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Originally Posted by RoseCityFreePress
it would be great if downtown could get two or three major retail stores to move in. Stores that would normally set up shop in malls. I think that could be a big turning point for retail development in the core.
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That would be great, and would change the face of the core, but I don't see that happening anytime soon unfortunately. American Apparel was a failure when it set up shop on Pellissier St a few years ago because people didn't come down and support it. It had a loyal following, but not enough people were drawn there because of very little advertising and not many other stores around to be a big enough draw.
I'm sure if there were a few major stores downtown, it would be on the radar of more shoppers in the city. We need someone in the city working on bringing in retail to the core because I don't think it's gonna happen by itself.
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