Outlet Stores Are In: How They Went from Overstock Bins to Au Courant
Filed under: Nordstrom, Saks, Retail, Shopping
At Coach’s (COH) outlet stores, a whopping 85% of the merchandise is made specifically for “factory consumers,” featuring current-season merchandise, as opposed to goods from prior seasons, says a spokeswoman for the high-end handbag company.
Meanwhile, outlet chain Nordstrom Rack (JWN), which will double its store base by 2016, calls on the same clothing suppliers that can be found at its tony department stores — Kate Spade, Hugo Boss, Vera Wang — to whip up similar on-trend styles of the…
Outlet Stores Are In: How They Went from Overstock Bins to Au Courant originally appeared on DailyFinance.com on 2012-09-18T14:12:00Z.
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