| Spring is arriving and kids have outgrown last year's | | | | crowd and they're marking down prices severely. |
| apparel. So where do you look this to find new pants | | | | West 49 is considered the coolest for shirts, pants, |
| and shirts for your kids? Why not the retail stores at | | | | caps and jackets and now with their deep discounts, |
| your local mall? 2009 is a year of unprecedented | | | | your child might finally get that designer clothing |
| savings at mall stores. | | | | they've wanted for some time. |
| Malls offer the best selection of brand name and | | | | If you need low priced, durable and rugged jeans for |
| house brand clothing for children and now offer the | | | | rough and tumble jeans for your boys to play in the |
| best prices. The economic and distribution mechanics | | | | yard or at the park, you'll find plenty of blue jeans |
| are simple to understand. When 100 to 200 stores | | | | and cargo pants at kids clothing stores in malls. The |
| share the same property (the indoor shopping mall), | | | | spring collection of t-shirts, skateboarding shorts, and |
| they have a much lower overhead cost and that is | | | | wind breakers will be on store shelves by March. To |
| passed onto local shoppers in the form of lower | | | | make their clothes last, choose non white colours of |
| prices. With this deep recession, shoppers are more | | | | a durable fabric and stitching. Don't cut off the pants |
| price conscious and aren't willing to drive long | | | | too short. Leave them as long as possible without |
| distances to single manufacturer's outlets to buy high | | | | touching the ground. If you've thought cargo pants |
| priced clothing. The malls are attracting more | | | | are unattractive, consider that they are often |
| shoppers and that allows them to stock a greater | | | | designed for rough usage such as skateboarding and |
| variety of clothing for kids. More product is seen by | | | | mountain biking. Designer fashion may not hold up as |
| shoppers and there is a much greater chance they'll | | | | well under severe use by a youngster and you could |
| find the right size and fit and the right price. And | | | | be wasting your money. For school, the kids want to |
| malls are leading in the price department. | | | | look cool and all the brands they're into are available |
| Zellers is one such low price retailer carrying | | | | at your local mall. |
| economically priced kids clothing from top brand | | | | Seek financing during the economic downturn. 2009 is |
| name manufacturers. Zellers has more than 350 | | | | starting off rough for everyone so a new credit card |
| stores across Canada, many of them in malls in | | | | might be a good way to get the clothes you need |
| Toronto, Montreal, Edmonton, Mississauga, Winnipeg, | | | | now. If financing for your kids clothes is needed, |
| Calgary, Ottawa and Vancouver. Zellers.ca is a wholly | | | | Zellers, Sears and The Bay offer their own credit |
| owned subsidiary of The Bay which also owns Home | | | | cards. They are typically easier to get than regular |
| outfitters stores in Canada. | | | | bank credit cards. |
| Sears and The Bay are the country's kids clothing | | | | It's hard to waste your shopping time at your local |
| sales giants although small boutiques such as West | | | | mall and the savings have never been better. Retail |
| 49, Gap Kids, Gap, Old Navy, Gymboree, La Senza | | | | stores in malls have high volumes of stock and are |
| Girl, Siblings, The Children's Place, International Boys, | | | | marking down strongly to get product moving. Once |
| and OK Kids have enjoyed excellent sales through | | | | the old stock has been sold, prices will undoubtedly |
| 2008. West 49 is a popular store with the teen | | | | be raised again. |