Jun 17, 2026 · 26 min · 14 segments
Outlet shopping has come a long way from its origins as a place for manufacturers to sell excess inventory. Today, consumers are looking for much more than a deal, and Tanger is evolving alongside…
Bill ThorneHost
I mean, you have certainly have been on that side of it, but, you know, retail is the business.
You look at where we are today and where we've been, and, and we can talk a lot about where we're going, and I know that we're gonna have to somehow weave AI into it.
But where do you think retail is today? I mean, in terms of its health and its growth.
And their ecosystem, in order for a retailer to be successful today, you know, they're selling into department stores, they've got an online presence, they've got a full-price street and mall presence, and then they also have that off-price or discount presence.
And that ecosystem is critically important to the brand and the brand's evolution and the brand's survival because whether it's sell through their full-price channel and clear through their discount channel or meet a new customer through the discount channel that they might never have met in the full-price channel, that ecosystem's critically important, and the top retailers that we talk about today play in all of those different verticals along that, uh, ecosystem.
I mean, you have certainly have been on that side of it, but, you know, retail is the business.
You look at where we are today and where we've been, and, and we can talk a lot about where we're going, and I know that we're gonna have to somehow weave AI into it.
But where do you think retail is today? I mean, in terms of its health and its growth.
And their ecosystem, in order for a retailer to be successful today, you know, they're selling into department stores, they've got an online presence, they've got a full-price street and mall presence, and then they also have that off-price or discount presence.
And that ecosystem is critically important to the brand and the brand's evolution and the brand's survival because whether it's sell through their full-price channel and clear through their discount channel or meet a new customer through the discount channel that they might never have met in the full-price channel, that ecosystem's critically important, and the top retailers that we talk about today play in all of those different verticals along that, uh, ecosystem.
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