Yes. Cheaper to buy, but harder to sell. Experienced fashion retailers (and wholesalers/"manufacturers") have crazy detailed models to buy exactly what they sho

Yes. Cheaper to buy, but harder to sell. Experienced fashion retailers (and wholesalers/"manufacturers") have crazy detailed models to buy exactly what they should sell and very little more. Demand velocity based mostly, and when done well, sliced by category/range. Unsold stuff usually goes through a bulk shredder - some of the more ethical ones send it to charity. What you see in outlets and seconds stores is usually made specifically for those outlets. I got very jaded after a decade of watching the madness, left a few months back.