A former TK Maxx employee has shared a "secret" code that tells customers if what they're looking at is a real bargain, or something which was never in reality sold at the higher price.
Daniel Baker, who was once a senior merchandiser for the cut-price retailer, revealed the number shoppers should look for on labels. Daniel previously shared the hack on Channel 5 show TK Maxx: How do they do it?
In the show, former TK Maxx employees were interviewed about what goes on behind the closed doors of the hugely popular chain.
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During the programme, Daniel said: “On any label, you can see a number. The number that is really exciting to a customer is number two because that means it’s genuine stock that was sold at a higher price somewhere else. It’s excess stock or something like that.”
According to Daniel, the numbers usually go from one up to nine, but “quite a few of them” aren’t used, and some are more significant to buyers than others. The number two is said to be particularly useful to shoppers looking for a bargain.
Daniel continued: “The main three codes you’ll see are one, two, and seven. One means produced for TK Maxx, two means it is a ‘close out buy’, so it’s stock that they’ve got at a deal, that is unsold from another brand. Seven is ‘packaway’ which means it’s been packed for a previous year, like Christmas crackers bought in January for the following year.
“You can get good value for money on a type one. It could be that just the sheer volume they are producing means they can price it cheaper. For the real bargains you are looking for are a two and a seven for sure.
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