Is Christmas Tree Outlets marking as much as mark down?

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The house items retailer caught flak this week after a number of social media customers accused the chain of marking up costs forward of its closing sale.

Christmas Tree Outlets caught the wrath of thrifty customers this week after a number of social media customers accused the chain of marking up costs forward of its going-out-of-business sale. 

After submitting for chapter in Might, the Middleborough-based chain is within the technique of liquidating its remaining shops. Christmas Tree Outlets is providing reductions of as much as 50% off as a part of its sale.

In a single video posted this week, TikTok person @novie0915 mentioned she was procuring with a pal on the Christmas Tree Outlets in Lynnfield when she observed that some costs gave the impression to be inflated, the upper worth tags slapped on over decrease ones. 

“Disgrace on you, Christmas Tree Outlets,” she mentioned, peeling again worth stickers to indicate the discrepancies. 

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A handful of different TikTok and Reddit customers shared related observations, documenting pricing variations that ranged from a few {dollars} to $20 or extra — an inconsistency one Reddit person known as “gross and predatory.” 

In a follow-up video, @novie0915 acknowledged some commenters who recommended {that a} third-party firm or marketing consultant might be accountable for the pricing variations, fairly than Christmas Tree Outlets itself. 

“I don’t care if it’s a liquidation firm. I don’t care if it’s the frickin’ Pope. I don’t care if it’s the great lord himself doing it,” she mentioned. “It’s improper. It’s not moral — it’s deceitful. You’re luring folks in there for a sale, after which the value is jacked up 50%, if no more. It’s simply improper.”

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However the firm managing the Christmas Tree Outlets liquidation, Hilco Service provider Assets, indicated that there’s extra to the story.

Rita Spaccapaniccia, the corporate’s vice chairman of selling and promoting, advised Boston.com that it’s not Hilco’s apply to inform a retailer to extend costs earlier than a going-out-of-business sale.

On this case, she defined, a restricted variety of merchandise had been marked down in worth for a promotion or sale someday earlier than the “going out of enterprise” sale; the upper quantities replicate the merchandise’ common costs. 

Christmas Tree Outlets hasn’t introduced a time limit. Within the meantime, nevertheless, these with leftover reward playing cards have only one week left to spend them; the corporate has mentioned it’s going to cease honoring reward playing cards on July 21.