The invention of the factory outlet store is often credited to Harold Alfond, founder of the Dexter Shoe Company.
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In 1974, Vanity Fair opened up the first multi-store outlet center in Reading, Pennsylvania.
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The "Weird Al" Yankovic comedy film UHF features an ad for a fictional outlet store called Spatula City that sells nothing but spatulas (most are of the "turner" variety, though examples of the "scraper" variety are visible in both the Graduation and Birthdays sections of the store in the ad).