When I saw that they were opening a DSW in the Tempe Marketplace, my heart leapt for joy since that is just down the street from my office. I stopped in there for the first time yesterday after work since I had some time to kill before the ISC dinner. I was super impressed!! The store is very clean and well organized since it is brand spanking new. But on top of that it is decorated in a really nice way. I loved the fact that they had the clearance section separated by a small wall since that area usually gets crazy. And the purse section seemed larger and not so cluttered as compared to the Chandler location. My only complaint is that I don't think they have enough registers or room for queuing since I am sure once everyone realizes that this place is here they will be very, very busy! There were not too many people shopping when I was there yesterday. I had to do a return of something I had purchased online but the person who helped me was really friendly. I did a little shopping afterwards (not too much since the hubby was with me) and the salesperson on the floor was also really friendly and able to direct me to the exact location of a particular item I was looking for when I described it to her. Did I mention that this store is humungous?!?
The biggest surprise was that I saw that they had name brand purses like Coach and Calvin Klein. The one in Chandler only has cheap looking no-name purses. So I was pretty surprised. I am not sure if that is something they are going to be adding to all the stores or if this Tempe Marketplace location is like a flagship store or something (it certainly looks it).