You see, most clothing retailers even today function on a seasonal model with huge production runs, and towards the end of each season they heavily discount the clothes they didn't manage to sell.

你看，即使在今天，大多数服装零售商的运作模式也是季节性的，生产量很大，每个季节快结束时，他们都会对自己没能卖出的衣服大打折扣。