Over ten thousand years ago Neolithic humans invented the wheel. In the late 19th Century Thomas Edison invented the lightbulb. But in the 1930s, we saw the rise of one of the greatest inventions the human mind has ever developed. The outlet store. Originally conceived as a means to sell off damaged or misconstructed merchandise (sometimes referred to as “irregular”), the almighty outlet store has become synonymous with premium brand names at affordable prices. And while many outlet stores can still provide irregular products at wildly discounted rates, these days nearly all outlet stores can also offer top of the…