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Scottish Sun
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- Scottish Sun
I worked in Zara – the store secrets they don't want customers to know, including how to get 60% discount at the till
Plus, an insight into why Zara is so popular SUITS ME I worked in Zara – the store secrets they don't want customers to know, including how to get 60% discount at the till Click to share on X/Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) IT'S one of the most beloved fashion stores on the British high street, with endless rails brimming with stylish outfits to suit every taste. Zara has become renowned for its ability to adapt to trends, all while maintaining an air of exclusivity that keeps its customers coming back for more. Sign up for Scottish Sun newsletter Sign up 2 A former Zara employee is spilling the tea on Zara Credit: EPA 2 Moira also revealed how to get 60 per cent discount at the till Credit: tiktok/@yourgirlmoiraxoxo However, there are a few fascinating secrets about the store that you might not be aware of – and they're bound to pique your interest. Moira, who goes by the username 'yourgirlmoiraxoxo' on TikTok, recently shared a video revealing some insider Zara secrets from her time working at the store for eight months. Her eye-opening revelations have garnered significant attention, as she claims these are things employees know but would 'definitely never tell customers.' First up, Moira disclosed that Zara employees enjoy a generous 60 per cent discount on all products. She cheekily suggested that befriending staff members could work in your favour, as they might be willing to use their discount code for you if you ask nicely. 'I've done this for so many people,' she admitted. Next, Moira shared an intriguing tip for bargain hunters. According to her, Zara holds a 'massive sale' every Thursday morning, where older items and overstocked products are heavily discounted before being discarded. She claimed customers could save 'hundreds' simply by showing up early on a Thursday to take advantage of these markdowns. The video proved to be a hit, amassing an impressive 213.5k views and 920 comments within just three days of being posted. I fly to Spain to stock up in Zara - trolls call it 'madness' but I save £124 on one shop & get cash back at the airport But Moira wasn't done spilling secrets. In a follow-up video, she revealed a cheeky hack for scoring free perfume at Zara. She explained that if a customer complains about staff being rude, the store will often offer a free perfume as compensation. However, she noted that some savvy shoppers have caught on to this 'loophole' and have been taking advantage of it.
The Irish Sun
5 days ago
- Business
- The Irish Sun
I worked in Zara – the store secrets they don't want customers to know, including how to get 60% discount at the till
IT'S one of the most beloved fashion stores on the British high street, with endless rails brimming with stylish outfits to suit every taste. Zara has become renowned for its ability to adapt to trends, all while maintaining an air of 2 A former Zara employee is spilling the tea on Zara Credit: EPA 2 Moira also revealed how to get 60 per cent discount at the till Credit: tiktok/@yourgirlmoiraxoxo However, there are a few fascinating secrets about the store that you might not be aware of – and they're bound to pique your interest. Moira, who goes by the username ' Her eye-opening revelations have garnered significant attention, as she claims these are things employees know but would 'definitely never tell customers.' First up, Moira disclosed that READ MORE ON ZARA She cheekily suggested that befriending staff members could work in your favour, as they might be willing to use their discount code for you if you ask nicely. 'I've done this for so many people,' she admitted. Next , Moira shared an intriguing tip for bargain hunters. According to her, Zara holds a 'massive sale' every Thursday morning, where older items and overstocked products are heavily discounted before being discarded. Most read in Fabulous She claimed customers could save 'hundreds' simply by showing up early on a Thursday to take advantage of these markdowns. The video proved to be a hit, amassing an impressive 213.5k views and 920 comments within just three days of being posted. I fly to Spain to stock up in Zara - trolls call it 'madness' but I save £124 on one shop & get cash back at the airport But Moira wasn't done spilling secrets. In a follow-up video, she revealed a cheeky hack for scoring free She explained that if a customer complains about staff being rude, the store will often offer a free perfume as compensation. However, she noted that some Why is Zara so popular? Zara was founded in 1975 in Spain, and the first UK store was opened in 1998. It remains as one of the most popular stores on the high street, but why? Rather than producing more quantities of a style, it is said Zara focuses on producing more styles. Some stats suggest Zara releases 24 trend-led collections every year, 500 designs a week and almost 20,000 per year. Other estimates put its production levels at 450 million garments a year. Even if a style sells out very quickly, there are new styles waiting to take up the space. This means more choices and higher chance of getting it right with the consumer. Zara only allows its designs to remain on the shop floor for three to four weeks, and this pushes the consumer to keep visiting the store or website, because if they were just a week late, the clothes of a particular style or trend would be sold out and replaced with a new trend. At the same time, this constant refreshing of the lines and styles carried by its stores also entices customers to visit its shops more frequently.
The Sun
5 days ago
- Business
- The Sun
I worked in Zara – the store secrets they don't want customers to know, including how to get 60% discount at the till
IT'S one of the most beloved fashion stores on the British high street, with endless rails brimming with stylish outfits to suit every taste. Zara has become renowned for its ability to adapt to trends, all while maintaining an air of exclusivity that keeps its customers coming back for more. 2 2 However, there are a few fascinating secrets about the store that you might not be aware of – and they're bound to pique your interest. Moira, who goes by the username ' yourgirlmoiraxoxo ' on TikTok, recently shared a video revealing some insider Zara secrets from her time working at the store for eight months. Her eye-opening revelations have garnered significant attention, as she claims these are things employees know but would 'definitely never tell customers.' First up, Moira disclosed that Zara employees enjoy a generous 60 per cent discount on all products. She cheekily suggested that befriending staff members could work in your favour, as they might be willing to use their discount code for you if you ask nicely. 'I've done this for so many people,' she admitted. Next, Moira shared an intriguing tip for bargain hunters. According to her, Zara holds a 'massive sale' every Thursday morning, where older items and overstocked products are heavily discounted before being discarded. She claimed customers could save 'hundreds' simply by showing up early on a Thursday to take advantage of these markdowns. The video proved to be a hit, amassing an impressive 213.5k views and 920 comments within just three days of being posted. I fly to Spain to stock up in Zara - trolls call it 'madness' but I save £124 on one shop & get cash back at the airport But Moira wasn't done spilling secrets. In a follow-up video, she revealed a cheeky hack for scoring free perfume at Zara. She explained that if a customer complains about staff being rude, the store will often offer a free perfume as compensation. However, she noted that some savvy shoppers have caught on to this 'loophole' and have been taking advantage of it. Why is Zara so popular? Zara was founded in 1975 in Spain, and the first UK store was opened in 1998. It remains as one of the most popular stores on the high street, but why? Rather than producing more quantities of a style, it is said Zara focuses on producing more styles. Some stats suggest Zara releases 24 trend-led collections every year, 500 designs a week and almost 20,000 per year. Other estimates put its production levels at 450 million garments a year. Even if a style sells out very quickly, there are new styles waiting to take up the space. This means more choices and higher chance of getting it right with the consumer. Zara only allows its designs to remain on the shop floor for three to four weeks, and this pushes the consumer to keep visiting the store or website, because if they were just a week late, the clothes of a particular style or trend would be sold out and replaced with a new trend. At the same time, this constant refreshing of the lines and styles carried by its stores also entices customers to visit its shops more frequently.
Gizmodo
27-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Gizmodo
‘The Handmaid's Tale' Ended the Only Way It Could: With an Open Ending
Star Elisabeth Moss directed the series finale, wrapping up six seasons of eerily timely dystopia on Hulu. The Handmaid's Tale ended its run this week with an episode titled 'The Handmaid's Tale,' bringing June (Elisabeth Moss) full circle while also allowing Hulu to leave the door wide open for The Testaments, the upcoming series based on Margaret Atwood's 2019 sequel to her 1985 novel. Emotional punctuation took priority over narrative closure, which felt like the best and only choice. After last week's big revolutionary booms, including the airplane bomb that wiped out all of Boston's most powerful leaders, Gilead has fallen—in Boston, at least. The Handmaid's Tale has shown us glimpses of other parts of this changed country (notably season four's visit to Chicago), but it's temping to forget there's more to the fight than just the characters we have become well familiar with. 'The Handmaid's Tale' makes it clear there's still a long way to go; the rest of what was once America requires liberation, and Luke (O-T Fagbenle), Moira (Samira Wiley), and Tuello (Sam Jaeger), among others, plan to keep moving full speed ahead. Other characters face a different sort of uncertain future. Serena (Yvonna Strahovski) is once again a woman without a country; she obviously can't remain in Gilead, and Canada and the EU are non-options. She and Noah head to a UN refugee camp, lives still very much in limbo, though Serena has two important things giving her strength: she's a mother, and at long last she has June's sincere forgiveness. Battered but unbroken, Janine (Madeline Brewer) finally escapes from Gilead for good. Rather incredibly, she's also reunited with her daughter, thanks to the newly widowed (again) Naomi (Ever Carradine), who apparently had some good in her after all. Naomi and Aunt Lydia (Ann Dowd) remain in Gilead; Lydia, at least, will play a key role in The Testaments, which explains why we don't see too much of her in the finale. And though we get a pretty juicy moment of fan service in the return of Emily (Alexis Bledel), a much-loved character who abruptly left the show after season four—and we also see the arrival of June's mother (Cherry Jones) and young daughter, who've been in Alaska throughout season six—'The Handmaid's Tale' puts its focus squarely on June. She does a little mourning for Nick (Max Minghella), and while she and Luke don't exactly break up, there's a respectful understanding between them that they're on different paths moving forward. But they do still share one big missing piece: Hannah. In The Handmaid's Tale's first season, we saw Hannah ripped away from her parents as they tried to flee Gilead's child-hungry regime. As June endured rape and torture as a handmaid, her motivation to survive was getting her daughter back—something that also propelled her to stay in Gilead, as well as return there repeatedly, putting her own safety at great risk. It's been Hannah all along, so it's not surprising when June makes it clear to everyone—including her own weary mother—that rescue is still her top priority, along with staying in battle mode until Gilead is completely, fully dismantled: 'I'm not safe, and neither are you. And they are never going to stop coming for us.' But there's some narrative roadblocking here, since Hannah is a character in The Testaments. Though we get a key update (she's moved with her adoptive parents from Colorado to Washington, DC, meaning she's geographically closer at least), that longed-for reunion is not in the cards. Instead, The Handmaid's Tale finds a way for June to work through her grief and spread her message of fierceness and hope. Her mother and Luke both separately suggest that she should write down her experiences, leading to the meta last scene that sees June return to the bombed-out remains of the Waterford mansion, back to the room where she was confined as a handmaid, and start to dictate her thoughts. In 'The Handmaid's Tale,' The Handmaids Tale the show transforms into The Handmaid's Tale the book. It's a poignant and effective way to bring closure to this part of the story—as the fight, we're left to imagine, will continue to rage on. You can watch all six seasons of The Handmaid's Tale on Hulu. There's no premiere date set yet for The Testaments.
The Irish Sun
27-05-2025
- Entertainment
- The Irish Sun
Emmerdale signs up ANOTHER rival soap star for Nate's murder investigation
EMMERDALE has signed up ANOTHER rival soap star to appear in the show in a new role. Casualty star Amanda Ryan is going to play a police detective investigating Nate Robinson's murder and put the cat amongst the pigeons in the village. 2 Amanda Ryan (right) has joined Emmerdale to investigate Nate's murder Credit: ITV 2 Jaye Griffiths is also joining the cast as a new villain Credit: ITV She played Mel Sinclair in Casualty and has also appeared in Coronation Street, EastEnders and Doctors. The actress will make her debut in the coming weeks. The ITV soap has also snapped up esteemed actress Jaye Griffiths who has had major roles in Casualty, The Bill, Silent Witness and Doctors. And she's going to be playing a new villainous character who could prove problematic for farmer Moira Dingle. Read more on Emmerdale Viewers know Moira is in serious trouble and facing massive fines for her farm contaminating the water supply. And while it was John Sugden who framed Mackenzie Boyd for the crime , Moira's facing losing her beloved farm. So when a neighbouring farmer makes herself known, Moira's facing a huge crisis. Newcomer Ceilia calls to enquire if she can rent two of her fields, Moira is quick to shrug her off, but she clearly means business . Most read in Reality Celia's reputation precedes her as Moira isn't keen to deal with this woman, despite bad finances on her own farm. And soon when poor vet Paddy is brutally attacked and hospitalised by one of Celia's guard dogs we start to get the measure of her true colours from her reaction to the attack. Emmerdale killer John Sugden strikes again on wedding day to Aaron Dingle Producer Laura Shaw explains: 'We are absolutely delighted to have Jaye Griffiths joining us to play the role of Celia. 'Having recently taken over a nearby farm, not much is known about mysterious Celia's past before arriving on the outskirts of the village. 'While Celia has a tough edge with an air of respectability, the audience, and our villagers, will soon start to see what this woman is truly capable of.' Jaye explains: 'I was delighted to get this role - without giving the game away she is very different to anyone I have played before and I can't wait to really get into the heart of her storyline.' Celia is renting a neighbouring farm in Emmerdale from Kim Tate, but with the Bartons and Sugdens as farming families already well established within the community there is definitely conflict on its way.
