Retail War Turns Clothing Stores Into a Monthly Arms Race

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Players choose among two sharply contrasted clothing retailers or a more neutral sandbox, then make monthly decisions about price, capacity, staffing, marketing, inventory, assortment, returns, promotion, and location. A 36-month run uses CAD and pits the player against an AI-operated rival. Each seed can alter demand, wages, tourism, quality shocks, and competitor behavior, while the dashboard separates accrual profit from cash flow and tracks measures such as loyalty, brand, returns, and profit per labour hour.