Is it okay for clothing companies to charge cheaper prices for smaller sizes?

[Ioana97]

I am working for a fashion brand , and i heard discusions that they are considering to make prices based by size of chloting since the cost of materials, labour, logistics are cheaper for smaller sizes.
They are talking about ranking the price on few levels based by size not like some shops that have avarage and plus size.
The question is that moral, ethic what do you think?

@ArseInTheCoOpWindow

I worked in clothing manufacturing. Smaller sizes can be fiddly to make. Large sizes less so.

I think in terms of cost, the time spent manufacturing smaller items is counterbalanced by the cost of more fabric. Bigger sizes are easier and quicker to make.

your affirmation dosent make sense, then why do you think next, asos, boohoo, m&s and few others tried to charge extra for bigger sizes? With the risk of loosing customers, they knew the problems about some people complaining, and now the company where i am working is thinking to aproach this again, is a big company but i can't name it . And let's not forget about logistics, space i the warehouse , space in shops, transport, people who are filling the shelves, people who are filling the delivery vans and the list can continue with small things that togheter make it more expensive to sell large items and this aplies from a bed , car , pizza to chlotes.

What do you pay the supplier? If you pay the supplier the same for each size then that's what you charge your customer. If you oh different prices per size then there is an argument for what you say.

Smaller garments can be harder and more fiddly to stitch. So it's not just about the expanse of fabric.

I already see some companies do that, but they are generally dodgy ones with poor quality materials anyway. I no longer shop with them.

Thing is, that even if I lost a ton of weight, I am still tall. So that double zero will never fit me. So I will always end up paying more if companies start doing that.

Petite range clothes are usually more expensive than standard size ones due to the economies of scale.

I don't "like" it but they cost more to produce, that's life - profit mark up plus supply & demand.

@RandomMess

Petite range clothes are usually more expensive than standard size ones due to the economies of scale.

I don't "like" it but they cost more to produce, that's life - profit mark up plus supply & demand.

can you name few companies that are doing this?

Your original post was about shoes was it not? Who can change their shoe size?

I had wider feet when I was a size 8. Some people just have wider feet lol.

I think what you want is a fat hating group. What I want is a group dealing with horrors like you that think that your arse size makes you a better, more worthy human being!

Do some overtime and stop complaining for 2-3 quid ffs

If you are slim girl you can do even videochat and other things

Ohh you haven't thought about maternity wear! Think how much you could charge them when they are 9 months pregnant where does it end?

It does make sense! It takes longer to make smaller stuff, and therefore costs more. Larger stuff used more fabrics but is less fiddly so manufacturing takes less time.

The too roughly balance each other out. As for Asos and the others, sounds like they are trying to be greedy.

Im not saying it’s a perfect equation. But in terms of manufacturing or sort of balances

The fabric cost difference on most clothes is going to be pennies and likely to hurt brand image far more than it gains in straight profit.

Plus, where does it end? Advertising costs are likely to be more valid for the middle sizes (where competition is fiercer) than the end sizes (where there is less choice so less need of marketing to boost sales). Do those sizes get a marketing discount?

@WhosThatBehindTheFlask

The fabric cost difference on most clothes is going to be pennies and likely to hurt brand image far more than it gains in straight profit.

Plus, where does it end? Advertising costs are likely to be more valid for the middle sizes (where competition is fiercer) than the end sizes (where there is less choice so less need of marketing to boost sales). Do those sizes get a marketing discount?

i am working in the industry, the managers are claiming the oposite of what are you saying, but maybe they don't know what they are talking about so please explain us if the work for chlotes is pennies, the material is pennies, Then how you explain the prices that for sure are not only pennies?

So is this just width or length as well, clothes are often sold in various lengths, I'm 5'10, size 14 so probably destined to pay more because I'm taller. What about bigger feet, I'm size 7-8 so obviously more shoe leather than size 4

This is already a fact in some US clothing: a larger (plus) size costs more.

I don't see why slim people should subsidise large people whose clothes require much more fabric tbh

If something is handmade then it would be reasonable to charge more for larger sizes as it involves more fabric but I don't think it works for mass produced clothes.

Customers will be irritated if they see that there are different prices for different sizes. Some sizes are more popular than others. There's no point in even making large plus sizes if nobody then buys them because they can buy cheaper elsewhere. Similarly, there are only a limited number of people who can fit into smaller sizes even if they buy slightly more clothes because they're cheaper.

The way to reduce costs is to reduce the number of sizes stocked.

@nettie434

If something is handmade then it would be reasonable to charge more for larger sizes as it involves more fabric but I don't think it works for mass produced clothes.

Customers will be irritated if they see that there are different prices for different sizes. Some sizes are more popular than others. There's no point in even making large plus sizes if nobody then buys them because they can buy cheaper elsewhere. Similarly, there are only a limited number of people who can fit into smaller sizes even if they buy slightly more clothes because they're cheaper.

The way to reduce costs is to reduce the number of sizes stocked.

Customers who are paying more then they should they are already irritated anyway, it's like a beggar become irritated if an old lady stops suddenly giving him 5 pound daily because she can't afford, but is not her obligation to give to a beggar 5 pound daily it's her choice

I feel it's like with immigratnts who are saying they feel discriminated, or black people.
i am an immigrant i never feel discriminated, i think uk it's a lovely country with nice people, off course a small percent might not be so nice, but this people can have a bad attitude with evrybody not only with me because i am immigrant.
It's self victimization what some of you are doing, like putin claiming ukraine whant to atack russia , and he dosen't feel secure so thats why he want to atack first

Take some more water with it, dear.

@CeeceeBloomingdale

A step too far for adults (although I don't mind it so much for childrens clothing). What next? Weighing passengers on planes and charging excess baggage on their spare tyre?

Makes more sense than the current situation where I get charged handsomely if myself and by cabin baggage weight a smidge over 70kg + 10kgs, but someone weighing 120kgs makes no additional contribution to the cost of transporting the additional weight.

Hard to see how they justify charging for the weight of the baggage, but not the weight of the person, if, as they say weight is the important factor....