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Wednesday, April 22, 2015

American Girl Hawaii slated to close April 26th

According to bizjournals.com "American girl is closing it's store at the Ala Moana Center this month". The store opened last October in order to "test the waters in the Honolulu market to see if the market could support a permanent American girl store".“While we were pleased with the overall performance of the store, we do not have plans to build a permanent American Girl store in Hawaii at this time,” Stephanie Spanos, spokeswoman for American Girl, told PBN in an email." 

I personally am sad to see the store go. It was a great option for those in Hawaii who may not be able to fly into the US. I actually wonder why the Hawaii market apparently wasn't good enough. However, this article has other information with it. "She [Stephanie Spanos] noted that it [American Girl] is always exploring new opportunities to extend the American Girl brand, so it’s possible it may consider an American Girl retail location in Hawaii in the future." This is interesting, makes me wonder if they'll do anything else like this in the near future. 

So, what do you think? Were you sad or glad to see the store go? The store is closing at the end of this month and they have a 30% sale on all inventory that's still available.