Avenues Review (Part One)
I just got back from The Avenues mall. I’ve always thought the location was shit, since it’s close to an industrial area and my thoughts couldn’t be more right when I struggled to find a way to get into the mall since I came from the 5th Ring Road from Jahra side. Anyways, after a long unnecessary trip I managed to find the entrance and I parked my car downstairs in their absolutely spacious parking lot.
I knew Carefoure is supposed to open there and everybody is waiting for the gap too but all I cared about was two brands I absolutely love and adore, Footlocker and H&M’s men’s store.
Footlocker absolutely didn’t disappoint, the showroom is way larger than Marina’s and it had an amazing collection. I was like a kid in candy store. They have an opening promotion too where if you buy anything you get a gym bag filled with some goodies (my favorite of which, a shiny red metallic water bottle). Talking about red awesome things, you totally got to check out that red sneaker designed by Porsche Design for Adidas. I just hope somebody wiped my drool off the floor near that shelf.
Now it was another kind of story for H&M, I was looking forward seeing the showroom design and check out their prices really more than seeing their collection as I have already did that when I was at their store in Mall of The Emirates in Dubai. Apparently H&M was so pressed with time they didn’t even bother have a standard for hiring people for the store. More than once I get approached by a salesman who’s unshaved, sweaty and really just plain disgusting as if they just came out of some garage in Shuwaikh’s industrial area. They didn’t even behave like the usual H&M’s friendly staff you find in other stores. Some guy was like “Hay abou el shabaab, keefak?”, “badak shee?” … all I could think about was “badi shee mino shino you disgusting fuck”. I just simply didn’t appreciate the shopping experience I had in a place that I really really love.
March 29th, 2007 23:26
I saw an afro today
March 30th, 2007 09:28
i went to H&M and found some cool jeans. I asked for size 36 since that is the size of all my pants. They gave them to me and I tried them.. they were too tight. So I asked for size 38, turns out size 36 was the largest size of jeans they had from ANY model. I was like wtf? Kuwait is like the 8th fattest country in the world and the largest size you get is a 36! Extremely stupid.
April 1st, 2007 07:59
H&M and Foot Locker are cool WA-LAH! Shop till ya drop. My cousin wants to know when Footlocker come to Dubai?
Yalla!
April 1st, 2007 23:11
file a complain to Madonna!
April 3rd, 2007 13:04
So, you drooled over the red sneakers and left a deposit in the nike? How Jahra!
April 4th, 2007 12:50
Send me an e-mail if you like and i will get you in touch with their brand manager and their Merchandiser i know they will be interested in hearing about that
November 11th, 2007 12:01
I just hope somebody wiped my drool off the floor near that shelf.
LOL
I was bored at work but when I read that part, i laughed out loud…I guess by now my co-worker thinks i am crazy…well, crazier than he thought BlLlllllLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL