Georgetown’s American Eagle Outfitters Shuts. Tweens Left with Plenty of Options
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courtesy of ‘philliefan99′
Over the holidays, the Georgetown strip lost another retail shop with American Eagle Outfitters shuttering its flip flop, tank top, bikini laded aisles for good. Luckily for those AE diehards, there are plenty of other substitutes to be found close by, like Vineyard Vines, Abercrombie & Fitch, Rugby, Tommy Hilfinger, Patagonia, etc…..
Like most commercial areas, Georgetown is an ever evolving strip with shops and restaurants opening and closing year round. Unfortunately, during this economic downturn, there have been more departures and less arrivals, and according to CarolJoynt.com there could be more casualties in the horizon.
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6 Responses to “Georgetown’s American Eagle Outfitters Shuts. Tweens Left with Plenty of Options”
January 4th, 2010 at 3:42 pm
You can’t comment on that CarolJyont.com Web site, but I have disagree with her premise that there aren’t people going to Georgetown. It’s got the most retail foot traffic of any place in the city, as far as I can tell. I’m sure the economy is not helping things and maybe retailers like American Eagle are not a good demographic fit. But you’ll see the same chains in popular urban hubs in every city in the country. Georgetown could be any street in NYC and retailers there are pulling out too.
January 4th, 2010 at 5:24 pm
a) You spelled her name/the web site name wrong, it’s Joynt, not Jyont (although the link still works).
b) Generally when you link to someone’s personal blog as a “source,” you might want to provide SOME indication of who the person is, and why their opinion is supposed to be credible. A clause like, “Long-time Washington journalist and former owner of Georgetown restaurant Nathan’s,” would have given us a lot more context as to why we should be at all interested in Mrs. Joynt’s opinions on the issue.
January 4th, 2010 at 5:32 pm
Nate: Thanks for the spelling mistake alert.
January 8th, 2010 at 5:24 pm
[...] Georgetown now has one less place to shop. American Eagle has decided to close its doors, according to We Love DC. [...]
February 10th, 2010 at 12:26 pm
[...] shops lining M Street and Wisconsin Avenue have had a turbulent year. We’ve lost American Eagle, Commander Salamander, Up Against The Wall, FYE, Smith and Hawken, Nathan’s, etc. However, we [...]
February 11th, 2010 at 1:55 am
[...] American Eagle: The Georgetown location is now closed. [...]
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