Calling all Harry Potter fans: Poundland is now selling invisibility cloaks although you may want to hurry because they seem to be, er, disappearing quite fast.
The discount retailer has stocked its shelves with the cloaks as part of its Halloween range, paying tribute to the infamous cloak which featured JK Rowling’s Harry Potter series.
Many shoppers took to social media to praise the Poundland marketing team, while others showed excitement.
Mum- “They are selling invisibility cloaks in Poundland you know Marnie”
Me- “Can you get me one for Christmas”
Mum- “Yeah it’s just a coat hanger tho”
I’m absolutely fuming I fell for it Nel😭😂
— Marnss✨ (@MarnieStorey) October 13, 2019
Poundland trading director Tim Bettley joked that the item should have featured in stores last Halloween but his team had trouble locating the stock.
“We intended to trial this item last year, but couldn’t find it in the distribution centre,” he said.
“But now we’ve found it, we think our customers will see the value, if not the cloak.”
Hope they ask if you want to keep the hanger before they put it in the bag.
— Andy (@BWFCAndyG) October 11, 2019
Apparently Poundland actually sell invisibility cloaks for Halloween. Genius.
— John tumilty (@Johntum64) October 16, 2019
The cloaks will appear in Poundland’s London, Bristol, Salford, Newcastle, Leeds and Birmingham stores.
The new offering is part of the retailer’s largest Halloween range, which features 270 products available in stores across the country with the cheapest item prices at £1.
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3 Comments. Leave new
how much more plastic waste can these cheap stores get away with. pathetic. and add xmas too that too.
more useless plastic rubbish. i’m all for fun but this is pathetic. we need a serious mind shift change to better understanding about the environment. another generation lost to useless things and junk. when are we ever going to learn.
What exactly is fun about this? Shouldn’t it be ‘Friday idiotic one’?