Ahh, the good old days when “outlet stores” were truly cheaper. In high school (late ‘60s), there was an alpaca sweater outlet store near my house. Mostly seconds, but man the deals...$10-15 for v-necks. Still have one or two around. Then there was the hugely popular Creighton Shirt Outlet in Reidsville, NC..1½ hours drive....early ‘70s. Seconds again...but they were making these shirts in the building NEXT DOOR! Cheap...I’d buy 8-10 a trip.
Back in the early 70s i had the Stetson national warehouse store near St Joe, MO. Some great buys on their top stuff.
I remember that. Sweaters for the entire extended family for Christmas. Even K-Mart, S. Kleins and other discount department stores up until the 70s had great deals. There was a wonderful women's clothing outlet place in Hagerstown, MD called L'Aiglon that was a quickly slapped together building on a bare bulldozed lot with shower curtains over the cinder block fitting rooms. I got exquisitely well-made dresses there when I was still a "sample size"! Eventually that site has morphed into a massive, fully built-out Premium Outlet mall with the ususal suspects: Bass, Ann Taylor, Under Armor, North Face, etc.
These days, the only discount store I still go to expecting an actual discount is Ollie's. Even they have gotten expensive since the plandemic.