BLACK Friday shoppers hoping to bag a bargain at PrettyLittleThing have been given a sneak peak into the fashion brand’s HUGE warehouse that’s the size of 15 football pitches.
Founder and chief executive of the women’s clothing brand, Umar Kamani, posted a video and pictures on his Instagram of the company’s massive Sheffield warehouse.
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Inside the 650,000 square feet building is row upon row of shelves stacked high with boxes and parcels with workers scurrying inbetween.
There’s even a section in the warehouse where staff process pink-wrapped parcels from a pink and black conveyor belt.
And shoppers have commented saying they can’t believe the size of warehouse.
One person wrote on Umar’s post: “Impressive mate. Come a long way since you showed me around when you were starting up PLT [Pretty Little Thing].”
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Another added: “That’s so next level,” while someone else said: “Damn that is real success”.
PrettyLittleThing launched in the UK in 2012 and is now available in Australia, France and the US too.
The fast fashion firm states on its website that “with hundreds of new products dropping daily, all “nothing to wear dilemmas” are gone for good”.
It’s owned by Boohoo.com, which was co-founded in 2006 by Umar’s dad, Mahmud Kamani.
The company also owns fashion brands Coast, Karen Millen, MissPap, and Nasty Gal.
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As a whole, the group says it has 10.7million active customers in 2019 and has made £856.9million in sales.
Earlier this month, PrettyLittleThing launched its first collection with girl band Little Mix called PrettyLittleThing x Little Mix.
Prices in the collection start from £9 for a black vinyl bodycon skirt – or less for accessories and beauty products.
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When it comes to Black Friday, the online-only retailer already has an up to 60 per cent off “warm-up” sale on certain items, including dresses, but it’s likely to launch more discounts on the day itself – Friday November 29.
Just be aware if you are ordering from the brand that delivery costs from £3.99.
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And remember that just because a retailer has a sale doesn’t mean it’s always the best deal.
Use comparison sites, such as PriceSpy, to shop around and check for an item’s price history.
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