Caldwell Watchman from Columbia, Louisiana • 17

i I Pecanland MallAugust 13, 1985Pagc 7 3 6 Pecanland Mall opening best in history of the Herring Group No-Fault Wheat pointed out that grand open-ings generally bring a lot of lookers, but sales figures for most of the mau stores seem to be running beyond projections. While most of the major department do not reveal their sales figures, Famous Ramous, for example, sold over $36,000 of hotdogs during the four-day grand opening. Corn Dog 7 broke their individual See OPENING D.8 parking lot. On Saturday slightly over 19,000 cars were counted between 8 a.m. and 9p.m.

Based upon those numbers, mall officials estimate that nearly 250,000 people visited the mall during the grand opening Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday. "We (Wheat and Marketing Director Karen Samford) were hoping for 350,000," said Wheat, "but 250,000 is better than the Herring Group had anticipated." The grand opening of Pecanland Mall in Monroe may have been the "best grand opening in the history of the Herring Group," according to Pecanland Mall Manager Frank i ne grand opening was much better than we had envisioned," said Wheat, "in terms of crowd, merchandise and the number of dollars spent." Wheat said that it was Saturday before counters were installed to count cars as they pulled into the Wrangler Kids four-pocket jeans in 1 00 cotton 'No-Fault' denim won't shrink, pucker or wrinkle, even after repeated washings At Baskin-Robbins, whatever you're craving, we're your taste. Girls 4-6X $14.99 Boys 4-7 $13.99 0 I I wssmL I Dreambab? Shop "Dream clothes for your Drcambaby" Pecanland Mall I'" I 1 Sv if 11; 0K '4 v. 5P Reqis pampers you with personalized, quality service. We consult before we cut.

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