MOTB Dillards becoming an outlet?

[bargainhunter]

From the Nonpareil:

Officials with Dillard’s are not commenting about rumors circulating in Council Bluffs that the local retail department store will become an outlet store for the firm.

http://www.southwestiowanews.com/articl ... 902688.txt

[nebugeater]

From the Nonpareil:

Officials with Dillard’s are not commenting about rumors circulating in Council Bluffs that the local retail department store will become an outlet store for the firm.

http://www.southwestiowanews.com/articl ... 902688.txt

Remember when JCP did this at Southroads?  Last a while but not too long.

[Omababe]

Remember when JCP did this at Southroads?  Last a while but not too long.

Yes, and there were some very good deals at the JCP outlet! I was very surprised when it closed.

[icejammer]

From the Nonpareil:

Officials with Dillard’s are not commenting about rumors circulating in Council Bluffs that the local retail department store will become an outlet store for the firm.

http://www.southwestiowanews.com/articl ... 902688.txt

Remember when JCP did this at Southroads?  Last a while but not too long.

Didn't the Dillards at Crossroads do this briefly, just before closing?

[bbinks]

   
Didn't the Dillards at Crossroads do this briefly, just before closing?

Yes.  I think it lasted around 6 months.

[nebugeater]

Here is Brad's post from Dec 29, 2007 that referances the OWH story about the Crossroads Dillards

Dillard's changing one store in Omaha

http://www.omaha.com/index.php?u_page=1 ... d=10219541

The Dillard's store at Crossroads Mall will become one of nine Dillard's Clearance Centers nationwide, with the transition beginning next month, a spokeswoman for the Arkansas-based chain said Friday.

Julie Bull of Dillard's said managers at the Crossroads store were notified of the change Friday.

As a Dillard's Clearance Center, it will carry lower-priced and sale merchandise and receive clearance items from other stores the company operates in the area, Bull said.

Asked if the move was an attempt to differentiate among the stores at Crossroads, Oak View and Mall of the Bluffs, Bull said that Crossroads just seemed like "a good place for Dillard's to operate a clearance center."

Clearance centers have been well-received in other cities, Bull said.

"It will provide Omaha with some shopping excitement."

Some clearance items will appear in January, but the transition probably will not be complete until spring, Bull said.

The local manager of Crossroads was out of the office Friday and unavailable for comment. A spokeswoman for Simon Property Group of Indianapolis, which owns Crossroads, referred questions to Dillard's.

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http://eomahaforums.com/phpBB/viewtopic ... s&start=30

[Guest]

I believe that companies downgrade underperforming stores to clearance centers as a way to ride out the lease until they can close them without incurring penalties. with the fact that motb is dying, I am sure they are either leaving the CB market or scouting out a location for a replacement

[bargainhunter]

I believe that companies downgrade underperforming stores to clearance centers as a way to ride out the lease until they can close them without incurring penalties. with the fact that motb is dying, I am sure they are either leaving the CB market or scouting out a location for a replacement

Sounds reasonable to me.  I was wondering if this is what's happening.