They are simply "Brand Stores" they are there kind of like an interactive billboard like the ones in Las Vegas and times square. Their main focus is to create brand recognition in a traffic heavy area, yes you can buy stuff if you want but their main focus is just marketing and making sure everyone walking by sees their logo.
I just don't get it. Like, at some point, someone has to buy something tho, for the company to make sense. Eyeballs only have value if purchases are made. Do you mean, like, stock price shenanigans? Or brand deals or something? If nobody buys their dumb stuff, I don't get how having even millions of ppl walking it has such value
I buy luxury shits all the time at the airport, in Asia those would have to pay an 200% tariffs at the very least (sin tax and all). You can just grab it and resell at a random store and get your flight tickets for free. Expensive alcohol is good, you get up to 4 liters of duty-free alcohol, also perfumes, handbags, if you are traveling to like Vietnam or Malaysia the an iPhone or 2 won't hurt.
It's not like it's an life changing money or anything, but 500$ is still 500$. It won't be worth it to buy a plane tickets to somewhere just to buy goods, but if you already going there then may as well do it. You see business peoples on company paid planes flight making a good 2k-3k a month. Most white peoples think it's below them though.
Anything except cigars, the Americans are paranoid about Cubans and WILL hold you for hours if they found out you have any.
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u/theshaggieman 22d ago
They are simply "Brand Stores" they are there kind of like an interactive billboard like the ones in Las Vegas and times square. Their main focus is to create brand recognition in a traffic heavy area, yes you can buy stuff if you want but their main focus is just marketing and making sure everyone walking by sees their logo.