What Do They Do with It?

[exlurker]

I've wondered about this for years and thought some GCers must know:

What do stores do with all of those Christmas / holiday "specially packaged" items that aren't sold? You know, the perfume/lotion sets, the aftershave / deodorant sets, the wallet/keychain sets, the special packs of socks and underwear, and so on?

A lot of that stuff just sits there, even through the after-Christmas sales, so what eventually happens to it?

[uksparkle]

At the store where I'm working we break up the gift sets and sell the items individually.

[blueangel]

Companies such as Clinique and Lancome sell these unsold promotional sets and their "gift with purchase" to outlet stores who in turn sell them at a great bargain. Instead of buying an item you don't need just to get the bag full of goodies, you can just buy the bag of goodies!