I went to my favorite FP boutique today and got the Cambridge Hobo in Amber/Plum. My SA was giving me a hard time (joking, not mean) because I was in to get my Cambridge bags before they had even been out for 24 hours. I made a comment about all of the stores running out of bags so quickly. The SA said that Coach is really limiting their distribution of bags. All stores are only getting two to three of each bag (one of which is meant to be the display). She said they are doing that because they are trying to get to the point where there aren't any deletes at the outlet and also trying to keep from saturating the market so that the customers don't see the bag they are carrying on everyone else they see. I know the first few times I heard this I thougt "yeah right" but now I am not so sure. I have noticed this trend of limited distribution since the Poppy line came out. I have had several occasions where I have not been able to get the bag I wanted because the store had already sold out of the 2 that the had gotten. I am lucky that there a whole lot of stores in my area so I can usually go down the road and find a store that has the bag I want, but I know a lot of folks don't have access to more than one store.
I am somewhat afraid that the days of our wonderful outlet deals may be over soon. I hope I am wrong...
sorry this was so long
I am somewhat afraid that the days of our wonderful outlet deals may be over soon. I hope I am wrong...
sorry this was so long