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A keen-eyed Reddit poster noticed something fishy about a towel display at Bed, Bath & Beyond.
While real towels are wisely kept within the average shopper's reach, store designers use a pretty neat trick to make super-high shelves look fully stocked––by layering single sheaths over stacks of foam rolls (see photo at right).
A commenter who apparently worked for the ubiquitous retail chain said this is nothing out of the ordinary:
"[sic] They do this at every bed bath and beyond. We have the towels out back, we actually do it to prevent them from getting really bad crease marks and dust."
When it comes to luring customers, appearance is a huge piece of the puzzle for retailers.
What other explanation could there be for the rise of "man aisles" and so-called "laboratories" chain stores like the Gap use to test out new layouts on shoppers?
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Mandi Woodruff Editor Mandi edited the personal finance vertical for Business Insider until October 2013. Before joining BI, she covered breaking legal news for Law360.com, was a research editor at Reader's Digest, and reported on education in her home state of Georgia.Her work has appeared in Yahoo! Finance, Daily Finance, The Wall Street Journal, The Fiscal Times, The Christian Science Monitor and the Financial Times, among others. Read more Read lessncG1vNJzZmivp6x7o8HSoqWeq6Oeu7S1w56pZ5ufonypu9ZmmZ6cXZeutbSMmqWdZZKaxrC6w2akmqOVqHq0tMSlrZ6rXaW2pMDUq5xmqJWns6av02ZpaWliYoQ%3D