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As a whole, Walker estimates factory stores — outlets where clothing can be sold at lower prices because of savings realized from decreased shipping and handling costs, as well as reducing the number of middlemen/salesmen and eliminating markups by retail dealers — have recovered about 20 percent of that one-third business lost to imports.
For instance, Walker said the outlet store in Dale City near Woodbridge has “done $20,000 weeks,” a pace that would gross the store $1 million annually if it could sustain that pace.
“You wouldn’t need too many of those to keep you in business,” Walker said.
The Flint Hill factory outlet is one of two stores (the other in Victoria) selling “slightly irregular” gar"W
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