Edmonton's newest outlet mall is expected to open in May but based on their newly announced tenant list a retail expert thinks they'll have tough competition. Craig Patterson, director of applied research at the University of Alberta school of retailing, said most of the retailers on the mall's tenant list already have stores in the city.
He said he expected to see retailers new to Edmonton to help draw shoppers to the outlet mall. Without that, he said, deep discounts would seem to be the only way to draw crowds to the new mall.
"That's the only way I would actually see people actually making the trip all the way out there," he said. "It isn't a convenient location in the centre of the city. It's located out on a highway toward Calgary, and much closer to Leduc.
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