HomeMy WebLinkAbout2014 04-10 Herberger's to open clearance center near Maplewood Mall PIONEER PRESS Herberger's to open clearance center near Maplewood Mall
By Tom Webb twebb @pioneerpress.com TwinCities.com-Pioneer Press APR 1 0 2014
Posted: TwinClties.com
Herberger's plans to open a "Herberger's Clearance Center" in Maplewood, one block from
Maplewood Mall, in the Birch Run Station Shopping Center.
The 27,000-square-foot outlet is scheduled to open in May and will carry deeply discounted, still-in
-season clearance items, according to Herberger's parent company Bon-Ton Stores.
The center "will feature a wide assortment of clearance merchandize from women's, men's and
children's apparel, shoes, handbags and home items," Bon-Ton CEO Brendan Hoffman said in a
statement.
Herberger's has east-metro stores in Rosedale, St. Paul's Midway area and Stillwater, but until
now, none in Maplewood.
The York, Pa.-based company said the clearance items will come from Bon-Ton's 258 U.S.
department stores and be matched to the appropriate season.
"The merchandise that will be going into the Maplewood location when it opens in May will be last
year's spring/summer merchandise that was clearance at the end of that season," Bon-Ton
spokeswoman Mary Kerr said Tuesday.
"This fall, merchandise that was clearance merchandise at the end of this past fall/winter season
will go to this store," she added.
The Maplewood location will be Herberger's fourth clearance center in the United States, joining
two outlets in Chicago and one in Milwaukee.
"This is a new initiative of the Bon-Ton Stores, which we began last April with our first stand-alone
clearance center," Kerr said. "We believe that the customer will appreciate the value we offer in
these clearance centers with merchandise that is season-appropriate when the season begins,
rather than at the end of the season."
Birch Run Station is one block west of Maplewood Mall, at 1731 Beam Ave.
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