> I'm struggling to see the point of department store clothing if they do nothing but mark up clothes You may or may not case based on your disclosure, but lot

> I'm struggling to see the point of department store clothing if they do nothing but mark up clothes You may or may not case based on your disclosure, but lots of brands have “outlet store” and “main store” versions of their clothes manufactured differently or with QC difference. Sometimes literally cheaper materials and sometimes simply “binning” of QC. Similarly, many brands of eg TVs will release shadow “holiday versions” of their TVs with worse warranties or lower quality specs meant to hit holiday sale prices (eg 50% off). Obviously iPhone 13 specs are know and won’t get away with it but Panasonic 65TDQ56P (made up SKU on a brand that does BF models)? If they subtly change the specs on the holiday version would you know even when shopping around?