Many stores and skate shops are forced to lower their skate shoe inventory down to discount skate shoes. This is the result of the way stores must order and sell their skate shoe inventory in their stores and shops. When a skate shop orders a skate shoe, they cannot simply order two or three pairs. They are forced to order a full size run of the single pair of shoes. This is because when people go into their skate shops, they will pick out a pair of skate shoes that they like and they are relying on the skate shop to carry their particular skate shoe size.

If the skate shop doesn’t carry their size, it will reflect poorly on that skate shop. This is why skate shops release discount skate shoes a couple times per year, because they do not have a full size run for a pair of skate shoes, so they will discount the skate shoes so that it does not reflect poorly on the skate shop.