Legal Question in Business Law in California

Your question may be a bit too industry-specific for the average business lawyer to address. What is a "sample sale" in the rag trade? To me, it conjures up notions of somewhat shopworn merchandise that has been in a traveling salesman's inventory for several months, and then is sold at a big discount, perhaps with the labels snipped off. I would say inquire of the sellers at the sample sales whether the sale is made subject to any restrictions on re-marketing. There may be, but I sure don't know. I do know, however, that high-end clothing designers and manufacturers are very fussy about who retails their trademarked items.