Allen,
Your mention of the garment industry reminded me of a part of it that is just the opposite. A company in far west Texas did the designer add-ons for several store and big name labels of clothing. Basically, they received crates of denim lady's shorts as one of the products. They'd add little beaded things or patches or lace or whatever in large batches. Then they'd go to the labeling room where some would get one label, others another. Several different labels would be used for these very same "designer" shorts, then get boxed up and shipped to stores as diverse as Macy's and KMart.
They were experienceing inventory shrinkage and we ended up recovering tens of thousands of dollars (retail value,of course) from several different flea market stalls where they were selling brands owned by Dillards, Macy's etc for less than K-Mart prices.