Sales rise for shirts but not pants, likely because of video chats
It’s the business version of the mullet — business on the top, party on the bottom.
With so many people working from home in an effort to “flatten the curve” of the coronavirus pandemic, business is being conducted via video chats. The upside is no one can see what you’re wearing below the waist. The downside is everyone can see what you’re wearing on top.
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Walmart noticed an interesting trend this week, according to Yahoo Finance. Sales of tops have increased, but sales of pants haven't.
Those who participate in teleconferences apparently still want to look professional — at least from the waist up.
“In one of your previous segments you were talking about people with Zoom, and doing those types of conferencing. We’re seeing increased sales in tops, but not bottoms,” Dan Bartlett, Walmart’s executive vice president of corporate affairs, said on Yahoo Finance live Thursday.
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Twitter users are posting how working with no pants on is the one upside of the coronavirus pandemic.
There are some benefits to this working from home thing. #Suitsandshorts. pic.twitter.com/BSryywGn84
— Mike Petchenik (@MPetchenikWSB) March 26, 2020
I'm not mad at this working from home thing anymore, I just clocked an 8 hour shift with no pants on, so that's something
— Justin P3ck (@JustinPeck3) March 25, 2020
Working from home with a blouse and no pants for the video chats>>>>
— Sagitterrorist (@Omgshesperfect) March 25, 2020
The one thing I can say with certainty after three weeks of working from home is that after this is all over there’s gonna be no going back to real pants.
— Lauren Lavoie (@laurenlavoie) March 27, 2020
If you don’t live alone, though, you have to make sure everyone knows when you’re on a video call.
“Hey babe I think we got this working from home thing down 👍🏽”
— David Brymer (@davidbrymer) March 24, 2020
30 min later... pic.twitter.com/jwhRbNsU95
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Nancy Clanton is a lead producer for The AJC's platforms team, but also writes stories about health, travel, events and entertainment. A native of Knoxville and graduate of the University of Tennessee, she has worked at the AJC for 24 years.
