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In leaner times, thong sales soar

 
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Captain Corea



Joined: 28 Feb 2005
Location: Seoul

PostPosted: Sun Apr 12, 2009 5:39 pm    Post subject: In leaner times, thong sales soar Reply with quote

I thought some of you single peeps might appreciate this...

http://joongangdaily.joins.com/article/view.asp?aid=2903494
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In leaner times, thong sales soar

In these economic hard times, consumers are tightening their belts - and their underwear.

Sales of lingerie and thongs rose in the first quarter by 9.3 percent from the same period last year at all branches of Lotte Department Store, it said yesterday. In the first nine days of this month, sales shot up 12 percent on-year.

Total underwear sales at the department store�s headquarters in downtown Seoul were up just 1 or 2 percent in the first quarter. But sales of sexier underwear at the main store were 13 percent higher. As of Thursday lingerie sales were up 19 percent this month.

�The most popular underwear among young women is small thongs,� said Lee Hyang-nam, Lotte Department Store�s women casual merchandiser.

Hyundai Department Store is also enjoying a similar surge in lingerie sales. In January, lingerie sales were up 6 percent from last year, with growth of 7.5 percent in February and 9 percent in March.

The store said thong sales surged more than 50 percent on-year.

�Lingerie is flamboyant but compared to other fashion wear, it�s cheaper,� said Yum Ji-hoon, in charge of lingerie at Hyundai. �It seems that lingerie satisfies the desire to be fashionable in economic hard times.�

Lingerie sales at Shinsegae Department Store in the first nine days of this month were up 15 percent from last year. The retailer said particularly slim or casual lingerie were popular among consumers, as people spend more time at home in this economy.

Very Happy
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harlowethrombey



Joined: 17 Mar 2009
Location: Seoul

PostPosted: Sun Apr 12, 2009 5:43 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

finally, some good news Very Happy
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seoulsucker



Joined: 05 Mar 2006
Location: The Land of the Hesitant Cutoff

PostPosted: Sun Apr 12, 2009 6:04 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Nice.

It hurts when you get a fine young thing alone, only to discover she's sporting a set of briefs that belong on a a nursing home patient.
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HapKi



Joined: 10 Dec 2004
Location: TALL BUILDING-SEOUL

PostPosted: Sun Apr 12, 2009 6:34 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

"economic hard times."
classic
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Xuanzang



Joined: 10 Apr 2007
Location: Sadang

PostPosted: Sun Apr 12, 2009 6:49 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I thought only granny underwear was in here.
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poet13



Joined: 22 Jan 2006
Location: Just over there....throwing lemons.

PostPosted: Sun Apr 12, 2009 7:40 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I got a shock this weekend at Emart with my family. A gaggle of leggy (maybe as old as) 15 year old girls was in front of us on the escalator. One knelt to tie her shoe. She was sporting a high riding blue thong. My son noticed. "Pappa, why is her mmf..mff...mmffff (my hand over his mouth)
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zpeanut



Joined: 12 Mar 2008
Location: Pohang, Korea

PostPosted: Sun Apr 12, 2009 7:46 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

thong and jean look = wrong..

http://media.photobucket.com/image/thong%20showing/nappiejean/lowriders.jpg
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Smee



Joined: 24 Dec 2004
Location: Jeollanam-do

PostPosted: Sun Apr 12, 2009 8:02 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

The good news: young Korean women are wearing thongs more often.

The bad news: young Korean men are wearing thongs more often.

Well, they do come in a couple set.
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Leslie Cheswyck



Joined: 31 May 2003
Location: University of Western Chile

PostPosted: Sun Apr 12, 2009 8:11 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

zpeanut wrote:
thong and jean look = wrong..

http://media.photobucket.com/image/thong%20showing/nappiejean/lowriders.jpg


Maybe, maybe.
But not not as wrong as this. Arrow http://media.photobucket.com/image/thong%20showing/dragonfires5_2008/Chainz_20790.gif?o=23
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Xuanzang



Joined: 10 Apr 2007
Location: Sadang

PostPosted: Sun Apr 12, 2009 10:58 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Smee wrote:
The good news: young Korean women are wearing thongs more often.

The bad news: young Korean men are wearing thongs more often.

Well, they do come in a couple set.


DURRRRRRRRTY
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Michelle



Joined: 18 May 2003

PostPosted: Sun Apr 12, 2009 11:05 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Xuanzang wrote:
Smee wrote:
The good news: young Korean women are wearing thongs more often.

The bad news: young Korean men are wearing thongs more often.

Well, they do come in a couple set.


DURRRRRRRRTY


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Michelle



Joined: 18 May 2003

PostPosted: Sun Apr 12, 2009 11:05 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Leslie Cheswyck wrote:
zpeanut wrote:
thong and jean look = wrong..

http://media.photobucket.com/image/thong%20showing/nappiejean/lowriders.jpg


Maybe, maybe.
But not not as wrong as this. Arrow http://media.photobucket.com/image/thong%20showing/dragonfires5_2008/Chainz_20790.gif?o=23


Scariest thing I saw all day... Razz
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TheUrbanMyth



Joined: 28 Jan 2003
Location: Retired

PostPosted: Sun Apr 12, 2009 11:12 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Leslie Cheswyck wrote:
zpeanut wrote:
thong and jean look = wrong..

http://media.photobucket.com/image/thong%20showing/nappiejean/lowriders.jpg


Maybe, maybe.
But not not as wrong as this. Arrow http://media.photobucket.com/image/thong%20showing/dragonfires5_2008/Chainz_20790.gif?o=23



Ahhhh...my eyes! My eyes!!!
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