I regret the passing of Tie Rack
for non-Brits benefit, Tie Rack was a chain of small tie shops based in railway[railroad] underground, metro and bus stations, airports, and similar high footfall transit locations
I often travelled a couple of hours to work only to find that I'd forgotten a tie, so went into Tie Rack and bought the absolute cheapest tie they had, preferably the least appropriate or most revolting they had in stock.
depressingly, and I got some absolute shockers, nobody ever complained about my neckwear - British reserve I guess
