Sample Sales typically occur on the last Friday of every month from 9a – 3p. The frequency usually picks up in the November and December months.

Why do brands have sample sales?

Sample sales are used by retail businesses in order to discard excess merchandise. Sometimes these samples have been used by agencies to sell products that they will distribute to local vendors. ... Some of the items sold at sample sales are from previous seasons, overstocked items, returned, or were never sold in stores.

What is a sample shoe sale?

These days the term “sample sale” is used freely when a brand is hosting a sale. What's become the norm are brands getting rid of overstock, including samples, but not exclusively actual samples [from the manufacturer] as it was done years ago.