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Re: Outlet Mall Locations?
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lugnet.general
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Wed, 1 Dec 1999 18:43:35 GMT
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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 cases "seconds" and/or "irregulars." Many
of these stores are brand specific (Levi's, Bugle Boy, Sony, Magnavox,
Bose). Neither has what I'd consider "typical" retail stores (JC Penny,
Sears, Wards, etc.).
The Georgia store is not on an interstate highway, but is at the northern
end of a GA state highway (where GA 400 stops being a "highway" and becomes
more of a 4 lane road with stoplights and such). It's about an hour north
of downtown Atlanta, in between I 75 and I 85.
The Virginia store is on a major highway, I 95, about an hour south of
downtown Washington DC or an hour north of Richmond.
The south, in general, seems to be generating a large number of outlet
malls, we've got 4 within a 2 hour radius of Atlanta. There are also many
on I 95 from VA south.
Mike
Frank Filz <ffilz@mindspring.com> wrote in message
news:384447D8.41C6@mindspring.com...
> Ray Sanders wrote:
> >
> > 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 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.
> >
> > Ray
> >
> > David Eaton wrote:
> > >
> > > 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.
>
> --
> Frank Filz
>
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