Retail's Strangest Bedfellows: Out-of-Place Items at Popular Stores

by Michele Lerner Jan 8th 2013 6:00AM

Michele Lerner is a contributing writer to The Motley Fool. The Motley Fool owns shares of Costco Wholesale. Motley Fool newsletter services recommend Costco Wholesale.

Mismatched pairs have been around for ages. Beauty falling in love with the Beast? Tony Bennett and Bono singing a duet? Lance Armstrong canoodling with Ashley Olsen? And back in the early 1990s, Ted Danson and Whoopi Goldberg? Odd couplings aren't limited to people. We've rounded up a few eyebrow-raising pairings we've seen at popular retailers. Chime in below with the weird mismatches you've seen.

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