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Come to think of it, I did purchase spring clothes two months ago. A White linen shirt, several floral pheasant tops, denim shirt, navy spring jacket khakis, and pants in carnation pink and mint green.
Looks like Spring 2019 turned out to be better than expected. Not as good as 2018, but still good. I have actually bought quite a few items this season (including chino shorts in three colors), and I think I have actually probably just made my final Spring 2019 purchase just before the season ends (appears to be a Stein Mart exclusive item in my favorite shade of pink).
In other words, they're aligned with the typical United States fiscal calendar. Makes sense, since clothing manufacturers and vendors are businesses.
1st quarter (1Q) ("winter") = 1 October - 31 December
2Q ("spring") = 1 January - 31 March
3Q ("summer") = 1 April - 30 June
4Q ("fall") = 1 July - 30 September
That's the standard federal government fiscal calendar which is widely adopted as a de facto standard by companies doing business in the United States, though there can be some variation sometimes. So from your description it sounds like they follow a slightly modified form of it. This is similar to the plan most quarterly magazines (well, at least "2600" does) follow.
I am just getting ready to buy spring/summer clothes but according to this calendar I am too late and winter clothes will be here in a month. They should move the seasons by one quarter. Atleast in Midwest Winter is JAN-MAR not OCT/DEC (that is fall).
Q1 - Fall, Q2 - Winter, Q3 - Spring, Q4 - Summer .. that is how I shop
And as far as fashion companies go, most start their fiscal year in February, where Q1 is February-April, Q2 is May-July, Q3 is August-October, and Q4 is November-January. This puts the transitional months of July and January at the end of Q2 and Q4, respectively, since those are the months that stores usually start putting their end-of-season sales for the spring/summer and fall/winter collections, respectively.
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