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While visiting the mall yesterday, I noticed there is construction going on both inside and outside next to Dick's Sporting Goods. The armed forces recruiting center, post office, and Chic Wigs have been relocated to the hallway near the mall offices and the hallway heading towards Dick's has been blocked off. Workers were pulling up carpet, etc. beyond the blocked off area. Looks like the rumor of a Field & Stream store attached to Dick's Sporting Goods might be correct.
Interesting. I'll have to check that out next time I'm down that way. It'll also be interesting to see if they keep the old Elder Beerman as one big store or make it a new corridor with several stores off of that.
Edit: The Huntington Mall website has confirmed that Field and Stream is coming to the mall! The article seems to be down at the time of posting this but here's the link to the press releases as well where you can see the article title.
The wait is over for outdoorsmen-and-women who’ve been longing for a comprehensive source for all their sporting and outdoors needs. Field & Stream, an outdoors specialty store owned and operated by DICK’S Sporting Goods, will soon be appearing at Huntington Mall in Barboursville, West Virginia. Demolition and renovation have already begun within the mall to accommodate a shift in location for the existing DICK’S Sporting Goods. The new Field & Stream store will be located in the adjacent space, with customers being able to move freely between the two stores. Together, these complementary sports retailers will occupy more than 100,000 square feet on the west side of the mall. A Grand Opening for the new Field & Stream is expected to take place in the Fall of 2017.
I saw the news story that the Charleston Town Center Sears will be closing in early 2017. Has anyone heard any rumblings regarding the Huntington Mall location?
Also while at the mall the other day you can see the construction progress of the Field and Stream location next to the current Dick's Sporting Goods exterior entrance.
A couple of weeks ago I was in Sears and it looked pretty bleak there too. But bottom line if it closes I think Huntington Mall will have a much better chance doing something nice with the space versus CTC. I forgot that there was an upstairs at HM Sears so that's a large space. Sadly I live 5 minutes from the CTC and prefer to drive 40 minutes and go to Barboursville.
I saw the news story that the Charleston Town Center Sears will be closing in early 2017. Has anyone heard any rumblings regarding the Huntington Mall location?
Also while at the mall the other day you can see the construction progress of the Field and Stream location next to the current Dick's Sporting Goods exterior entrance.
It looks like only Charleston and Bridgeport Sears will be closing. I would imagine they are keeping the more profitable stores in the areas where there are two and seeing if this helps numbers. I'd be surprised if they weren't all gone in the next few years.
It looks like only Charleston and Bridgeport Sears will be closing. I would imagine they are keeping the more profitable stores in the areas where there are two and seeing if this helps numbers. I'd be surprised if they weren't all gone in the next few years.
I agree. I think within a couple years Sears will be toast as a big box retailer, shifting to their profitable electronic order business. Who can blame them? It is impossible for them to compete with other e-order businesses at mall locations and with places like Walmart that have much lower overhead per sale.
A couple of weeks ago I was in Sears and it looked pretty bleak there too. But bottom line if it closes I think Huntington Mall will have a much better chance doing something nice with the space versus CTC. I forgot that there was an upstairs at HM Sears so that's a large space. Sadly I live 5 minutes from the CTC and prefer to drive 40 minutes and go to Barboursville.
I agree, the Huntington mall should find it much easier to replace their Sears if (*when) it closes. If the that happened maybe a year ago, maybe Dick's/Field & Stream combo would have preferred setting up shop in the old Sears with more visibility. I have seen dozens of DSG with 2nd levels.
I do like shopping at the Huntington Mall, but not over the CTC.
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