I am so glad you are having this discussion, I have been waiting for this one

Thank you ravelez. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask!

How to find an Outlet

As we stated before, there are outlet malls popping up all over the country. In some places, they even specialize. In Tennesee, there is an outlet mall that just consists of designer clothes. It is a great place to vist if you are looking for fancy clothes but you will not find the Hoover store there! Finding these are fairly easy. You can contact your states visitor's bureau and they will have pamphlets and such about these places. Usually, they are located right off of an interstate. If you are travelling in your car someplace, then you will almost always see billboards for outlet malls.

Sometimes, you can find a freestanding outlet store. These are not always as easy to find. They can be near a certain manufacturer and they sell items just of that manufacturer. Victoria's Secret, Longerberger Baskets and Escort Radar Detectors all have outlet stores. However, they are all located near the manufacturer plants. Coincidentally, they are all located in Ohio! So, if you live near that neck of the woods, you are in luck! You may have to do some driving, but you can get to all of them.

There are places that have more than one manufacturing plant and outlets near them. Tyson Chicken has those but you wouldn't be able to sell fresh chicken here!

You should also look around where you live for "discounter outlets". This is a new-ish trend. These are stores that will buy items wholesale and re-sell them at a significant discount to you. Near where we live is a lingere outlet. This store buys pallet loads from manufacturers and resells them cheaply. These places can be located anywhere and are usually a stand alone store.
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Let's start. I'm 50 minutes from an outlet mall--what Brand Stores (Nike etc) should I consider What should I look for

Well I know of a outlet mall but the prices there are just as high as in the regular mall. Now how can I compete on ebay with retail prices. There must be something i'm missing

Hi,
Can you define each category of outlet items (i.e. seconds, refurbished, catalog returns, overstock) and tell us how do you know which items are which when visiting a discount outlet store?

ravalez,

In my postings that I have coming up, I hope to answer your questions so I won't address that one right now, but after I finish my posts, please ask anything I have not answered.

Mommykit
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