As our local retailers prepare to flog us loads of stuff for Christmas they are readying their store displays to maximise those sales. That includes our local Woolies, although they caught some flak on Twitter yesterday for the way their mannequins were positioned.
First up let’s take a look at two different Twitter users that alerted Woolies to the problem…
If you’re failing to see what’s cracking then here’s a hint – the arms of these mannequins are bound in such a way that they resemble the way certain people were transported across large parts of the ocean a few centuries back. The penny dropped yet?
Woolies were quick to respond with this tweet:
I suppose this should be a lesson to all our retailers, nothing gets by us consumers so you might want to pay a little more attention.
[source:twitter]
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