Shopping in New York

Someone goes there to breathe an atmosphere of freedom, someone - to wander through the wide crowded streets of one of the world's largest metropolitan areas and visit at least a few of the 400 galleries and 150 museums. Guessing about why the fashionista New York is not difficult - of course, not only for visiting galleries and museums, because here you can find absolutely any clothes: from the eastern shoes, and ending with the latest collections of world fashion houses.

Shopping in the US - the pros and cons

The main advantage of shopping in America is a huge number of outlets. These shopping centers become the main targets of women of fashion, because it is here that you can buy branded clothes at great discounts. Outlets in the US are very common, and therefore visitors can save a lot if they come here to update the wardrobe. Even including the cost of tickets and the amount of accommodation and meals, with a large-scale shopping costs are much less. But here you can find things only past seasons.

Together with this, shopping in the States can be combined with a cultural program, and the effect of moral rest will be doubled.

Therefore, here the advantages of "overseas" shopping are obvious: its cheapness and the prospect of expanding cultural knowledge can cross out any shortcomings of such pastime.

Speaking about the shortcomings of American shopping, first of all there are two main ones: the time spent and the complexity of the organization of the trip. It is much easier to visit the nearest store and get what has long been lacking in the wardrobe, but the cost of saving time and energy can go off scale in the budget.

Outlets in America

Among the most famous outlets in America, there are two:

  1. Woodbury Common Premium Outlets. Every day here you can find great discounts, the height of which is impressive - from 25%. There are more than 50 shops, among which you can find both the most famous brands, and less popular. Here it is quite realistic to buy a thing for half the price, but it depends more on luck - sometimes you can get on time, and sometimes be late. Another advantage of Woodbury Common Premium Outlets is the convenient decoupling of transport. On weekends or holidays it is better not to appear here because of the large flow of people: it is inconvenient to choose a thing in an atmosphere of excitement.
  2. Jersey Gardens. Here, women of fashion can find fewer stores than in the first outlet, but there are several famous brands that are not there. Also there is a large assortment of children's clothes.

In New York itself you can find boutiques and regular stores of almost all world brands, but they rarely boast of discounts.

"Tricks" of outlets and features of purchases in ordinary US stores

The first thing to consider when looking at the price of a thing is that this is not its full cost. The fact is that in this country the price tag does not take into account the federal tax, which in different states can vary slightly. Therefore, when you see a cheap thing, you should not rejoice ahead of time, because this is not the final price.

Also, when shopping in outlets, you need to give yourself a report - do you really need a thing? Various marketing tricks play with our psychology, and incline us to choose a product, even if we do not need it. For example, most of these shopping centers are located on the outskirts, which is why, before you get there, you need to overcome "fire, water and copper pipes". Stores specifically so place, so that it would be insulting for a person to return to anything if he did not get things. The hand automatically stretches for some extra blouse, just to justify the fact that the distance and time has not been spent in vain. Therefore, in such places you need to soberly assess whether a thing is needed, and if nothing suitable is found, then do not regard it as a tragedy, and come another time.