Kohl's is a troubled company in a troubled business segment. Having excess inventory is certainly a symptom of that and they're not alone with the problem. Look for Kohl's to downsize and reduce its number of locations like so many others are doing.

Unsold clothes do not go to landfills, they're sold to inventory liquidators and/or directly to the so-called high discount retailers. When your friend tells you they found some brand at a 75% discount at some store, that's likely how it found its way there.

grew up knowing that Kohl's would be Taco Bell one day ... [Demolition Man]

IMPE, Kohls has been jamming their racks to bursting since well before the pandemic. At least the one here's been like that. I was under the impression they did that on purpose.

There is a general glut of apparel these days as well - way more being produced than can be reasonably consumed.

Just my take. Many years ago, the buyers knew what they were doing! As a petite, shopping in a store was always a challenge, but Lord and Taylor and Macy’s were my go- to.

I saw over the years that that was no longer the case. Odd styles and selections, no more classic basics.

The buyers became out of touch with what the general population needed.

I rarely find anything in the store, but I have a few from Kohl’s I bought online.

I was happy to see that Ann Taylor, Loft and Talbot’s are now under a new company called KnitWell.

Elmer, true that some excess does find its way on down the market, but a lot of it piles up in small mountains of waste.

Even if every last bit of it gets sold and carried home, it still ends up in the landfill . Where else would it possibly go? Folks in the poor nations dont need this nonsense stuff that so much of it is. So much of it is trashy fabric, trashy style and of no real use to anyone. Eventually, it all goes to the trash, all of it!!! It may take a month, or a year, or five years, but it all goes there,

regardless. These are not durable goods. This is highly disposable fast fashion , for the most part.

Kohls probably will change their selling format.

There is much change coming to us, on so many fronts. Some of the change is going to bring some make or break challenges, across all of our lives . I predict a tsunami of chaos and conflict is coming and shopping for cheap fashions at Kohls might not be an issue.

No retailer intentionally buys more than they hope is necessary to achieve the sales they want to have. It's a fine balance, having enough so that shoppers find what they want to buy and not having too much such that there's too much unsold excess. That's an expensive mistake.

Every retailer has a target market. You can be sure that whatever Kohls offers for sale are goods they believe their targeted market segment customers will want to buy.

I'm not sure why you're fixated on clothing winding up in landfills. You're free to choose to buy or not buy what you want and can afford and others can do the same.

Not a fan of Kohls. I used to shop there but if you google the price of something somewhere else while shopping you can find things much cheaper somewhere else. I did used to buy their l t-shirts, though. They used to be much thicker than other women's t-shirts. I really hate the super thin, see-through, cling to your body ones they seem to sell everywhere now. I've now gotten to where if I want a good cotton t-shirt I will buy them while traveling. They usually have good quality, thick t-shirts with normal length sleeves in gift shops that are made of cotton. They're more expensive but better than buying some garbage you don't like.

Kohl’s to feel feels like cheap offerings but not cheap prices!

We like their towels, The Big One. I have also bought scatter rugs.

I've always loved Kohl's table cloths.

I haven't shopped at Kohls in years. I got tired of the markups then sale game that they and some other retailers played. Then the poor quality of much of their merchandise sealed the deal for me.

25 years ago even, our Kohl’s was always a mess. But, it was the place to get Amanda jeans, inexpensive tees that lasted except they shrunk, and Kohl’s, Lord&Taylor, and Talbots were and are the only convenient source for petites.

Khol's don't have working man clothing and I can't find real working man shirts anywhere and why it's going down hill. Real men shopping for shirts will also buy other man stuff and Khol's does not understand diversifying product inventory. If they had the shirt I wanted I'd buy it and also grab a couple bags of real black licorice, maybe a new pocket protector and I'm always looking for a better multifunctional pock tool, the one I have now only has 10 functions, these are the things Khol's needs to sell.

Tried a goodwill last week and nothing but cheap synthetic fibers a soft hand white color worker would wear like an accountant or a school boy and just like at khol's have. I did buy a couple of cool kitchen utensils but they didn't have licorice. All these sissy shirts wouldn't last me a day of welding, grinding or working on a car and are terrible when chopping wood. Know what happens if a flame or spark hits a polyester shirt? You'd be picking out melted plastic along with the skin.

Found out today there is a Duluth Trading Company store 10 miles from me and plan on doing some shirt shopping tonight. I'll pay higher prices for good shirts and with luck they'll have some real black licorice, I bet the place will be packed full of people.