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Clothing Store Career
April 25, 2026 at 03:35 PM
Remove CONNECT Store reference (CONNECT is a real-world CC marketplace, not an in-game store)
The Clothing Store Career is a confirmed but unreleased active career path for inZOI. Zois will work at clothing stores running the floor, helping customers, and managing inventory. The career was named explicitly in Director Hyungjun Kim's April 17, 2026 community letter as one of the features prepared but not yet ready to ship. As of April 25, 2026, the career is in active development and has not yet shipped on the live build (v0.7.5).
Component | Description |
|---|---|
Active Career Type | Players control their Zoi during shifts at the store rather than relying on a rabbit-hole abstraction. |
Retail Workplace | Dedicated clothing store lots will be added to at least one city. Existing the city's clothing store sub-banner branding may carry into the storefront. |
Customer Service Loop | Greeting customers, recommending outfits, ringing up purchases, and restocking shelves. Similar in structure to the existing convenience store and surf shop active careers. |
Promotion Path | Multiple ranks; specific salaries not yet announced. |
Possible Business Ownership Tie-In | The v0.5.0 business system already supports nine business types. Whether clothing stores become a tenth business owners can run is not yet confirmed. |
the city's clothing store is the existing in-game commercial brand. The Clothing Store Career may interface with the city's clothing store stock and inventory.
Clothing lists current outfits. The career will surface those items at retail.
Furniture Store Career is a structurally similar live career and likely shares retail mechanics.
Convenience Store Career is another reference point for the cashier and stocking flow.
Date | Status |
|---|---|
March 26, 2026 | Clothing Store Career first hinted at in the v0.7.0 anniversary update preview materials. |
April 17, 2026 | Confirmed by name in the community letter as a feature prepared but not yet ready to ship. |
April 24, 2026 | Confirmed deferred past May 2026 along with the Hair Stylist Career and several other in-development systems. |
Current target | Not specified. Bundled with the next major content patch. |
Whether stores will sell only player-purchased outfits or include unique career-only stock.
Tip and commission mechanics, if any.
Cross-promotion with the the city's clothing store and the in-game shopping app.
Player-ownable business support (i.e., whether Zois can run their own clothing store).
Salon and clothing store overlap (some upcoming retail roles share styling and recommendation mechanics).
Hair Stylist Career is a parallel deferred career. Furniture Store Career is the most structurally similar live retail career. Convenience Store Career covers cashier and stocking flow. the city's clothing store details the in-game commercial brand. Business covers the player-owned business framework. 2026 Roadmap tracks delivery status. April 2026 Update provides the deferral context.
