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Nordstrom Rack
1700 Chestnut St |
Century 21
821 Market St |
| Price Range: The general prices ranged from $20 to $80, but there are items well into the hundreds (like a $1000 Michael Kors leather jacket marked down to ~$500). | Price Range: The majority of shoes and menswear run between $50 to $150. Coats and designer womenswear pass $200. Everything—including luxury goods—showed off the suggested retail price, making even $500 dresses (originally over $1500) tempting steals. |
| Sales Associates: The sales associates, dressed in green shirts, will check you out anywhere in the store via smartphone. Quick and seamless check–out was extremely convenient. | Sales Associates: Are knowledgable and friendly. Don't be afraid to approach them with questions. |
| Crowd Control: On a Friday afternoon, it was packed. The downstairs section gets overwhelming fast, but upstairs is less crowded. | Crowd Control: It was fairly manageable around 11 a.m. on a Monday, but more and more people filed in by the minute. We're not sure if we would suggest braving it on a weekend. |
| Aesthetics: Be warned: it isn’t aesthetically impressive. It’s essentially one big room sectioned off into different parts. | Aesthetics: The two–story location is inside a historic building, but is bright and modern and brimming with chandeliers. It was impressively tidy. |
| Location: At 17th and Chestnut streets, it’s located fairly close to campus, and in the center of a shopping hub (Buffalo Exchange, Sephora, J.Crew and more). | Location: It’s right at the 8th Street MFL station, making it a super quick 10–minute ride from campus. |
| By Sandrine Nkuranga | By Nicole Malick |
