Soldes Day 1 / Big Discounts, as Promised
I started out just before 10 AM to hit the OL "braderie" tent bargain sale up near Stade Gerland, where the OL play their games. Even before 10 AM maybe 50 people were lined up outside hoping to get their hands on the bargains inside. Oddly enough, I had stumbled upon this bargain sale during the summer sales, not realizing that this was OL's version of the soldes, or bargains sales, during which they mark down merchandise from previous years: outdated


After that, I went back to Part Dieu shopping center, where stores plastered their windows with Soldes -- up to 50% off! Even Gap, even the large department store Galeries Lafayette, was in on the act, with tons of merchandise marked down. Given the mild weather that we've been having so far, sales of winter clothing have been dismal (apparently), leading to severe markdowns even from the first days of the sales.
In some ways, I would expect the winter soldes bargain sale season to be even bigger than the summer one, given the fact it comes right after Christmas, when retailers load up their inventory for the gift-giving season. They have to unload the stocks before the new season, and if everyone is selling 30-50% on the first day of sales, they have no choice but to follow.
What good luck for customers!
I held off on any large-scale purchases, but around dinnertime I

Everyone seems genuinely happy to be carrying bags of stuff back from their shopping trips. Printemps bags scream "Soldes, Soldes, Soldes!)
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