Remember 10 years ago when you could wake up to the scent of freshly cooked bacon every morning for just $40? Well, you can’t buy the bacon-scented alarm clock anymore…because it was both a health and safety hazard. But you can get a pair of birddogs shorts or joggers for the same price.
Fans of Male Standard will know how much our writers love birddogs, a men’s apparel company in NYC famous for selling shorts, pants, and polos with a built-in liner. The company is running its first ever mark down right now; shorts are down from $69 to $35-55, joggers from $118 to $55-$65, and bathing suits from $75 to $55.
As birddogs tells it in their weekly email blast, an ex-employee Gary ordered over 1 million extra units of inventory. Their bank was not too happy about that, so they gave the company an ultimatum: sell the excess inventory or raise equity.
birddogs is right to avoid raising equity. I mean, outside investors probably won’t let them shoot water guns on company time or dress up as aliens for ads. And they definitely won’t let them film an office rendition of Murder On The Dance Floor.
Personally, we don’t care why birddogs are discounted. We’re just happy to get more of their kick-ass clothes. Their loss, our gain.
Now might be a good time to try birddogs if you haven’t already – we don’t expect these guys to run another sale soon. We’d recommend starting out with the Coach Cockburns, our favorite gym shorts, and the Mark ‘Choo Choo’ Twains, our go-to loungewear.
As for birddogs…keep doing you, and good luck with the ‘ol bank.
