'It's not right': Shoppers angry over Walmart charging more for plus-size clothing

[Right_in_Virginia]

'It's not right': Shoppers angry over Walmart charging more for plus-size clothing
CBC/Canada, Aug 25, 2018, Sophie Harris

Walmart Canada is facing criticism for charging more for plus-size clothing, a policy some shoppers consider an unjust "fat tax." 

"It's unacceptable," said Walmart shopper Shannon Mozak, of Edmonton, who sometimes buys plus sizes. "It's a form of shaming people."

Walmart and some other retailers mark up their plus-size clothing with the justification that bigger sizes cost more to produce.

They also charge a single lower price for a wide range of standard sizes — from extra small to extra large — leading many plus-size shoppers to question why only they must pay more.

"It's not right," said Michaela duChêne, who wasn't aware she was paying more for Walmart's plus sizes until an in-store sales sign revealed a price difference.


More:  http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/walmart-plus-size-clothing-price-1.4796192

[Silver Pines]

Plus size uses more material, doesn't it?  What do they want, fat people fabric reparations?

[Sanguine]

I have to pay more for tall clothes.   

[corbe]

   Don't skinny people have rights too?   

[LegalAmerican]

When I used to sew my own clothes, it cost me more to make a big flowing skirt, then a slim pencil skirt.  Just the facts.  Bigger sizes cost more to make. Easy to figure out. lol.

I had to buy more yardage of the cloth, to make that gathered skirt.  So people are upset they are fat? Lose weigh and then buy the smaller size.

[ABX]

Plus size uses more material, doesn't it?  What do they want, fat people fabric reparations?

It isn't just material. 4x will have a smaller market than SML, so smaller quantities will be made and ordered so the overhead, especially for automated processes, is greater.

[Wingnut]

Omar always charges by the tent size.  I don't see a problem.

[Gefn]

This is silly. More fabric more cost.

Welcome to idiocracy.

Mike Judge really had people pegged.

[Silver Pines]

It isn't just material. 4x will have a smaller market than SML, so smaller quantities will be made and ordered so the overhead, especially for automated processes, is greater.

@AbaraXas

You would be surprised.  An employee in a department store told me to grab whatever I thought I liked in a size small and bring it back later, because the smalls and mediums are being squeezed out by the "x" sizes.  People are getting bigger.

[Wingnut]

@AbaraXas

You would be surprised.  An employee in a department store told me to grab whatever I thought I liked in a size small and bring it back later, because the smalls and mediums are being squeezed out by the "x" sizes.  People are getting bigger.

More people are fatter than at any time before in the history of the United States..  Which is a good thing.  All those years of average live expectancy returning to 1940 levels.  That will make Social Security solvent longer.  Eat Drink and be buried young.

[dfwgator]

They can always go to Thornton Melon's Tall & Fat Stores

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[mountaineer]

Plus size uses more material, doesn't it?  What do they want, fat people fabric reparations?

Exactly. And if you dare point that out, you'll get accused of "fat shaming," a phrase that should be removed from the English language.

[Sighlass]

Being I am about 6'4" tall (over 22olbs now), I often get the 2x sizes and it costs on average a lot less than my much smaller wife.

[dfwgator]

It's not fair I have to pay $50 to fill up my SUV, when somebody with a Honda Civic only has to pay $30 to fill up theirs'.

[Gefn]

@AbaraXas

You would be surprised.  An employee in a department store told me to grab whatever I thought I liked in a size small and bring it back later, because the smalls and mediums are being squeezed out by the "x" sizes.  People are getting bigger.

Yet airplane seats keep shrinking...they keep shrinking them down. Weird.

[jmyrlefuller]

@AbaraXas

You would be surprised.  An employee in a department store told me to grab whatever I thought I liked in a size small and bring it back later, because the smalls and mediums are being squeezed out by the "x" sizes.  People are getting bigger.

I have noticed anything in a small size is starting to disappear from store shelves. Dollar General doesn't even carry most apparel in that size; their smallest size is medium now.

Then again, most of the items I've seen on a clearance rack are usually size small, so I can see why they decided to cut back. (Being of slim build has its benefits... for now anyway.)

[GtHawk]

What I want to know is why small people, skinny, short , whatever aren't bitching because so often their clothes coat as much as the ones for larger people. Do you ever wonder when you shop for children and it costs as much as for an adult?

[corbe]

   I knew the cacomorphobia would be strong with this one.

[dfwgator]

Omar always charges by the tent size.  I don't see a problem.

This thread is crying out for Al Bundy

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[Silver Pines]

Exactly. And if you dare point that out, you'll get accused of "fat shaming," a phrase that should be removed from the English language.

@mountaineer

I'm sure I read somewhere about a woman throwing a fit about fat-shaming after her doctor told her she needed to lose weight.

[Silver Pines]

I have noticed anything in a small size is starting to disappear from store shelves. Dollar General doesn't even carry most apparel in that size; their smallest size is medium now.

Then again, most of the items I've seen on a clearance rack are usually size small, so I can see why they decided to cut back. (Being of slim build has its benefits... for now anyway.)

@jmyrlefuller

I better start looking at clearance racks, lol.

[Silver Pines]

This thread is crying out for Al Bundy

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@dfwgator

LOL

[mountaineer]

I'm sure I read somewhere about a woman throwing a fit about fat-shaming after her doctor told her she needed to lose weight.

She should have met my mother,  who once said in passing I was "firmly packed." I put myself on a diet and fitness regimen the next day.

[corbe]

   Just 'more' of yall to Love.
   There's a lot to remain unsaid for the pleasures of the pleasantly plump.

[Wingnut]

She should have met my mother,  who once said in passing I was "firmly packed." I put myself on a diet and fitness regimen the next day.

If you had been a boy you would have shopped in the "Husky" department at Sears or Jacques Penne.