Where I grew up (central Florida), we admittedly joked that it was “the land of outlet malls.” We passed outlet malls driving to the beach, driving on the highway, there were outlet malls seemingly in every town and off every major highway interchange.
So if there were this many all over the place – are they all actually giving me a good deal on clothes or other things? Or is it basically just the same as buying clothes on sale from a standard retailer’s sale section of their store or website?
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Originally, outlet malls sold excess, out of season, or prior year styles at discounts and were typically located on the outskirts of metro areas, as to not directly compete with or cannibalize stores selling full-priced apparel.
Today though, it’s kind of hit or miss. Like others have said, many retailers now make apparel specifically for sale at outlets that are not the same as you’d find at their standard retail, so the answer it that it really just depends. If the outlet is located in (or in the immediate vicinity) of a major city, it almost certainly is not a “true” outlet.
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