I think there's a bit more to it than that. Women's clothes probably represent more risk. Women buy a lot more clothes anyway and care more about fashion, whi

I think there's a bit more to it than that. Women's clothes probably represent more risk. Women buy a lot more clothes anyway and care more about fashion, which changes a lot. Men's clothes, on the other hand, barely change at all and are usually extremely boring. Men's formal clothes haven't changed substantially in well over a century, and men's casual clothes basically amount to "jeans and a t-shirt". Because of this, women's clothes have higher risk: they may or may not sell before they're "old" and "out of style". So they have a higher price tag to get enough profit on the things that do sell. Then all the stuff that doesn't sell gets its priced slashed in a "closeout" sale to 50-90% off, or it gets shipped off to another store (like Nordstrom Rack, TJ Maxx, Ross, etc.) where it's sold for a fraction of its original price. You just don't see too much of that with men's clothing. (If you go to one of the above stores and look at the men's section, you'll mostly just find a bunch of crappy t-shirts.)