Thursday, May 22, 2008

Markdowns are everyone's best friend.....

Sometimes we get trigger happy with the purchase orders, sometimes we make mistakes, and sometimes our customers change their minds!

In any case, every retailer needs to clean out the closets every once in a while.... which is what we've done in our Pearl and Bridgeport locations.

We're having an Overstock sale in both stores, and this stuff is new, current merchandise.

Check it out: it's all at 25% off.

Bedding Options Galore!

Check out this video -- it's kind of long at 9 minutes -- which shows you 89 different bedding options that we can show you in our stores!

Quick Video Tour of Pearl District

Join me in a three-minute video tour of our Pearl District store.

Wednesday, May 21, 2008

Linen or Legna?

Be it global warming or the natural cycles of Mother Nature, we've had some strange weather in Portland, Oregon over the past year. It was bad enough not having a real summer in 2007 to dry things out, but insult was added to injury by having the longest, wettest, grayest winter in memory.

And then bang, last week all records were shattered as the mercury reached 96 degrees.

And this week? Back to the normal 60's. And needing to fire up the furnace in the mornings to take the chill off.

And this wreaks havoc with one's bedding wardrobe!

Warm silky Legna (you know, the sheets spun from beech wood fiber) or pure linen (you know, the kind of scratchy sheets woven from the flax fiber)?

Dunno. Still trying to figure it out. I've presently got the linen sheets on the bed as I needed the cool hand and breathability for the three nights last week that were toasty. Last night, though, they were too cool and clammy to feel luxurious and I'm thinking about switching back to Legna.

Who knew your sheets would require as much thought as your clothing wardrobe?