'Pop-up' stores are becoming an overnight sensation

[snopes]

For most retail stores, staying in business for only a few days would be considered a major flop.

But a growing number of merchants are opening shops and abruptly shutting them down soon after -- on purpose.

These quickie retail operations -- known as pop-ups -- are showing up around the nation, filling in the gaps at recession-battered shopping centers for a fraction of the regular rents.

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-f...,6635106.story

[Auntie Witch]

There's a clothing reseller that comes around four or five times a year that is always crowded when they make an appearance. They have a bit of an extra gimmick: They stay for ten days, and the first day, everything in the store is $10, the next day, it's $9, and so on. I had to quit going because I found myself easily dropping a hundred dollars or more each time they came around.

[Not_Done_Living]

There is a toy store in my area that does this..

They Open for the March Break (5 days), and then just before christmas (20 days) selling toys for superlow prices.

Some of the toys are knock offs, some of them are brand name, but the lineups (even in the Toronto Winter) are huge.. it could take 1 hour to get into the store, and then another hour to check out.