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[-] StillAlive@piefed.world 16 points 1 day ago

...I don't get it. What is this?

[-] Furbag@pawb.social 23 points 1 day ago

The perfume/cosmetics section of a department store (Macy's, J.C. Penny, etc.) Typically located near shopping mall gallery entrances to force people to walk past it to get elsewhere in the store.

It's less common to see stores intentionally laid out this way these days, I think.

[-] Gonzako@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago
[-] StillAlive@piefed.world 2 points 1 day ago

What's so bad about it? I don't mind them.

[-] zea_64@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 17 hours ago

The feeling of not being able to breath properly when I inhale there is pretty unpleasant imo.

[-] Gonzako@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago

It's basically forced advertising meant to get you to buy. These practices also eat away at the shared transit spaces.

[-] rmuk@feddit.uk 5 points 1 day ago

Yeah, but it's 25% cheaper than a hypothetical store that sells it at 328% the price of my local supermarket.

[-] StillAlive@piefed.world 1 points 1 day ago

Meh. I have only bought stuff that I needed at airports.

[-] eah@programming.dev 1 points 15 hours ago

Like water. Because they stole what water you brought when you went through security. Damned thieving airports. Give me back my water. It's not a bomb. I promise.

[-] Gonzako@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago

Have you heard about the concept of hostile architecture? This is the same concept but applied at trying to get you to buy

[-] rwrwefwef@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Thought it was from Shanghai'ed.

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