Friday, April 19, 2013
Stop by The Avenue East Cobb location from 12-2 p.m. Saturday for the latest in trends and on-site advice.
Shaye Strager, the trend tracker for CBS Better Mornings Atlanta, and Kim Creaven, publisher of Modern Luxury’s Atlantan Magazine, will be at the Coldwater Creek store at The Avenue East Cobb Saturday to share their spring fashion favorites and offer tips on trend-right styles for the season. The Coldwater Creek store will provide refreshments and hosts' giveaways and promotions for the event, which takes place from 12-2 p.m. The Avenue East Cobb is located at 4475 Roswell Road.
Monday, February 4, 2013
The crafts retailer is relocating from the nearby East Cobb Crossing Shopping Center and into the former Borders bookstore space.
For more than a year, East Cobb shoppers have wondered what might go into the vast, empty space vacated by Borders when the book retailer went out of business. East Cobb Patch also solicited reader preferences, but for many months more no official word was forthcoming. But on Monday, The Avenue East Cobb made official what had been rumored to be the case for months: a nearby Michaels store was relocating, bringing its specialty arts and crafts inventory to a space where once books were sold. A spokeswoman for The Avenue said Monday that Michaels will re-open in the fall, but that a specific date has not been determined. Michaels has been located the East Cobb Crossing Shopping Center just a block away on Roswell Road, at the northeast …
Friday, November 23, 2012
Most retailers are waiting until daylight Friday to start the official holiday shopping season.
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Friday, November 23, 2012
East Cobb's two signature retail centers are avoiding the rush to Black Friday, for the most part. Three retailers at Merchant's Walk Shopping Center -- Kohl's, Old Navy and ULTA opened at midnight Friday. At The Avenue East Cobb, Jos. A Bank was open from 10 p.m. Thursday to 2 a.m. Friday. But other stores are waiting until daylight hours today to begin a long Black Friday. A few Merchant's Walk stores will opening earlier than usual on Friday -- Lizard Thicket and Office Max at 6 a.m. and Carter's, The Hub Boutique and SteinMart at 7 a.m. Most other stores will observe their normal opening hours, including Whole Foods, which opens at 9 a.m. See the attached PDF for complete Black Friday hours for each Merchant's Walk store and …
Tuesday, April 17, 2012
Plenty of shops have opened recently at one of East Cobb's premiere retail centers. But what about the old Borders space?
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Tuesday, April 17, 2012
The Avenue East Cobb has lost its anchor tenant, but business has been thriving in recent weeks with the opening of several new shops and a restaurant. The Roswell Road center is still seeking a new occupant for the space once held by Borders, the retail book chain that went out of business last fall. There's also room for another restaurant in the space formerly occupied by Johnny Rockets. But most of the rest of the available smaller space has been taken up recently by a host of new entries to the East Cobb shopping scene: In addition, the Gap store at The Avenue recently underwent a major renovation. On May 5, the Taste of East Cobb will return to The Avenue, its original location. But about that old Borders store: What would you …
Saturday, July 23, 2011
Borders to close; millage rate hearings; Ginepri's back; schools fail AYP.
Please click on the links below to read more about this week's top stories: Borders in East Cobb to close Commission ponders property tax increase Ginepri returns to action 4 East Cobb schools fail AYP
Monday, July 18, 2011
The struggling bookstore chain is shutting down its remaining 399 locations after failing to attract buyers.
The last Borders store in Cobb County, and the only major bookstore location in East Cobb, is on the verge of closing its doors. Various news reports indicated late Monday afternoon that the Borders Group Inc. is planning to liquidate its remaining 399 stores, including The Avenue East Cobb, after efforts to sell the chain fell through over the weekend. The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Borders will ask a judge to approve a sale to a liquidation firm Thursday, and other sources are indicating that liquidation sales could begin as early as Friday. As of late Monday afternoon, no announcement had been posted on the Borders website, but various news organizations obtained official statements from the company confirming the news. …
Laura
8:04 pm on Sunday, March 3, 2013
OMG! The avenue has been slowly going down hill for awhile, so sad! I used to like to shop there now I just go to BB&beyond . The avenue pretty much just sux now. more ›