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ON THE RHODE SHOW.
HAPPENING HERE.
IT IS THE LONG AWAITED OPENING
OF NORDSTROM'S RACK AT THE
WARWICK MALL.
OPENED THE PAST DAY.
SHOPPERS HAVE BEEN FLOCKING TO
THE STORE.
IT IS ONLY JUST OPENED.
GOOD MORNING.
GOOD HORNING WILL.
I CANNOT TELL YOU HOW HAPPY I AM
TO START A FRIDAY OFF IN A MALL.
IT EVERY GIRL'S DREAM.
STATION.
OWNER.
NORDSTROM RACK.
WHAT A BIG DEAL IT IS HERE.
AS ONE OTHER CO-MANAGING
PARTNERS, I WAS HERE, TWO NIGHTS
AGO.
IN THE NORDSTROM RACK.
FIRST NIGHT.
THEY KNEW WHAT THEY WERE LOOKING
FOR.
THEY WERE WALKING AROUND WITH
THE CARRIAGES AN PICKING UP
THING, I COULDN'T BELIEVE HOW
MANY.
IT WAS EXCITING.
VERY EXCITING ATMOSPHERE AND
CONDUCTED GREAT BY THE PEOPLE.
IT WAS EXCITING TO BE THERE.
THEY LOOKED SO HAPPY.
FOR A YEAR, WE HAD IT OUTSIDE
THEY WERE COMING.
I WAS LIKE, I CAN'T WAIT.
OPEN.
THE HYPE. EXCITEMENT.
PERFECT TIME OF YEAR, TOO.
RIGHT AROUND THE HOLIDAYS.
SEASON.
AND THEY KNEW WHAT THEY WERE
DOING.
I WAS IMPRESSED.
AND I WATCHED WELL DRESSED, A
LOT OF WELL DRESSED PEOPLE CAME
THAT NIGHT.
I SAW WHAT THEY WERE PICKING.
I, MYSELF, AM NOT A SHOPPER.
THEY KNEW.
RIGHT DOWN THE AISLES, LOOKING,
EXCITING AS HECK.
THIS MALL, SINCE THE FLOODS,
DEVASTATING, SUCH A FAC FACELIFN
THE MALL.
BRAND NEW SOURCE ALL OVER THE
VERY, VERY EXCITING.
MY FATHER-IN-LAW AND THREE OTHER
FOUNDERS IN 1970, BUILT THIS
H AND M.
WE HAD OFF BROADWAY.
A BUNCH OF NEW STORES.
EVEN THE OLDER ONES, MACY'S.
WHOLE MALL IS BRAND NEW. FLOOD
FLOOD COST US, COST THE STORES,
WE ESTIMATE ABOUT $10 MILLION IN
SPENT, TO THE NORDSTROM RACK.
ONE OF MY OTHER FAVORITES,
PINK BERRY.
WHO DOESN'T LOVE FROZEN YOGURT?
PINK BERRY IS THRIVING.
A LOT OF BUSINESS.
WE THINK THAT OTHER PINK BERRYS,
EVEN NEARBY, WE HAVEN'T IMPACTED
THOSE.
PEOPLE LIKE PINK BERRIES.
THEY ARE DOING A GOOD JOB HERE.
THE MALL AS A WHOLE, LIKE YOU
ARE SAYING, NORDSTROM RACK, IT
IS THE FIRST ONE IN THE STATE.
SO WE ARE GOING TO START
ATTRACTING PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER.
NORDSTROM RACK IS A REGIONAL
DRAW STORE.
WHEN I SAY REGIONAL, THIS STORE
IS REGIONAL.
MORE PEOPLE ARE TRAVELLING
THROUGH THE DISTANCE, AS WE
EXPECT PEOPLE INTEREST
MASSACHUSETTS.
PEOPLE WILL SHOP WHEREVER IT IS
VEEBT TO THEM TO GET TO.
THE QUICKEST LACE YOU CAN GET
TO, THAT IS WHERE YOU GO.
IF WE HAVE A SHORTER DRIVE, WITH
OTHER PLACES, THEY WILL COME
HERE.
ABSOLUTELY.
WE WILL DRAW IN A LOT OF NEW
CUSTOMERS TO THE MALL WITH ALL
OF THOSE STORES THAT WE ARE
RACK.
I WANT TO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
JOINING US THIS MORNING.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
DON'T YOU WORRY.
I WILL GET A CEARJ FULL OF
STUFF.
PLENTY MORE COMING UP.
INCLUDING THE TOP FIVE FINALISTS