Njengoko abathengi befuna intuthuzelo, iisuti "zokusebenzela ekhaya" zifika ezitalatweni ngendlela yefashoni

Iisuti zelaphu ezilukiweyo zikaMarks & Spencer zibonisa ukuba isitayile seshishini esikhululekileyo sinokuqhubeka sikho
Ivenkile yasezitalatweni ilungiselela ukuqhubeka nokusebenza ekhaya ngokuvelisa iipakeji "zokusebenza ekhaya".
Ukususela ngoFebruwari, uphendlo lwempahla esesikweni eMarks and Spencer lunyuke ngama-42%. Le nkampani iqalise isuti eqhelekileyo eyenziwe ngejezi eyolukileyo, edibene nejakethi esesikweni enamahlombe athambileyo kwaye eneneni yimpahla yezemidlalo. Iibhulukhwe "ezikrelekrele" zeebhulukhwe.
UKaren Hall, iNtloko yoYilo lweeMpahla zaMadoda kwi-M&S, uthe: “Abathengi bafuna umxube wezinto ezinokunxitywa eofisini kwaye zinike intuthuzelo kunye nesitayile esikhululekileyo abasiqhelileyo emsebenzini.”
Kwinyanga ephelileyo kwaxelwa ukuba iinkampani ezimbini zaseJapan zikhuphe uhlobo lwazo lwempahla ye-WFH: “iisuti zepajama.” Inxalenye ephezulu yesuti eyenziwe yiWhat Inc ijongeka njengehempe emhlophe ehlaziyayo, ngelixa inxalenye esezantsi ijongeka ngathi yijogger. Olu luguqulelo olugqithisileyo apho umthungi uya khona: i-digitalloft.co.uk ibika ukuba ukusukela ngoMatshi kunyaka ophelileyo, igama elithi “impahla yasekhaya” likhangelwe izihlandlo ezingama-96,600 kwi-Intanethi. Kodwa ukuza kuthi ga ngoku, umbuzo wokuba inguqulelo yaseBritane iza kujongeka njani usahleli.
“Njengoko iindlela zokuthunga ezikhululekileyo ziba ‘ziindlela ezintsha zobuchule’, sinethemba lokubona amalaphu athambileyo naqhelekileyo ezisa izitayile ezikhululekileyo,” ucacise watsho uHall. Ezinye iimpawu ezifana neHugo Boss zibone utshintsho kwiimfuno zabathengi. “Ukuzonwabisa kuya kuba yinto ebaluleke ngakumbi,” utshilo u-Ingo Wilts, igosa eliyintloko lophawu lweHugo Boss. Ukhankanye ukwanda kokuthengiswa kwee-hoodies, iibhulukhwe zokujoga kunye nee-T-shirts (uHarris uphinde wathi ukuthengiswa kweehempe zepolo ze-M&S “kwande ngaphezu kwesithathu” kwiveki yokugqibela kaFebruwari). Ngenxa yesi sizathu, iHugo Boss kunye neRussell Athletic, uphawu lwempahla yezemidlalo, bavelise uhlobo oluphezulu lwesuti yeMarks & Spencer: iibhulukhwe ezinde zokujoga ezisebenza njengesuti kunye nejakethi yesuti ethambileyo kunye neebhulukhwe. “Sidibanisa ezona zinto zibalaseleyo kuzo zombini,” utshilo.
Nangona siziswe apha ukuze sisebenze sisuka ekhaya, imbewu yeseti ye-hybrid yatyalwa ngaphambi kweCovid-19. UChristopher Bastin, umlawuli woyilo kaGant, uthe: “Ngaphambi kobhubhane, izithunzi kunye neemilo zazichaphazeleke kakhulu ziimpahla zasesitalatweni nangeminyaka yoo-1980, nto leyo enika (iisuti) umoya okhululekileyo nokhululekileyo.” UWilts uvumile: “Kwanangaphambi kobhubhane, iingqokelela zethu ziye zaguquka zaba ziindlela ezingaqhelekanga, zihlala zidityaniswa nezinto ezenziwe ngokwezifiso.”
Kodwa abanye, abafana nomthungi wempahla waseSaville Street uRichard James, owayila iimpahla zeNkosana uWilliam, bakholelwa ukuba kusekho imakethi yokuthengisa iimpahla.iisuti zesintu“Uninzi lwabathengi bethu lujonge phambili ekunxibeni iisuti zabo kwakhona,” utshilo umsunguli uSean Dixon. “Le yimpendulo yokunxiba iimpahla ezifanayo yonke imihla kangangeenyanga eziliqela. Ndive kubathengi bethu abaninzi ukuba xa benxibe ngokufanelekileyo, basebenza ngcono kakhulu kwihlabathi lezoshishino.”
Nangona kunjalo, xa sicinga ngekamva lomsebenzi nobomi, umbuzo uhlala uhleli: Ngaba kukho umntu onxibe isuti eqhelekileyo ngoku? “Bala ukuba ndinxibe malini kunyaka ophelileyo?” utshilo uBastin. “Impendulo ngokuqinisekileyo nguhayi.”