Barneys New York - Dallas North Park Store Has Just Become Dynamic

When I was a child, Barneys New York was a very exclusive men's store, and by reputation, it was where the finest dressers bought everything, even their socks.  As the store found itself challenged by competition, it did what it should have done: it added courtier clothing for women, and it increased its number of stores.

            Readers of the blogs I have posted here know that I have frequently expressed criticism of Barneys ownership and management because their maverick and often times silly window and store displays at their Dallas North Park Center location lacked merchandising logic and, therefore, did not encouraged enough customers to even begin to attain critical mass.

             All in a town and in a similar location where they had had a prior store, a store that had performed so poorly that they had elected to close it.

            Yesterday I saw that they had just, by far, installed the best window designs in the center.  That encouraged me to tour the store.  Bingo!  They've finally figured it out.  I hope they continue in this direction, and that it's not too late for shoppers to explore the store.

             Dallas men and women who demand and require their clothier not to have jammed racks and tight aisles, and to have one-on-one assistance in exploring selection possibilities will enjoy Barneys New York.  In NorthPark about the center of the Neiman's-Northstrom concourse.  Go look.

Copyright 2008 - William S. Cherry

 
Posted by BILL CHERRY on 04/16/2008 06:44 AM   Comments (8)   , , , ,  
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8 Comments on Barneys New York - Dallas North Park Store Has Just Become Dynamic

I bought one of my first suits at Barneys New York. Wow what a trip down memory lane this post is

04/16/2008 06:49 AM by Charlie Ragonesi Big Canoe Realestate Jasper,Ellijay,Ball Ground,Benttree (All Mountain Realty)

Bill:  Look at you.....Mister High End!

04/16/2008 06:52 AM by Donna Marie Godfrey (Kenneth R. Styer Real Estate)

Charlie and Miss Donna

Thanks for your comments.  How nice of you to add to my post.

While I had been to Manhattan many times with my family, when I was 16 my daddy and I went one time by ourselves, and while we were there he bought me a cashmere sport coat at Barneys.  I still have that coat.  It looks like brand-new and every now and then I take it out of the bag, feel it and think about my dad and our trip together.  I love doing that.

I've had that coat for more than fifty years.  It still has style and hangs well.  It's just that it no longer fits.

If it were up to me, everyone on this planet would be treated to at least one fine piece of clothing in their lifetime.  And one piece of exquisite jewelry.

04/16/2008 08:29 AM by Bill Cherry

 Bill...I'm afraid we don't have that store around here. Do you have one near you or have you been playing in New York?

04/16/2008 07:00 PM by Joan Mirantz- Concord New Hampshire Realtor (Keeler Family Realtors)

Miss Joanie, I don't know how many stores Barneys has.  I doubt very many.  But they opened one in Dallas' famous up-scale shopping mall, North Park, about a year ago, and the store has struggled.

For many years I went to New York and Boston about 10 times a year...about the same number of times to Los Angeles.  My Boston associate Carol Todreas of Todreas-Hanley Associates, Inc., and I did a great deal of business in those areas.

But when Patty and I married, I cut out the travel.  I do miss my visits, though.

Bill

04/16/2008 10:52 PM by BILL CHERRY (BILL CHERRY, REALTORS - DALLAS)

Bill....if you ever do make a trip to Boston...let me know ! It's only a little over an hour from my house and I'd love to come down (or you could visit NH!) and meet you...

04/17/2008 04:07 PM by Joan Mirantz- Concord New Hampshire Realtor (Keeler Family Realtors)

Miss Joanie,

You know darned well I wouldn't get anywhere near Boston or anywhere else in New England without making arrangements to meet you.

Bill

04/17/2008 09:05 PM by BILL CHERRY (BILL CHERRY, REALTORS - DALLAS)

MAY 7TH UPDATE

I was in NorthPark yesterday afternoon.  Barneys had redressed its windows.  Another home run!  Make that two in a row!

05/07/2008 07:12 AM by BILL CHERRY (BILL CHERRY, REALTORS - DALLAS)

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