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America's Best Bargains |
| Section: LIFE / CONSUMER |
| Author: Joe Wilcox |
| Publication: The world & I online |
| Issue Date: 12/1/1992 |
| Size: 1,538 Words, 9,313 Characters |
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My discovery of manufacturer's outlets was a result of accidentally stumbling onto Potomac Mills, an outlet mall of gigantic proportions in Virginia. My wife and I were on our way to Virginia Beach when we turned off I-95 at what turned out to be a mid-Atlantic shopping mecca. And since we were there, we joined the millions of vacationers who make outlet shopping a part of their trips. It is a growing trend in the nineties.
The outlet thing
In fact, wherever there is tourism in America--from Williamsburg, Virginia, to Sedona, Arizona--outlet centers are springing up. There are now at least three hundred such centers in the United States, residence to sixty-five hundred manufacturer-owned stores, a number that increased by two thousand during the past year alone.
Only Di...
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...th rustic communities. The state has become more than a vacationland for those seeking refuge from northeastern cities; it has become a bargain center.
My wife and I had a wonderful time on our first accidental shopping spree. Potomac Mills filled a day of our vacation. And if I turned a few eyes with my new duds at the office the following Monday, only I knew what they really cost. vbcrlf
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