2012 Retail Expectations

Our retailers across the island are busy adding the final touches to their 2012 merchandising. There is after all the jazz festival on the horizon as well as Valentine’s Day. AW shares a peek at what a few of your favourite boutiques are planning to ensure an even better year of retail therapy.

A Marie Goddess Boutique

We know that women want more versatility in the clothes they wear. So, in our store you should expect to find the most unique designs and the latest fashion trends from around the world. Our mission for 2012 is to provide fashionable items for all occasions for our ‘goddesses’. Therefore, A Marie Goddess will have lots of bright fun colours, more exotic laces and sheers, dresses that women can wear to work as well as to an evening soiree, dinner outfits that stand out in any crowd. Every piece in the store will be a closet necessity in the latest fashion trends — colourful dresses, jackets, belts, and large clutch purses. Women want a more timeless look and we will offer this and more at A Marie Goddess in 2012.

Vision Plaza

3a Central Avenue

Kingston 10

(behind King’s Plaza and Across from Southdale Plaza)

Tel: 418-8181

Foot Candy Couture

We have really been looking forward to 2012 and hope our customers are ready for all we plan to offer them. We intend to continuously add new brands of clothing that will not only be affordable, but also appropriate for our tropical climate.

Shop 8

Upper Manor Park Plaza

Kingston 8

Tel: 925-6273/ 924-6977

Kerry manwomanhome

At KERRY manwomanhome, we strive to not only provide our customers with the ultimate shopping experience. We will this year continue to enhance our offerings by : collaborative efforts with other industry players both locally and internationally, tap into other markets regionally, and continue to execute fashion-forward events for our customers to look and feel absolutely A-list!

18 South Avenue

Kingston 10

Tel: 929-2096

Wow Factor

Our customers can continue to expect good service and low prices that they have grown accustomed to in 2011. We hope to continue to push the envelope with trendy stock and make customers a priority.

Shop 12

Little Pub Complex

50 Main Street

Ocho Rios

St Ann

Tel: 572-1323

Email: wowfactorja@gmail.com

Essie’s Fabric and Variety Store

We hope that 2012 will be an even better year for our store and for our customers. They can look forward to friendlier customer service and better quality goods.

23 West Street

Shop 1

Shines Plaza

Portland

Tel: 715-5391

House of Style

We are really hoping for the best in 2012. I predict that it will be a tough year. We will be bringing in new stock and we hope that our customers know that they can expect excellent service from our store.

Shop 33-35

Beckford Plaza

Savanna-La-Mar

Tel: 918-0942

Kyla’s Posh n’ Sassy

We are trying to bring quality clothing at good prices. Persons often don’t know the difference between boutiques and stores. You get more attention, limited styles at our store. Price factor and quality factor and customer service are priorities. Most of the plans for last year could not have been accomplished, in the current economic climate so I hope there is a turnaround so that consumers can benefit. We will be redecorating and producing more advertisements.

Shop 7

Milbrook Plaza

Tel: 969-2235

Kerry Kay’s

We will continue to provide good costumer service. We also started our own clothing line recently and we hope to expand this in the coming year. We also opened a new location in The Whitter Village Centre in Ironshore, Montego Bay, and our customers there can expect nothing but the best from the Kerry Kay’s brand. We now supply long-length jeans in sizes 0-5x. Another big event that consumers can look forward to in 2012 is Miss Jamaica Plus-size Fashion Week, which we will be a major part of. We have also opened a text line (351-9031) in 2012, which we invite people to use to request a VIP discount package.

Shop 2

Lane Plaza

Kingston 10

Tel: 754-7766

Déjà vu

2011 was a very challenging year for retailers and we feel extremely hopeful for a more prosperous new year. The Jazz and Blues festival usually brings an influx of costumers and we are prepared to meet the needs of our consumers during this very busy period. We will be importing new stock from India so that our customers can have new items to choose from in 2012.

Shop 1 and 3

Shoppes at Rose Hall

Montego Bay

Tel: 371-3091

Voila

We are going to be doing something very different and creative this year in terms of the stock we intend to offer in 2012. I am sure our customers will be very surprised when we make our big reveal in February — just in time for Valentine’s Day. We would really love to have more support from new customers as we unveil our new products this year.

Shop 16

Shoppes at Rose Hall

Montego Bay

Tel: 953-3319

Shhh Boutique

We will be offering the hottest male and female clothing at the coolest prices.

9-11 Phoenix Avenue

Kingston 6 (off Old Hope Road)

Tel: 969-0170

Fashionista

Fashionista is trying to expand our horizons in 2012. It is our aim to open our first outlet in Kingston before the year is over. We also want to cater to more consumers by providing a wider variety of items — particularly children’s clothing and an expansion of our options for male clothing.

Shop 34

Portmore Town Centre Plaza

Tel: 375-2424/988-8642

Fashion 911

We are trying to carry more designer shoe lines for 2012. We also want to provide continued customer service.

Shop 16

Windsor Avenue

Tel: 927-8937/ 818-0154

Passion for Fashion

Our customers can expect nothing but the best from our store this year. Not only do we intend to offer more quality stock, we also plan to offer even greater costumer service.

Shop 13

Bargain Mall

Clock Tower Plaza

Tel: 908-1339