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| - So I braved opening weekend and moseyed myself to the brand new store. It was ultra-crowded, but I knew that before I went, so that isn't factored into my review. All in all, I'm pretty impressed!
The store is very bright and well organized (of course!). There seems to be plenty of each item. There are carts everywhere, so you can grab one mid-browse without having to march yourself to the front of the store. There are plenty of displays, so it was easy to see the big picture of how a system goes together. There are two register areas: one on the parking lot side and one in front of the doors leading to the interior of Town Square. A nifty service I was unaware of, their "buy online and pick up at the store", was advertised heavily (although it makes me wonder if that's a signal that this store may not carry as many items as others).
Two things I'm not a huge fan of: one, the prices. I've been to Container Stores before, so I knew to expect this. Some of the stuff is well-priced, but other things seem quite overpriced. This is another situation when checking out the website to compare prices would be smart. And two, the aisles are skinny. If there were no carts to negotiate, the aisles would be okay. But once you get a person with a cart on one side, there's not much room to pass by them. Also, when you're looking at something, you tend to not stand plastered against the shelf it's on, so you wind yp standing towards the middle of the aisle, which makes it hard for others to get past. It seems like the store itself is slightly too small for all the items they wanted to put in it.
I'll be back, but only if I need something that either isn't carried elsewhere or is cheapest here.
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