Macy’s continues to expand in North Texas with its smaller stores

Macy’s off-price idea is coming to Grapevine Mills, which is anchored by Saks Off fifth and likewise has the one Neiman Marcus Last Call retailer in the market.

Macy’s Backstage will open May 14 in the mall in 22,000 sq. ft of house. The retailer sells males’s, girls’s and kids’s attire and toys, housewares and trend equipment. Backstage stores even have customer support desks for Macy’s on-line pick-ups and returns.

Macy’s has 9 native mall anchor division stores — in Arlington, two in Dallas, Fort Worth, Frisco, Hurst, Irving, Mesquite and Plano — and the retailer has additionally grown in the market with its free-standing stores.

The Backstage off-price idea has been carved into six of Macy’s current mall anchor stores, and Backstage stores additionally opened final 12 months at The Village at Allen and The Centre at Preston Ridge in Frisco. The Grapevine Mills retailer would be the third free-standing Backstage retailer in North Texas. It is in the previous VF Outlet house between Rainforest Cafe and Fieldhouse USA.

The retailer’s different new small retailer idea, Market by Macy’s, debuted domestically.

The first Market by Macy’s in the U.S. opened in Southlake Town Square simply earlier than the pandemic began. The idea was studied and tweaked, and two extra have now opened in Fort Worth’s WestBend growth and at The Highlands of Flower Mound.

Market by Macy’s expanded exterior Texas with two stores that opened late final 12 months in the Atlanta market.

Twitter: @MariaHalkias

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