According to WWD, Net-a-Porter, the online fashion site famous for its designer goods, will open its online discount outlet, www.outnet.com, sometime next month. Could it be an opportunistic move in this awful economy, or they could have been planning it for awhile, and have impeccable timing? Either way, it's a site worth checking out. After discovering fab deals at invite-only sites like Gilt Groupe and Rue La La (could someone please send me an invite at thoughtsonstyle@gmail.com for Rue La La?), I have turned mostly to the internet for clothing deals. Let's hope this site gives us one more reason to shop online.
Hey to answer your wonderment; I found a quote from a rep that basically they've been hoping to do this for a while, but pushed it to the forefront recently because of the economy. I blogged about it yesterday so it's a few posts down the page (on Fabulista).