Mall Crawler: 50% Off Sale at Aldo

Westfield Garden State Plaza:

Now Open: Karen Millen, an expanded H & M,Yankee Candle, Anthropologie, Choc’nette, a newly renovated Sbarro, Stadium Sports Club,Edge, Ace Connection, E’te’ (new location), Perfume Forever, Hakky Instant Shoe Repair and Tates Menswear.

Coming Soon: Townhouse Kitchen & Wine Bar,Things Remembered (this month), Coach Men’s Collection (this month), Love Culture, Skagen, a newly renovated Gap/Gap Body (September), Adidas (next month), Madewell (September), Aritzia (summer), a newly located Claire’s (summer), Little Miss Matched (this month), Marbles The Brain Store and Laila Rowe (next month).

Now Closed: McDonald’s, The Pet Company, Lane Bryant, Metropark, EB Games, Shi By Journey’s, Top Gun and Sony Style.

Deals:

• Aldo Accessories: Hot summer sale, save up to 50% off on select styles.
• Timberland: Take an additional 30% off already reduced items.
• Abercrombie & Fitch: Take an additional 40% off redlines.
• Talbots: Red hanger sale, save 40% to 65% off original prices on select items.
• Armani Exchange: Summer sale event, save up to 50% off.
• Rockport: End of season sale, save up to 50% off.
• Ann Taylor: Semi-annual sale, take an additional 40% off already reduced prices. Select styles. Reductions taken at register.
• Garage: Summer sale, take an additional 30% off all red ticketed items.
• American Eagle Outfitters: Semi-annual sale, save up to 60% off.
• Express/Express Men: End of season sale, save up to 70% off select items. Also, take an additional 20% off already reduced clearance.
• Papyrus: Card sale. Get five cards for $5. Exclusions may apply. See sales associate for details. Sale, save up to 75% off. Exclusions may apply. See sales associate for details.
• Abercrombie: Take an additional 50% off all redlines.

Paramus Park:

Now Open: TCBY, a newly located Lady Foot Locker, a newly renovated Justice, Brow Art 23, Sock Drawer, a newly renovated Sarku Japan and a newly renovated Chick-fil-A.

Coming Soon: L.L. Bean (November), The Limited and Panchero’s Mexican Grill.

Now Closed: Foot Locker, Kids Foot Locker and Yarnton Kids.

Deals:

• Crazy 8: Semi-annual sale. Items are $3.99 and up. Select styles only.
• Build-A-Bear Workshop: Blizzard bears, includes a scented cup. Two for $38 or get one at $22. While quantities last.
• Claire’s:  Hot deals, sizzling clearance, savings up to 80% off on all redline items. All handbags and footwear just $4. All jewelry only $3. All hats, wallets and belts just $2. All other stuff only $1.
• G By Guess: Take an additional 50% off. Select styles.
• Avenue: Red, white and hue sale, great items priced at $5, $10 and $15.
• Chico’s: Sale, save up to 70% off select merchandise.
• Books-A-Million: Annual summer sale, save 50% to 75% off the original retail price. Mix n’ match, buy two books, get the three free. Item must be of equal or lesser value.
• Bath & Body Works: Signature seasonal clearance just $4. Save up to $8.50. Anti-bacterial hand soaps and 8 oz. sanitizers just $3 each. Save $2.
• Yankee Candle: Jar-normous sale. Select merchandise priced at $5, $10 and $15.
• Aeropostale: Bulldog sale, save up to 70% off.

Other News:

Now Open:

• Jo-Ann Fabric and Craft opened their doors last week. The store is located at 30 A & S Drive, next to The Sports Authority right off of Route 17 north. A grand opening is planned for next week. The store took over the space formerly occupied by Comp USA.
• Blick Art Materials opened its first New Jersey location recently at 35 Plaza on Route 4 west. It took over the corner store that was recently the Van Heusen/G.H. Bass store and before that the Paramus Picture Show/Cinema 35 movie theatre. Blick sells everything for the everyday artist. The store also has a stationery department and offers custom framing. The store is open Monday to Saturday from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.
• Wireless Depot/Verizon Wireless on Route 4 east is now open in a bigger location in the former home of Elite Diamond Center, right next to its former location.
• Starbucks on Route 17 south is reopened and ready for business. The store recently finished renovations and has a brand new addition to the store, a drive-thru.
• Target at The Outlets at Bergen Town Center just finished renovations of their store. Their brand new Fresh Grocery section is now open. Shoppers can now pick up meat, chicken, pork, eggs, dairy, fruit and baked goods while shopping. The store also has a larger and more extensive grocery section. The infant/toddler, shoes, mobile and the health and beauty aids departments have had makeovers. More extensive renovations were just completed at the Hackensack location.
• Stacks Pancake House & Café held its grand opening recently. Located on Route 17 south where Pizza Hut was formerly located. Stacks features 22 kinds of pancakes and as well as waffles, French toast, omelettes and more. Breakfast is available all day long. Stacks opened a location the beginning of last year on Washington Street in Hoboken. Attached is the link for the menu for the Hoboken restaurant; http://stacksofhoboken.com/Stacks-Menu.pdf.
• Pearl Paint recently moved to a new location. It is now further down on Route 17 north between Century Road and Midland Avenue. It is located in the same center as J-R Cigar, Sherwin-Williams and the newly located Tiger Schulman’s Karate.
• XSRE recently held its grand opening at Paramus Towne Center on Route 17 north next to Chef Central.  This super sized accessory store took over half the space of the old Circuit City. There is another location open at Palisades Center in West Nyack, N.Y.
• GNC is now open on Route 17 north, next to Signature Leather and The Fireplace in front of The Fashion Center.
• Tiger Schulman’s Karate recently moved from its location on Route 4 west and Forest Avenue to its new location on Route 17 north in the same shopping center with Sherwin Williams and J-R Cigar next to the Suburban Diner.
• Branch Brook held its grand opening recently. Located on Route 4 west next to 35 Plaza in the former location of Seaman’s Furniture and Levitz Furniture. Branch Brook sells pools, pool supplies, patio furniture, pool tables and game room accessories.

Coming Soon:

• Lord & Taylor at the Fashion Center on Route 17 north and East Ridgewood Avenue will be opening the first of two Lord & Taylor Home stores in the state. Lord & Taylor Home is set to take over the space that was the former Loehmann’s. The store is scheduled to open in August.
• Smashburger will be opening soon in the Sprout Brook Center on Route 17 north next to Anthony Franco’s Pizza, Pearle Vision and The Vitamin Shoppe.
• Prestige Mercedes will be opening a new state of the art dealership on Route 17 south on the site of the former Cerami Pontiac, next to Barnes & Noble.