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this post was submitted on 04 May 2026
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...I don't get it. What is this?
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.
An airport
What's so bad about it? I don't mind them.
It's basically forced advertising meant to get you to buy. These practices also eat away at the shared transit spaces.
Yeah, but it's 25% cheaper than a hypothetical store that sells it at 328% the price of my local supermarket.
Meh. I have only bought stuff that I needed at airports.
Have you heard about the concept of hostile architecture? This is the same concept but applied at trying to get you to buy
Thought it was from Shanghai'ed.