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Originally posted by hrdwareguy
Not any around me any more. Have to go to the one in Texas. I love it though. Thats where I go to buy shoes. I pay about 35 bucks for a pair of Nikes vs the 85 or 90 in the regular retail store.
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There used to be a big one on I-35 South but it closed - There have been several large outlet malls constructed in our part of the world - Some seem to do fairly well but most are standing empty. It seems like there are too many vacancies for them to be very profitable even in the areas where they are still open. I had to go to a meeting in Colby, KS last Sunday. They had a large outlet mall that was completely deserted. Colby is not a large town (maybe 5000 people) but it is on Interstate 70 - guess that is why they located it there. There is an outlet mall in Sante Fe that seems to do a fairly good business, or at least it was a couple of years ago. My theory of outlet malls goes back to caveat emptor. Some things are bargains - some are factory overruns and a lot of what they have is just flat junk.