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...past year alone, four stores--Goods,Sweet Stuff, Harlyn's and New Zealand Sport--haveclosed, while 19 current retailers have remainedthe mall's prime draws...
Some managers at Charles Square speculate thatthese closings were due to management troubles.But most say that the stores which failed dependedupon a heavy flow of customers walking throughoutthe mall...
...just weren't getting the people," saysSweet Stuff's assistant manager Donald O'Hare, whoworked at the Charles Square confectioner's beforeits closing last May. O'Hare attributes the lackof traffic in the mall to the Square's location,which is one of the problems even the successfullyestablished businesses are still facing...
Many of the so-called "destination stores,"like Banana Republic, Laura Ashley, and Talbot's,attract customers to other shops which may nothave as large a draw, managers say. "We bring alot of people to this mall," says BananaRepublic's assistant manager, Susan L. Glidden.That store, with 65 other retail spots across thecountry, sells exotic, high-priced safari wear...
Katherine L. Maxwell of In-Wear Matiniqueagrees that the mall would do better if otherstores that have their own draw were added to theretail collection...