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Assertion Supported
Dutch luxury retailer Oger sued Suitsupply over a cheeky directional advertisement
“And then we had an ad that says, For a beautiful suit, you go to Auger, and then you'd take a left and a right. All right, basically just a route to go to our store. And it was sort of a little bit of a pun and we're joking. And it was a little tongue-in-cheek…”
Fokke de Jong May 1, 2023 ▶ 32:11 Suitsupply: Fokke de Jong
Assertion Supported
WSJ blind test rated a $600 Suitsupply suit equal to $3,600 Armani
“There was a piece in the Wall Street Journal that did a blind test on suiting. And we got out of that contest with a headline that a 600 dollar suit supply suit was better or just as good as a 3600 dollar Armani.”
Fokke de Jong May 1, 2023 ▶ 51:43 Suitsupply: Fokke de Jong
Assertion Supported
Suitsupply's sales dropped by approximately 40 percent in 2020
“Your sales fell initially about 40% in, in that year.”
Guy Raz May 1, 2023 ▶ 1:09:17 Suitsupply: Fokke de Jong
Assertion Supported
Ground-floor retail rents in Soho were $2 million annually around 2010
“That was sort of the ballpark, 1.52 million a year.”
Fokke de Jong May 1, 2023 ▶ 49:19 Suitsupply: Fokke de Jong
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