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rfmcdonaldOne of the first places I visited in Charlottetown after waking up was that city's new Giant Tiger store, located in a strip mall--courtyard, really--at 449 University Avenue. I was curious to see this new discount retailer, not least because there are no Giant Tigers in downtown Toronto. (The closest the store locator lists to me is on Kipling Avenue in Etobicoke.)
This Giant Tiger had only been open for a week by the time I saw it, so the Charlottetown location still had the new-store sheen to it. This location did seem well-designed, funneling shopping through women's clothing through foodstuffs down through men's clothing and sundries, with reasonable merchandise. It looks like a useful addition to the retail landscape, a decided step up from Dollarama with its higher-end items like clothes, perhaps even a first approximation towards a replacement for departed chain stores like Zellers. I'm only surprised that there is not a Giant Tiger yet in downtown Toronto: Giant Tiger could do well, I am sure, if only it had the right location.
<center><a data-flickr-embed=" true"="true"" href="http://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/giant-tiger-roars-into-charlottetown-pei-634462183.htmlopen for a week</u></a> by the time I saw it, so the Charlottetown location still had the new-store sheen to it. It looks like a useful addition to the retail landscape, a decided step up from Dollarama with its higher-end items like clothes, perhaps even a first approximation towards a replacement for departed chain stores like Zellers. I'm only surprised that there is not a Giant Tiger yet in downtown Toronto: it could do well, I am sure, if only it had the right location.
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This Giant Tiger had only been open for a week by the time I saw it, so the Charlottetown location still had the new-store sheen to it. This location did seem well-designed, funneling shopping through women's clothing through foodstuffs down through men's clothing and sundries, with reasonable merchandise. It looks like a useful addition to the retail landscape, a decided step up from Dollarama with its higher-end items like clothes, perhaps even a first approximation towards a replacement for departed chain stores like Zellers. I'm only surprised that there is not a Giant Tiger yet in downtown Toronto: Giant Tiger could do well, I am sure, if only it had the right location.
<center><a data-flickr-embed=" true"="true"" href="http://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/giant-tiger-roars-into-charlottetown-pei-634462183.htmlopen for a week</u></a> by the time I saw it, so the Charlottetown location still had the new-store sheen to it. It looks like a useful addition to the retail landscape, a decided step up from Dollarama with its higher-end items like clothes, perhaps even a first approximation towards a replacement for departed chain stores like Zellers. I'm only surprised that there is not a Giant Tiger yet in downtown Toronto: it could do well, I am sure, if only it had the right location.
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