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Pondering the death of retail as Urban Outfitters leaves Ann Arbor

By Mark | September 6, 2017

Earlier this evening, having just read that Gap was planning to close approximately 200 stores over the next three years, I heard from my friend Jean that Urban Outfitters had decided not to renew the downtown Ann Arbor space that they’ve held for the past several decades. While I don’t suppose it’s that terribly surprising, […]

Posted in Ann Arbor, Local Business, Marketing, Uncategorized | Also tagged American Eagle, Anthropologie, BALLE, bankruptcy, Business Alliance for Local Living Economies, food and drink, Free People’s Store, Gap, George McGovern, J.C. Penney, Jean Henry, Judy Wicks, Lululemon, Macy’s, Philadelphia, Pizzeria Vetri, RadioShack, Ralph Lauren, Retail, retail in Ann Arbor, Richard Hayne, Sears, selling out, Shake Shack, store closing, travel, Urban Outfitters, White Dog Cafe | 38 Comments

Ypsi/Arbor Exit Interview: Zach Pollock

By Mark | December 28, 2012

A few days ago, I posted an interview I did with an author by the name of Ted McClelland, who has written extensively about the emmigration of young professionals from Michigan to Chicago. To sum up our conversation in one sentence, McClelland believes that we have little hope of keeping bright, young people here in […]

Posted in Ann Arbor, Michigan, Shadow Art Fair, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Black Jake, Black Jake and the Carnies, Capitalism, Chicago, Cool Cities, Corner brewery, Depot Town, East Cross Street, education reform, emigration, exit interviews, graffiti, Growing Hope, Hipsilanti, Huron River, mandolin, Ohio, property theft, radon, Rick Snyder, right-to-work, Spur Studios, Stuart Beal, taxes, Ted McClelland, things from Ohio that are tolerable, Thompson Block, Toledo, Water Street Redevelopment Project, Woodruff's, Ypsi Food Co-op, Ypsi/Arbor Exit Interviews, Ypsilanti Public Schools, Ypsilanti real estate, Zach Pollock | 15 Comments

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