It's the shop owners/buyers who make the decisions for their shops, based on their understanding of the market place. The clearance corner often shows what doesn't go over well...
That's why our LQS each have a feeling and flavor and I know if I want batiks I should go to this one, or that one is the place to go for 30s or whatever.
Edit: Sometimes a line is more popular than they think, but there is a long lead time and it isn't quite as simple to just print another thousand yards, and maybe there is only enough market for really a couple hundred yards. So sometimes the print gets reissued for the next year, either exactly or if a "premium" line before, perhaps a slightly different dye set (those registration dots on some selvedges). But every year, just like in the fashion industry colors and trends are changing.
Last edited by Iceblossom; 10-24-2020 at 07:58 AM.