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Uniqlo flagship Fifth Avenue store opens tomorrow: $9.90 jeans, $49.99 cashmere sweaters

The new Uniqlo flagship store on Fifth Avenue and 53rd St. opens Friday, October 14th, followed by another superstore on 34th Street off Broadway one week later, on Friday, October 21st.   A preview inside look at the Fifth Avenue location by New York Magazine promises $9.90 jeans and $49.90 cashmere sweaters.  The store is [...]

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Two new Uniqlo stores open in Manhattan

The new Uniqlo flagship store on Fifth Avenue and 53rd St. opens Friday, October 7th, followed by another superstore on 34th Street off Broadway one week later, on Friday, October 14th.  The Fifth Avenue location a humongous 89,000 square feet, and ranks as the largest retail space on the avenue — larger than Bergdorf [...]

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Buyer beware: Macy’s charges $14.95 to pay your bill by phone

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I just tried to pay a Macy’s credit card bill by phone and was astounded, horrified and truly disgusted to learn that Macy’s charges a whopping $14.95 to let you pay your bill by phone.  That’s not the case with any other merchant I do business with, including American Express.  Every [...]

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NYC daily deals: half off Macy’s gift card, Oprah + Parents magazines, Zoobooks for kids

Grab these Groupon and Eversave deals while they last –

Macy‘s — get a $20 gift card for $10.  This Groupon voucher can be used anywhere Macy’s has a store, or online on the Macy’s website.  The trick is you have to redeem the voucher at Macy’s 34th St. Herald Square store. Oprah magazine [...]

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Hilton hotel deal in NYC includes Macy’s shopping discount

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Seven Hilton brand hotels in New York City are offering a combo deal of triple Hilton Points with and a certificate for 10% off at Macy’s.  This deal is good on stays through December 31, 2011, and only at the following hotels — all of which are located conveniently in midtown, walking [...]

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Macy’s beauty week: free samples and other gifts

It’s Beauty Week at Macy’s, which means free samples or gifts with a purchase.  Brands offering SWAG include Dolce & Gabbana, Laura Mercier, Urban Decay, Bliss, Clinique, Estee Lauder, Origins and Shiseido.  You can get the freebies online or in store — but not everything is available online.  Whether you call it free sample [...]

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New Route for 2010 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade

The 2010 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade begins at 77th St. and Central Park West.  It marches south on CPW, and does a dogleg turn east onto Central Park South until Seventh Avenue, where the floats, celebrities and marching bands continue marching south once more.  At 42nd Street, the parade travels east for one block [...]

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Celebrate Caribbean Week NYC June 6-12

Caribbean Week in NY is a week-long festival of events, many of them free, June 6th to 12th.  The annual festival celebrates Caribbean food, culture, music, dance, and the Caribbean Disapora.  More than one dozen Caribbean nations support Caribbean Week, each one of them a wonderful and appealing vacation destination.

Two top chefs from [...]

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