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ew Foley’s at Post Oak ready for final touches
By KARI FLUEGEL
Staff Writer
Boxes and crates are sitting cov-
tred with dust. Carpet is lying in
lolls waiting to be laid. But by the be-
itming of October the carpet will be
[aid and the boxes and crates will be
In their place merchandise
be displayed and the new Foley’s
dll open in Post Oak Mall.
The interior construction is about
0 percent complete but work has
ow reached the point where the fi
nal touches will be quickly applied,
Mike Billingsley, store manager,
said.
Show cases will begin to arrive
soon, and Sept. 3 employees will be
gin stocking merchandise.
The store is designed according to
a loop-aisle plan, Lynda Shanblum,
regional sales promotion manager,
said. The main loop circles the store
with the various departments on ei
ther side of the loop.
Foley’s is the only two-floor store
in the mall and therefore has one of
the few store escalators in the Bryan-
College Station area.
A sky light in the atrium area,
where the escalator is located, in ad
dition to adding light will give the
store a sense of space, Shanblum
said.
“It’s going to be a very energy effi
cient store,” Billingsley said.
The store is scheduled to open
Oct. 1, but Foley’s will host a benefit
celebrating the opening Sept. 27.
All proceeds from the benefit will
be given to a charity in the Bryan-
College Station area. The charity has
not yet been named.
“When we go in, we try to be an
immediate member of the commu
nity,” Billingsley said.
Foley’s is trying to gear the store
to the community, Billingsley said.
Colors on items such as store signs,
stationary and business cards have
been changed to burgandy instead
of the orange in the Austin store and
the blue in the Houston stores.
Residents in the area were sur
veyed about what they wanted in the
store and store plans have been
changed to meet those needs,
Billinsley said. The size of the wom
en’s department was tripled, he said.
Other departments in the store in
clude men’s, juniors’, teens’, and
children’s clothing, accessories, cos
metics, electronics (televisions and
computers), home decorations and
housewares.
Another Foley’s promotion will be
the Helping Hands program. With
Helping Hands, area children will be
invited to make plaster hand casts.
Their initals and the date will be
written at the bottom of the cast.
The casts will be glazed and placed
at the mall entrance as a permanent
part of the store.
The Helping Hands will be made
Aug. 19, Shanblum said.
In a few weeks, Foley’s will begin
to hire more than 200 employees.
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