[Calm_Cool_and_Elected]

And the mark-up on cosmetics is incredible! People pay outrageous amounts for products that cost pennies to produce.

[HChampagne]

I did not see, in the intro paragraphs, where the author mentioned the gender of the subject shoppers. I was just wondering.

[PGR88]

Korean women are beautiful, and they do wear a lot of make-up!

[muawiyah]

The fact that cosmetic sales account for a very large percentage of total sales at multi-level stores that sell cosmetics on the first floor is not at all surprising.

One whiff of Channel #5 and I have an intense urge to urinate.

That is actually a rather common effect.

These stores GET NO SALES AT ALL FROM US, not on the first floor, not on the 20th floor.

Many other customers in there buying cosmetics become ill and have to leave the store early.

Stores without cosmetic sales on the 1st floor have a totally different result, and probably get more sales in the aggregate.

We need a law to restrict cosmetic sales to special stores isolated from the local atmosphere.

[Perdogg]

One of my favorite department store is Sogo and I always thought that there was some sort system of layering the store layout since most of the department stores are built vertically.

[wastoute]

Anyone who has ever smelled Kimchee would realize why perfumes are such a big hit in Korea.

[wtc911]

Just like any Macy’s in the states.

[BunnySlippers]

Thanks.

[flyover]

My son says the #1 profit center for department stores is women’s shoes.

[ridesthemiles]

I am over 70. I don’t ever remember it being different.