I don't know for sure but i would think it all depends on the condition . Maybe when sale items are returned that are not final sale they get sent to the outlets.

just my opinion.

Ps. why do you ask?

I just called my Gucci boutique and they said it just goes back into the regular inventory and is sold as new.

I was just wondering, because I know when returning other things like electronics, they don't jump back into the normal inventory right away.

I don't know if anything I've purchased there was previously returned and I bought it, but I would hate to have that happen. To me, that's not "new." Or, even worse, if someone exchanged a well-done fake? And that got sold as new?

i always wondered what would happen if someone exchanged a well-done fake. i think maybe their items go through their quality control department. thanks for updating us on what happens when they get returned.