LISTEN: Fashion buyer explains why sizes vary at different stores
Updated | By The Drive with Rob and Roz
Ever wondered why you are a size 10 at one store but a size 14 at another?
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If you have ever had to buy new clothes for yourself or others, you will understand the struggle.
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Very few people like to spend their day shopping, walking around countless stores and doing something that feels like a chore.
What makes it exceptionally worse is when you are trying on clothing and you find that you are a certain size, only to move on to a different store and find that this size is now completely wrong.
Is your closest full of jeans that are three different sizes?
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Why is a Mr Price small the equivalent of a Woolworths medium?
Is there a reason why certain sizes are always low on stock or sold out?
Rob Forbes and Rozanne McKenzie decided to get to the bottom of this mystery and spoke to a buyer for an online shopping platform to find out more.
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