Down Once More

Well, the old Oklahoma shopping experience took another hit today. I went to Saks to exchange a couple of cosmetic items that I purchased during "free gift" time (and ended up not needing) for some cool new line summer items that are just out and WHAM! No Stila counter. Now I know that Saks likes to play with their customers...move things around so you look all lost and confused when you walk in and are consequently at the mercy of the sales staff to reorient yourself (ironically "ReOrient" is part of the spring Stila collection), so I asked where the Stila counter had been moved to. Answer: Saks got rid of Stila because it "wasn't doing very well." All the Saks stores. No Stila ANYWHERE in Oklahoma. So Saks has now gotten rid of the Philosophy line (because Philosophy went to QVC where, by the way, it has become a household name and made a killing) and now Stila joins it in terms of MIA Oklahoma distribution. I can sort of see how Stila might not excel in Saks, though. It is more of a "youthful" line than, say, Estee Lauder or La Mer (at $150 a jar, you have to be old to afford it!). The clientele of Saks are, shall we say, older. Because young people, for the most part, just can't afford to shop there...I mean, come on...$180 for a white t-shirt is steep if you're working your way up the corporate ladder. To follow this line of thinking, people who shop at Saks are probably 30+ years old (yes, there are exceptions Paris). If Stila is marketing to a 20-something crowd, their target market and their Saks location do not match up. Nevertheless, it is just ONE MORE THING that I cannot get in a brick-and-mortar store in Oklahoma.

For those of you still needing your Stila fix (they took my return by the way, although it took four salespeople and fifteen minutes to figure out HOW or WHETHER they would), you can visit Gloss.com, Stila, or Sephora.