overlap

Why is it that some shops have vast online catalogues of stuff that ain't in their shops? Not for the first time, I've been to a big out-of-town branch (not one of your poxy suburban half a shed-sized shops) with a very short list of items I want, and nothing on the list has come home with me. Not big, and not clever. On the other hand - and somewhere else too, naturally enough (((magic knickers))) - my sparkly impulse purchase knack hasn't quite failed me just yet. Now, about that cardigan...