CJAD 800AM at 8:40am – Ladies: Liz Claiborne, Jones NY, Anne Klein, Olsen
Q1: You wouldn’t think about it with today’s temperature, but with the Fall season around the corner, women are going to need to refresh their wardrobes.
Yes if they shop at outlet stores or liquidation stores, they can get the brand names they know, that fit them well, for a lot less.
Q2: What is the difference between an outlet store and a liquidation store?
An outlet store is often a store where the same brand is sold for less but it may not be the same items as in their regular retail stores. Not all items sold at an outlet are found at their regular stores – perhaps the weight of the cotton is less or the logo is stenciled on instead of embroidered or it was bought just to be sold here. Some outlet shops mix these different items, some recalls from regular stores and some regular priced items.
A liquidation store is clearances from the regular stores from last season or overstocks from this season.
Q3: If they don’t have time to run all over the city for these, are they clustered anywhere?
Centre Riocan in Kirkland is large, has 4 strips of shops around a parking lot and there are perhaps two dozen stores in this outdoor “mall”. If you keep going west on the TCan to Exit 26, you will bump into a teeny weeny strip of 4 shops at Promenades Hudson. Both of these have some “single” brand ladies upscale clothing.
Q4: Okay we’ve made it to those malls, now, where to we shop?
Liz Claiborne Outlet is about to close on October 13. Liz lovers will be thrilled to be able to buy some of her lines discounted here – Liz & Co, Liz Golf, Liz Clairborne in sizes 4-22. The store is a mix of regular products like you’d find in a regular-priced boutique and clothes made just for outlet stores. You need to know the difference – or ask.
Location: 3264 Jean Yves, Centre Riocan, Kirkland
corner: Transcanadienne
Phone: 514-426-1549
Hours: Regular plus Sun 12-5
www.lizclaiborneinc.com
Jones New York Magasin Entrepot offers up Jones for less here in this white, airy spot. Beyond Jones (Sport, Signature Collection, Joneswear), though, you could buy Anne Klein New York, AK Sport, Evan Picone, Kasper, Bandalino or Nine West in a large size range from 2-16, 14W-24W and petites too.
Location: 3280 rue Jean-Yves, Centre Riocan, Kirkland
corner: Transcanadienne
Phone: 514-695-8385
Hours: Regular plus Sun 11-5
Other locations: Promenades Hudson (450-455-9009); St-Sauveur (450-227-8711).
Promenades Hudson:
Jones NY (450-455-9009) – famous designer’s lines (2-16), (Sport, Signature Collection, Joneswear), Anne Klein New York, AK Sport, Evan Picone, Kasper, Bandalino or Nine West sizes 4-18, 14W-24W, petites
Lace (450-455-5552) – ladies’ fashions sizes 6-18
Olsen (450-424-5224 – ladies (34 – 46 European size = 2 – 16 Canadian size) regular, samples, clearances
Location: Boul. Harwood, Exit 26 on the Trans Canada Highway
Hours: Mon-Fri 10-6, Sat 10-5, Sun 12-5
Tel: 514-694-2371