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Outlet stores really have limited inventory and that is shown if you've ever compared a Gucci/Prada outlet store to a retail store. Outside of generic items, y
by iscoelho 7y ago
Outlet stores really have limited inventory and that is shown if you've ever compared a Gucci/Prada outlet store to a retail store.
Outside of generic items, you will rarely find any gems and also: the more expensive the brand, the more behind the season the outlet store is. They are really not the same as retail stores.
The outlet discount for those brands also rarely exceeds 50%. For some items, it doesn't even exceed 20-30%.
- jrs235 7y agoA lot of outlet stores have garments produced specifically for them. They never appear in the retail stores. The garments are produced with lower quality materials and lower quality controls and standards in order to keep the selling price point lower. Edit: The garment producers are basically just paying for licensing of the brand name and slapping a label on them.
- bsanr2 7y agoI wonder how much of this is true and how much of it is face-saving ops for any given party. It must be difficult to know for sure unless you're part of the supply chain.
- sct202 7y agoIt's pretty blatant at outlet stores when everything is available for the correct season and in a wide variety of sizes and colors.
- mns 7y agoThere was a documentary on a German public network where they investigated this and lab tested the garments and the quality of materials from the exact same brand from the flagship stores in the city vs the outlet products. Not all of the brands did this, but a lot of them used outlets to get rid of poor quality stuff, experimental product lines and a lot of low quality garments. In some cases, for Levi for example, they had a lot of styles that you could not even find in the normal retail stores.