Shops also enjoy _insane_ margins on clothing relative to any other retail line (except maybe cosmetics.) On average, 50% of the retail price is markup by the r

Shops also enjoy _insane_ margins on clothing relative to any other retail line (except maybe cosmetics.) On average, 50% of the retail price is markup by the retailer. Clothing has a lot of issues that make in harder to sell (in particular, the need to carry a range of colors and sizes for each product makes inventory less efficient) but that's not enough to justify those kinds of margins. It's an industry ripe to be picked off by more efficient operators.