LPT: Reminder that outlet stores often sell lower quality…
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LPT: Reminder that outlet stores often sell lower quality versions of their products
This was a great expose a few years ago
>The quality of products at outlets varies widely. Remember, this stuff was largely made just to be sold cheaply. So they're going to cut corners," says Ellwood.
* "In some cases, we do utilize different fabrics or adjust design details to maintain a more reasonable price point," J. Crew said in a statement. "We always make sure to preserve the quality and design integrity that you would expect from J.Crew."
* Banana Republic outlet stores don't sell any product from its retail stores.
* Generally, our manufactured-for-outlet product will be less embellished — using less overall hardware and/or simpler hardware, may not have an exterior pocket, or may have a narrower gusset, may have a simpler (non-branded) lining, or may use a flat versus tumbled leather — compared to the retail bag that inspired it."
>Once you get beyond about five clearance stores, unless you've got a huge problem and that's not a good thing, you can't fill the stores all the time, so then you need another source," she says.
>*Marketplace* found items in outlet stores made with less durable leathers and different fabrics than the comparable products sold at the retail stores.
#lifestyle
This was a great expose a few years ago
>The quality of products at outlets varies widely. Remember, this stuff was largely made just to be sold cheaply. So they're going to cut corners," says Ellwood.
* "In some cases, we do utilize different fabrics or adjust design details to maintain a more reasonable price point," J. Crew said in a statement. "We always make sure to preserve the quality and design integrity that you would expect from J.Crew."
* Banana Republic outlet stores don't sell any product from its retail stores.
* Generally, our manufactured-for-outlet product will be less embellished — using less overall hardware and/or simpler hardware, may not have an exterior pocket, or may have a narrower gusset, may have a simpler (non-branded) lining, or may use a flat versus tumbled leather — compared to the retail bag that inspired it."
>Once you get beyond about five clearance stores, unless you've got a huge problem and that's not a good thing, you can't fill the stores all the time, so then you need another source," she says.
>*Marketplace* found items in outlet stores made with less durable leathers and different fabrics than the comparable products sold at the retail stores.
#lifestyle
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