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Shoppers fixated with discounts pose woes for stores dOCTOR ON dUTY
Oranjestad
Dr. J. Dassen
Tel. 583 1822
stores play.” Amazon is poised to sur- San Nicolas
The cycle feeds itself. Peo- pass Macy’s this year as Dr. R.H.Luchumun
ple got used to getting the largest U.S. clothing sell- Tel. 584 0299
great deals, retailers who er, according to Cowen & EMERGENCIA 911
tried to raise prices saw Co. analysts. They forecast
sales suffer, and shoppers that Amazon’s share of the
got more bargains. More- U.S. clothing market will in-
over, as shoppers gravitate crease from 6.6 percent
toward services or experi- last year to 16.2 percent by POLICE 100
ences, demand for stuff 2021 as it gains more Prime ORANJESTAD 527-3140
like clothing has waned — members and increases its NOORD 527-3200
meaning stores have an clothing selection. STA. CRUZ 527-2900
even harder time raising And in the meantime, U.S. SAN NICOLAS 584-5000
prices. retailers are facing new POLICE TIPLINE 11141
FIRE DEPT.
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Department store and competition from low-price FIRE DEPT. 582-1108
mall-based clothing re- international rivals, includ- HOSPITAL 527-4000
tailers have wrestled with ing the Primark chain that DENTAL CLINIC 587-9850
the biggest challenges. has started opening stores AMBULANCE 582-1234
Even luxury names like Mi- in the Eastern U.S. It offers IMSAN 524-8833
Women in Difficulties
chael Kors and Ralph Lau- jeans as low as $7 and tops
ren have struggled to get for $4. PHARMACY
shoppers to buy without This all means retailers actu- Oranjestad:
discounts. And experts ex- ally have less ability to raise Eagle Tel. 587 9011
pect the discounting to prices now than during the San Nicolas
Centro Medico Tel. 584 5794
increase as Amazon be- recession, says Michael P.
comes more aggressive in
clothing sales. Niemira, chief economist INFORMATION 118
Amazon has made a big at The Retail Economist TAXI-TAS 587-5900
This photo shows discounted merchandise displayed on a push to expand its offerings LLC, based on an analysis PROF. TAXI 588-0035
smartphone using the Hafta Have app, in New York. Shoppers under private labels like of government data. TAXI D.T.S. 587-2300
who got addicted to sales and deals during the Great Reces- Lark & Ro designed to be as Lyst, an online fashion plat- SERVICE AUA 583-3232
sion now have more tools to cross-check prices and are find- form, said that 30 percent A1 TAXI SERVICES 587-8850
ing a surplus of goods online. An ever-growing number of apps, stylish as recognizable na- 280-2828
websites and browser extensions will search for shipping deals, tional brands. So shoppers of orders on the site last CRuISe SHIP
sales and coupons. looking for a skirt or pants year included a discount,
(AP Photo) are automatically shown up from 23 percent in 2014.
that brand compared to a And First Insight, which
By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO counts to rid themselves of well-known label. helps retailers price new
AP Retail Writer mounds of merchandise A Lark & Ro skirt could be items, says its tests have
NEW YORK (AP) — Shop- after consumer spending 50 percent below a similar found about 8 percent June 14
pers who got addicted to tanked. But even as the item from a national brand, of products over the past adventure of the Seas
sales during the last reces- economy has perked up, says Michelle Ai, manager three quarters could sell for Carnival Splendor
sion have more tools than Americans haven’t let go of marketing at Boomer- full price or higher. That’s Zenith
ever to cross-check prices of the search for deals. ang Commerce, a startup down from the 11 percent
and find bargains, creat- “We’ve conditioned con- that helps retailers use data average over the last sev- Aruba Airport 524-2424
ing a race to the bottom — sumers especially coming to make price adjustments. eral years. American Airlines 582-2700
particularly on clothes. out of the recession for pro- Avianca 588-0059
Aruba Airlines 583-8300
While retailers are trying to motions and discounting,” Jet Blue 588-2244
offer more exclusive prod- said Jack Kleinhenz, chief Surinam 582-7896
ucts and improve the ex- economist at the National Venezolana 583-7674
perience shoppers have in Retail Federation trade Aruba Foundation
stores, online leader Ama- group. For those Visually Incapasitated
zon is expanding quickly Shoppers have time and Tel. 582-5051
into apparel, creating technology on their side. AL-ANON group
more discounting wars. An ever-growing num- Sabana Liber #8, Noord
Off-price stores and new ber of apps, websites and Tel. 736-2952 or 593-7081
discount chains keep the browser extensions will FUNDACIONS
pressure on. search for shipping deals, Respetami
“There is not a lot that I sales and coupons. And for Tel. 582-4433
would pay full price for,” some shoppers, there’s a Centro Diabetic Arubano
said Sara Scoggins, a thrill in outwitting the stores. Tel. 524-8888
30-year-old Los Angeles Marc Phillips, 26, who works
resident who uses apps like in digital strategies and Narcotics Anonymous
Hafta Have for scanning lives in Manhattan, says Tel. 583-8989
items and tracking deals he mostly buys clothes at QUOTA Club
and Honey for coupons the end of the season and Tel. 525-2672
and promo codes. “There shops at outlets like Nord-
is always a deal. You are a strom Rack. Women in Difficulties
sucker not to get a deal.” “I have found some nice Foundation
Tel. 583-5400
The bargain-hunting start- deals, like nice designer
ed in earnest during the names,” he said. “I consid- Bloodbank Aruba
Great Recession, when er myself brand-savvy and Tel. 587-0002
stores plied shoppers price-savvy. I understand
with discounts upon dis- the types of tricks that