How to sell laundry detergent: stick a "limit 2 per customer" sign on it

[muriel_volestrangler]

Fred Clark at Slacktivist mainly blogs about liberal Christianity, but his day job is at a Big Box "home improvement center**". In a footnote on how it's been:

* Pro-tip: Most Big Box stores have overnight freight teams that work Monday through Friday. That means new product hits the shelves in the mornings Tuesday through Saturday. If you’re looking for toilet paper — or, if you’re really hoping to get lucky, disinfecting wipes — your best bet is to check early mornings on any of those days. Unlike groceries, supermarkets, and pharmacies, we don’t yet have designated early morning hours for seniors and other at-risk customers. But call ahead first.

By the way, just to see what would happen, I stuck one of those “Limit 2 per customer” signs on a display of otherwise normal-selling laundry detergent. It was gone by the next day. Fascinating.

** If the difference between “hardware store” and “home improvement center” sounds like the difference between “local church” and “mega-church,” that’s because it is.

https://www.patheos.com/blogs/slacktivist/2020/04/23/life-during-wartime-this-aint-no-disco/