Mall Crawler: Backpacks on Sale

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Now Open:  Coach Men’s Store, Little Miss Matched, Things Remembered, Karen Millen, an expanded H & M, Yankee Candle, Anthropologie, a newly renovated Sbarro, Stadium Sports Club and Edge.

Coming Soon: Townhouse Kitchen & Wine Bar (Fall), Nanoosh (next month), Francesca’s Collections (this month), Love Culture (next month), Skagen (October), Aroma Café & Espresso Bar (November), C. Wonder (October), a newly renovated Gap/Gap Body (next month), Adidas (this month), Madewell (next month), Aritzia (this month), a newly located (September), Square One (this month), a newly renovated , Marbles The Brain Store (next month) and Laila Rowe (this month).

Now Closed: Stuart Weitzman, KalBQ Grille, McDonald’s, The Pet Company, Amanzi Tea, Lane Bryant and Metropark.

Deals:

• P.S. From Aeropostale: Jeans are $19.99. Select styles. Graphic tees are two for $15. Select styles.
• Pac Sun: Shorts, buy one, get one at 50% off. Select styles. Men’s denim and tees, save 40% when you buy two or more. Select styles.
• Charlotte Russe: Clearance, buy one, get one at 50% off.
• Aerie:  Buy one, get one at 50% off on Aerie bras. Select styles of equal or lesser value.
• Victoria’s Secret: Introducing VS Fantasies fragrance and body care. Get five items for $30 or three items for $25. Individual items are priced as marked. Excludes gift sets.
• Kids Foot Locker: Backpacks starting at $14.99.
• White House Black Market: Save up to 60% off original prices.
• Coldwater Creek: Anything storewide sale, buy any one item and get one at 50% off of equal or lesser value.
• : Redesigned 2012 jeans, all jeans are 50% off. Available for a limited time.
• Loft: New style steals, sweaters are $25. Tees are $20. Select styles. Reductions taken at register.

The Outlets at Bergen Town Center:

Now Open: Banana Republic Factory Store, Desigual, Sprint, a newly renovated Villa Pizza, Perry Ellis and a newly located Sock Drawer.

Coming Soon: 24 Hour Fitness, REI (Aug. 26), J. Crew Factory Store (Aug. 9), Ultra Diamonds (summer) and Sugar & Plumm (this month).

Deals:

• : Back to school sale, graphic tees starting at $9.99. Select styles only.
• : Sale, backpacks $12 each. Select styles. Regularly priced at $19.50. Lunchtotes, $6 each. Select styles. Regularly priced at $12.50.
• : Savings up to 60% off on select clearance. Take an additional 70% off men’s clearance.
• : Take 40% off the entire store. Excludes clearance and baby bath and body care.
• New York & Company Outlet: Everything is up to 40% off original prices storewide. Excludes red-ticket clearance.
• U.S. Polo Assn.: Back to school sale, all backpacks are now $19.99. All sackpacks are $7.99. All jeans are $19.99, while supplies last.
• : Save up to 60% off original prices. Select styles.
• : Suit sale, clearance suits are now only $59.99. Entire inventory of marked down suits must go.
• Banana Republic Factory Store: More than 400 new styles, save up to 50% off. Real deals, select dresses, skirts and tops for her are now $20 and under. Real deals, select pants and sweaters for him are now $25 and under.

Other News:

Now Open:

• Jo-Ann Fabric and Craft opened its doors recently. The store is located at 30 A & S Drive, next to right off of Route 17 north. The store took over the space that was the former Comp USA which closed a few years ago.
• 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.

• Pearl Paint recently moved to a brand new location. It is now further down Route 17 north between Century Road and Midland Avenue in the same center as J-R Cigar, Sherwin-Williams and the newly located Tiger Schulman’s Karate.

Coming Soon:

• 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 this month.
• at the 35 Plaza on Route 4 west is in the middle of an expansion. It is taking over and renovating the former location of Fast Signs.
• Dress Barn on Route 4 east next to and is currently closed for extensive renovations and will be reopening late summer or early fall.
• Smashburger will open soon in the Sprout Brook Center on Route 17 north next to Anthony Franco’s Pizza, Pearle Vision and .
• Papa John’s Pizza will open soon in the strip mall on Forest Avenue next to and in the former home of The Medicine Shoppe.
• Prestige Mercedes will open a new dealership on Route 17 south on the site of the former Cerami Pontiac, next to .