AlbertC
Superstar
I was at YD on Monday and noticed the central hallway dead as well
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Northern Light
Superstar
Yorkdale undergoing an 'expansion' (repurprosing of existing tenant space) to support significantly more luxury retail.
Retail-Insider has the details:
retail-insider.com
Retail-Insider has the details:
Yorkdale Launches Unprecedented 100,000 Square Foot Luxury Retail Expansion in Toronto [Feature/Photos]
Oxford Properties will re-tenant Yorkdale's centre run in an effort to create one of the world’s leading clusterings of luxury brand stores.
retail-insider.com
Dr. Snoot
Active Member
Yorkdale undergoing an 'expansion' (repurprosing of existing tenant space) to support significantly more luxury retail.
Retail-Insider has the details:
Yorkdale Launches Unprecedented 100,000 Square Foot Luxury Retail Expansion in Toronto [Feature/Photos]
Oxford Properties will re-tenant Yorkdale's centre run in an effort to create one of the world’s leading clusterings of luxury brand stores.
Ah good, more stores normal people can't afford.
Yorkdale is beautiful, but I rarely go because I can't afford to shop at 50% of the stores. And I'm well above average income.
Northern Light
Superstar
I don't mind paying for quality; but I find many luxury brands, not unlike many posh French wines are highly over-rated.
There may or may be a marginal gain in quality, but the mark-up often rises at 10x the rate of any gain.
There are some exceptions, of course.
There's something to be said for a $25USD pair of socks that comes with an unconditional lifetime guarantee, as oppose your more typically $10 pair you'll be lucky to get 3 years out of.
Socks Guaranteed for Life - Our Lifetime Warranty
The Darn Tough Lifetime Warranty: If our socks aren't the most comfortable, most durable, and best fitting socks you own, return them for another pair.
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picard102
Senior Member
I'd argue Yorkdale stopped being a mall for "normal" people over a decade ago now.
Bayer
Senior Member
In anticipation of a celebratory meal in a fancy restaurant in Paris, more than a decade ago, I went to Harry Rosen at Yorkdale and bought a Ferragamo belt to go with the well-made suit I found at... Winners. It needed to be cut to size, so they measured my waist, and took it away for a few minutes. When they returned with it, they had me sign to confirm that it was obviously non returnable. When I got home, I realized the belt had not been cut, and I had to do it myself. And that was my last purchase at Harry Rosen!I don't mind paying for quality; but I find many luxury brands, not unlike many posh French wines are highly over-rated.
There may or may be a marginal gain in quality, but the mark-up often rises at 10x the rate of any gain.
There are some exceptions, of course.
There's something to be said for a $25USD pair of socks that comes with an unconditional lifetime guarantee, as oppose your more typically $10 pair you'll be lucky to get 3 years out of.
Socks Guaranteed for Life - Our Lifetime Warranty
The Darn Tough Lifetime Warranty: If our socks aren't the most comfortable, most durable, and best fitting socks you own, return them for another pair.
AlbertC
Superstar
I'd be upset too. What a bunch of lazy, pompous, deceiving hacks.
pw20
Active Member
With all of luxury stores in Yorkdale, I'd be interested to know how much of their volume is driven by more accessible luxury price point prodcuts - they just do a lot of them; vs. fewer sales in the $10k+ (per item) range. And I wonder if that's different than the Bloor shopper.
vatche
Senior Member
It kinda bothers me that Yorkdale is overtaking bloor yorkville as a high end shopping destination