To be tired of clothes shops selling so many brands other than their own

[CheeseandMarmiteToastie]

Does anyone else get sick of visiting the website of a shop they like only to find a search for anything brings up all kinds of random brands like Long Tall Sally, Mountain Warehouse and Roman. I know you can filter but it’s really tiresome when actually you just want Next or M&S or whoever clothes. I wish it wasn’t a thing now 🙄

I agree. I want to look at the brand I asked for.

That’s odd. I was on the Next website 5 mins ago, LTS popped up and I thought “No, I only want Next.”

Are you reading my mind OP?

Doesn't bother me. It's only clothes and sometimes I appreciate being able to easily try out a brand for fit from a store I have local to me rather than an unknown quantity in terms of delivery and returns.

I read the title of this thread and thought "Next".

Next and M&S are the absolute worst for this. It’s just too random getting loads of different brands at once. Sainsbury’s has started it too.

Yes same! I was thinking this the other day as well. Just so odd. Why do we need all these websites when most of them are just selling stuff from each other?

Me too. Although M&S is getting bad for this too.
Next website is just ridiculous now far too much stuff and can’t find anything.

Agreed, I love Warehouse but it's a one stop shop for Dorothy Perkins now

M&S is the worst for this. So stupid, they had a strong USP

H and M! Logging on for some reasonably priced teen basics, and presented with all their premium brands!

Yes I hate this. Used to be next was the worst now I find sainsburys just as bad.

I always go on and filter by brand and just choose next or tu now.

I love it! So easy to order and pick up Gap clothing, for example, at local Next store, and also to take returns there. It's easy to search by the brand you want on the m and s website.

It's because so many department stores have gone bust/closed branches down and these clothing brands would have sold there.
They presumably don't sell enough to have stand alone stores so they sell via other retailers.

Filter by brand, then. It's easy enough to do.

You can filter by brand in your search. I don’t mind this as I don’t keep up much with the high street and tend to come across things I like but wouldn’t necessarily know to look for iyswim but I’m right with you on LTS which always seems to pop up for me when I’m a 5’5 size 6 and don’t have the willowy limbs necessary to ever be a target customer.

Yes. Next.

Type in 'black dress' to the search bar and have to sift through 20,000 results. Stopped shopping with them because it drove me mad.

Agree. I loved Miss Selfridge for example but now only seem able to find it on Asos so assume they have gone through.

I get annoyed because the filters don’t work and well. M&S have short length. Some of brands they stock have petite but search is really bad. If I’m in trousers why can’t I filter by size and then length or petite?

M&S are bad for this. I always click on something that I like and then see it's actually by jaeger and it's £200 or something

It's so annoying. I miss being able to shop on Tu Clothing and seeing only Tu Clothing items. Now I go on, click on jumpers, then have to filter by brand, then click on handbags, then have to filter by brand, then click on sale, then have to filter by brand. It might seem like a very minor problem, but it's so tiresome!

Filter by Brand > choose Next

Ok I see there are issues with the filter too.

I like it. If I get a Next gift card, then I know I'll have plenty of decent options. It's easy enough to filter black dresses down further by length/occasion/sleeve/materials. I guess it's good for people that know what they like and want rather than people that like to browse.

No, I like the fact that I can get other brands easily delivered for collection at Next or M&S

Yes!

I did a search on M&S yesterday and got about 5000 results for about 50 brands. So bloody annoying. I can't be bothered to wade through it all.

Are they becoming a department store? I used to love M&S. Just wish they would stop trying to reinvent the wheel and go back to what they were good at (which does not involve cheap polyester shit).

More brands, more choices, more sales, more money would be my guess.
That it makes it more difficult for the customer “is not our problem,” would be my guess as well.