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| - I don't make special trips to outlet malls. Yeah, I like a good deal just like anyone else would, but I also like convenience. That being said, I recently made the pilgrimage to the avenues (I live in south Scottsdale) to visit a friend and her new baby so I figured I'd check this place while I was out there since I still had a few gift cards from the holidays.
I had already heard this outlet mall wasn't all THAT great so my expectations weren't all that high. Like others have said a good chunk of the stores here aren't even outlet versions of their parent stores. H&M is one example of this (although I'm not even sure if H&M does outlets in general). In fact, compared to other H&M's in the Phoenix area the store here seemed to have less of a sales section, which I thought was odd considering this one was located in an "outlet" mall. One of the stores I specifically came here to shop at was Banana Republic, which is an outlet store here, and did have a good selection with really good sales.
Honestly, those were the two stores I came here to specially shop at, but if something else would have really caught my eye I would have stopped in and I didn't.
Also, this mall barely has a food court. there's a Subway, a Wetzel's Pretzels (or maybe it's the other chain pretzel place usually found in malls?), and a Chinese restaurant. That's it. My understanding is this mall has some pretty weird agreements w/the surrounding area (it's right by UoP Stadium & Jobing.com Arena), and my guess the lack of food court options has something to do w/the restaurants located close by.
Like I mentioned earlier, I don't do special trips to outlet malls, and the Tanger Outlets did nothing to sway my opinion.
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