Off-price retail in downtown San Diego's core shopping district anchors at Ross Dress for Less on C Street, where brand-name apparel, footwear, and home goods rotate through the sales floor weekly. Operating under the chain's packaway buying model since 1996 in the 92101 zip code, this location rotates men's, women's, and children's inventory at 20 to 60 percent below department-store pricing, producing steady garment-care volume for nearby services like Shelton Cleaners. The two-level sales floor covers apparel across dress, casual, and athletic categories plus footwear, accessories, and home-goods departments, all sourced from manufacturer overstock and past-season closeouts. Rotating designer and casual-brand selections frequently require hemming, waist adjustments, and sleeve shortening after purchase, fitting work handled by alteration specialists like Sante Tailoring nearby. The activewear section stocks performance fabrics meeting ASTM D3775 woven-density and ASTM D5034 tensile-strength standards, moving manufacturer-surplus technical textiles through the off-price pipeline to the downtown retail floor.