Brown Thomas Skips A Season Ahead

FoxyVixen · 18-08-2015 3:09pm #1

I don't know about you guys, but a late summer has hit the north west and people are finally managing to wear their summer wardrobe. Beautiful blue skies here and a nice heat to lay out on the beach.

However, Brown Thomas have skipped straight to Christmas displays as of this Thursday!!! What's even more interesting is it's because of consumer demand!!

http://www.independent.ie/life/christmas/forget-summer-christmas-comes-early-to-brown-thomas-nationwide-30528650.html

I'll admit that I've picked up a few possible presents in the summer sales, but is't it VERY early for even retailers of their size to start show casing the santa season? I work in retail myself and we're not due to start until the second week of October.

Do many people genuinely start buying glitzy snowglobes at this time of year.....BEFORE even the kids go back to school!

NorthDublin1 · 18-08-2015 3:13pm

Most retailers use this strategy.

Aglomerado · 18-08-2015 3:15pm

FoxyVixen wrote: »

I don't know about you guys, but a late summer has hit the north west and people are finally managing to wear their summer wardrobe. Beautiful blue skies here and a nice heat to lay out on the beach.

However, Brown Thomas have skipped straight to Christmas displays as of this Thursday!!! What's even more interesting is it's because of consumer demand!!

http://www.independent.ie/life/christmas/forget-summer-christmas-comes-early-to-brown-thomas-nationwide-30528650.html

I'll admit that I've picked up a few possible presents in the summer sales, but is't it VERY early for even retailers of their size to start show casing the santa season? I work in retail myself and we're not due to start until the second week of October.

Do many people genuinely start buying glitzy snowglobes at this time of year.....BEFORE even the kids go back to school!

It's beyond a joke. I like Christmas; the holidays, lights, etc, but the novelty wears off after four weeks, let alone four months.

darkpagandeath · 18-08-2015 3:18pm

Is this not keeping up with the Americans they started this nonsense.... Customer demand.

CardBordWindow · 18-08-2015 3:19pm

Dear Santa,

MAKE IT STOP!!!

jayobray · 18-08-2015 3:20pm

Some of my colleagues at work actually started celebrating this today.

libelula · 18-08-2015 3:20pm

GTFO with yer Christmas shyte.

Sweet mother of fcuk whats wrong with people.

Zombienosh · 18-08-2015 3:29pm

I'm still waiting on summer

My name is URL · 18-08-2015 3:30pm

FoxyVixen wrote: »

IWhat's even more interesting is it's because of consumer demand!!

People are fcuking idiots... that's neither surprising nor news

Bored_lad · 18-08-2015 3:33pm

I don't see what the big deal is they're only opening the Christmas shop some places have a year round Christmas shop. The A/W 15 season is also starting soon so I really don't see a problem with this.

lertsnim · 18-08-2015 3:39pm

Don't look at it if it bothers you.

freshpopcorn · 18-08-2015 4:26pm

Brown Thomas does this every year and and social media/newspapers always react the same shocked way.
Late next week Tesco generally brings out a couple of tins of sweets and some small selection boxes and then there's newspaper articles about it and comments that sound like this "the kids are only going back to school" "it's to early" etc.
If you don't like it just ignore it. On about the 26th of December companies begin advertising Summer holidays and strangely enough people don't complain about this.

kfallon · 18-08-2015 4:32pm

What does Elton John and Grafton Street have in common?

They both have a brown 'Thomas' :pac:

Sorry, carry on

The_Valeyard · 18-08-2015 5:01pm

Piff, I'm sick of all this skipping Halloween!!!!

DEFTLEFTHAND · 18-08-2015 5:08pm

This gets talked about on here every year, of course it's bloody ridiculous but what can we do.

The_Valeyard · 18-08-2015 5:09pm

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

This gets talked about on here every year, of course it's bloody ridiculous but what can we do.

Fire?

18-08-2015 6:16pm

Gathers a nice bit of press for them

I love Christmas decorations so I can't complain :P

NotASheeple · 18-08-2015 6:20pm

My name is URL wrote: »

People are fcuking idiots... that's neither surprising nor news

Idiots keeping up with idiots so to speak.

bodhrandude · 18-08-2015 6:27pm

Maybe they are getting the ads in now so that by December they can advertise Creme Eggs, Easter, St Patrick's Valentine Massacre greeting cards or what not.

Antar Bolaeisk · 18-08-2015 6:40pm

Thankfully the shops having started putting anything up here yet...

FelineOverLord · 18-08-2015 6:47pm

It's the same every year. Tbh I prefer Halloween to Christmas. As soon as the kids go back to school the first toy ads will start and before the end of September it'll be in overdrive for the Christmas market. Usually the Halloween and Christmas stuff is on the shelves at the same time. I like picking up a few decorations in BT each year.