Festival Foods
A new foodcourt tenant heroically brings deepfried
Twinkies and other delicacies to shoppers
at Arizona Mills, the largest outlet and value
retail shopping destination in the state.
Little Labels
and 20 Below!
Two off-price retailers are planning to open as
many as 10 stores each in the outlet sector
this year as they focus on children’s apparel
and below-$20 price points for men’s and
women’s merchandise.
Consumer Snapshots
Fashion recovery depends, gasp, on women
who spend, and they’re doing their part for the
economy; luckily the rich are still going shopping
even though e-retail is wigging out consumers,
but not as much as tattooing does.
Fall Outlet Convention
In September, the VRN Fall Outlet Deal
Making moves back to Secaucus, N.J., with
an enhanced program on Monday, Sept.
27 and Tuesday, Sept. 28 at the Crowne
Plaza Hotel & Convention Center Secaucus-
Meadowlands.
