much more drastically as time goes on. Several of the customers at Barneys in Beverly Hills on Tuesday said they weren’t actually there because of the discount itself but rather because they needed to exchange merchandise or make use of soon-to-expire store credit.
“It would be awesome if it was a real sale,” said Dominczyk, who expressed surprise at the tame markdowns, “because we had to use up our gift cards, which are only good through Thursday. ... We figured we’d just come buy $1,000 worth of candles and skin-care [products].”According to a store associate, the final day to use a Barneys New York gift card or store credit is actually today.
That’s just one of the things you should keep in mind if you’re contemplating making a retail reconnaissance mission to the Wilshire Boulevard flagship. Another one is that the perk of validated parking — self or valet — no longer exists. Also the discounts — where marked — tend to be organized roughly by category, brand or floor.
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