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Tailoring a Discount to Suit Your Wardrobe

Brooks Brothers clothing comes with a 15 percent discount

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Duke employees can get 15 percent off purchases at Brooks Brothers stores.

When Joanna Cole shops at Brooks Brothers with her husband, they head straight to the custom fitting section, where the sales associate greets the couple by name and pulls out a measuring tape and fabric swatches for shirts.

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Each year, Cole's husband, Ed, purchases up to three Brooks Brothers custom-fitted shirts at the store in Crabtree Valley Mall in Raleigh with the 15 percent corporate membership discount through PERQS, Duke’s employee discount program.

"When you are only five feet four inches tall, like Ed, it's almost impossible to find a dress shirt that fits well off the rack," said Cole, a clinical data specialist for the Duke Clinical Research Institute. 

Through the PERQS program, Duke faculty and staff can sign up for a Brooks Brothers corporate membership card that is valid for two years and offers 15 percent savings on all regularly priced merchandise online and in stores. The discount also provides access to periodic exclusive deals. To get the discount, employees must first enroll in the corporate membership program.

Cole's husband, who owns a pest control company, wears polo style shirts with his company logo at work. But he loves a tailored, 100 percent cotton shirt for church or when he goes out to eat.

"I started buying the best quality because I like how fine fabric feels," he said. "I used to cut grass and pick up bottles to reclaim the deposit money back in seventh grade just so I could buy my own clothes. When I discovered Brooks Brothers, it felt like rediscovering the shirts I bought when I was young."

He also appreciates the personal service from Lee Costa, the sales associate at Brooks Brothers.

"I started working with Lee about a decade ago and bought over a dozen shirts before we discovered the discount," he said. "Now, with getting 15 percent off each shirt, it's almost like getting a free shirt every so often."

The Duke employee discount program also offers savings on a variety of other stores, including a free coupon book for Carolina Premium Outlets and 20 percent off in-store purchases at Rockport at the Streets at Southpoint and Crabtree Valley Mall.