You've got to be having a laugh!!!!

[LookItsMeAgain]

I'm sitting browsing the usual suspects of websites that I happen to browse and lo and behold I'm on the Next website and they have loads of new stock in.

I'm interested.

So I start browsing the shoes and what do I find, only these gems:
https://www.next.ie/en/style/su238249/901806#901806

€912 a pair.

In Next.

Do they even know who their target market is any more?????

I keep scrolling...

I find these

https://www.next.ie/en/style/su238242/901747#901747

€746

You've got to be having a laugh, right? No one goes to the Next website to find D&G shoes.....or do they? Is this where the people with money shop now?

I guess they're targeting the aspirational amongst their usual clientele. I know plenty of people with not much money who would scrimp, save and credit for a designer bag/shoes.

Not sure D&G are the prime choice, personally, but I guess someone knows why they've made that choice.

I've just found a Gucci handbag for over €2k in Next.
That's just crazy money for something being sold in Next.

@JustWhatWeDontNeed

The majority of our customers use the next website for exactly this type of thing

You can buy large quantities of designer : high end brand without paying a penny .

It's not the aspirational, loads of people do it daily ..we sell loads , we return LOADS but it's easy and quick to do which is why they are still so present and busy on the high street .

Do you get the designer bag or a Next carrier?
Cos if I'm laying out £900 on shoes I want that designer bag.
Also, if I'm spending £900 on a pair of shoes I want the experience, not to be hanging round the Next checkout while randoms buy their multi packs of knickers.

It's easier to get store collection and return from Next , I can see the appeal with that when buying online.

@trulyunruly01 nope but you get to pay it off over years 🤣..: that's the appeal !

Yeah, be afraid. Be very afraid.

I'm not sure why you're so outraged?

Next clearly knows that Next has a market for high end goods.

If you don't want to buy them, then filter by brand or price 🤷‍♀️

And it must be an EU thing, as there's only fragrance and cosmetics on the UK site, as far as I can see.

Surely it's about the shoes not the carrier bag as they only cost a few pence. Maybe i am just old and don't find buying anything an "experience"

Not on the UK site as a PP said and the links posted are for the Next Ireland site.

I'm not currently nor was I when I started this thread 'outraged'.

Gobsmacked - most definitely.
Outraged - no.

@TheBayLady people spending a lot of money expect more than a grey plastic bag.

Why do you think shops like Prada and Gucci spend so much on their retail space? And ensure they're in excellent locations.

I guess if you're buying designer shoes from Next, while you might want the store experience, the store isn't going to give you credit, so you settle for getting the branded goods and the credit, but not the 'experience'.

Maybe £500 (700 eu) on a pair of shoes isn't enough to expect really top end packaging any more?

You can spend 5/600 + quid on trainers theses days.

Next is going to own the entire high street soon & I think it’s such a shame. There’s no individuality left.