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Re: Outlet Mall Locations?
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lugnet.general
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Date:
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Tue, 30 Nov 1999 21:55:36 GMT
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Ray Sanders wrote:
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> I can tender a guess about why Georgia (and Virginia)...
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> Both of these locations are near major N-S interstate highways that
> just happen to feed to... DisneyWorld. Atlanta has a large population of
> its own, but my speculation would center around the demographics of the
> shoppers at those particular outlet malls. For all we know, TLC already
> has a master schedule for opening outlet location, just that we are not
> privy to it.
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> Ray
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> David Eaton wrote:
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> > That's certainly one of the venues I'd recommend, but I'm not really sure what
> > the logic is behind their store placement... I'd be curious to find out why in
> > the world they put one in Georgia to begin with... I'm not sure if they want to
> > avoid major metropoliton areas to avoid competing with themselves... after all,
> > if someone in the LA area is already paying full price for Lego products at a
> > TRU or something, why undersell the same items at an outlet store?
Actually, my guess would have been that these are two large outlet areas
not currently served by a LEGO facility of some sort (Florida and the
midwest have LICs, California has Legoland). The only major markets I
see now missing anything would be the northeast, and perhaps a more
central midwest location like Chicago.
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| Both LEGO stores are in true "outlet" malls. An "outlet" mall is different from a "regular/retail" mall. It may have the same "stores" but their content is different. It's typically last years clothes or in limited quantities (closeout) or in some (...) (25 years ago, 1-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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| I can tender a guess about why Georgia (and Virginia)... Both of these locations are near major N-S interstate highways that just happen to feed to... DisneyWorld. Atlanta has a large population of its own, but my speculation would center around the (...) (25 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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