| rev:text
| - One of the nicest department stores in all of Montreal, and certainly, one of two most traditional (along with Ogilvy's). This is a wonderful store with many high-end, designer names and sub-sections.
My teen and I got complimentary make-overs at the Chanel counter this past summer, when a who's-who of Chanel make-up artists from all over Canada came to Montreal for a conference and a make-up event at this store's Chanel department. What a treat! It was an hour-long, too, and they introduced many new products not yet on the shelves. This is the kind of event that this Bay holds.
The lady at the Armani counter is super nice and will let you know of future bonuses, and like all the brand cosmetic employees, she really knew her line and was very skilled at make-up application (and they're all happy to help show and teach you, with no pressure to buy. At least, that was our experience, and we've been at this store often).
The section with the Hudson Bay merchandise was and is my favorite. I love the history of this store; it pretty much tells the history of Canada. I love the Hudson Bay Company blanket and its tell-tale traditional stripes of black, yellow, red and green. I've gotten work-out shirts and winter mittens and toques and scarves and a book and a cell phone case with this traditional "blanket" stripe motif. Usually the prices of these items are all quite high, as the quality is top-notch, but there are great sales to be found if you time it right (and have a bit of luck on your side!).
The only one downside was an experience my kid and I had at the Michael Kors make-up area, where one woman told us that they were having a "buy one, get one free" special, and if we bought a MK bronzer (which she said came with a nice brush, which she showed us), then we could get another bronzer and brush free. My kid and I discussed which shades of bronzer we each should have while this lady went to chat with another employee at another counter, and 5-10 minutes later, when we had decided what we wanted, there was no one around to help us. We looked and looked but there was no one except two other employees nearby, engrossed in conversation with each other. After another 5 minutes, I went and asked if either of them could help us. They said of course and one came to the MK counter and then said, no, the brush does not come with the bronzer. If you buy a brush, you can get another brush free (and it wasn't cheap, either!), or if you bought a bronzer, you can get another bronzer free. Needless to say, we weren't very happy with this discrepancy in information, nor about the 20 minutes we wasted at this counter, discussing what we'd be buying (as it turned out, without the brush being included, we opted not to get the bronzers at all) . Disappointing.
Despite this one minor set-back, though, this department store is truly one of the best around.
|
![[RDF Data]](/fct/images/sw-rdf-blue.png)
![[cxml]](/fct/images/cxml_doc.png)
![[csv]](/fct/images/csv_doc.png)
![[text]](/fct/images/ntriples_doc.png)
![[turtle]](/fct/images/n3turtle_doc.png)
![[ld+json]](/fct/images/jsonld_doc.png)
![[rdf+json]](/fct/images/json_doc.png)
![[rdf+xml]](/fct/images/xml_doc.png)
![[atom+xml]](/fct/images/atom_doc.png)
![[html]](/fct/images/html_doc.png)