Two years after Robinson shutdown, Phila gains Samsonite store
Up at the Mills
Two years after Center City lost its iconic Robinson's briefcase-suitcase store on South Broad St., luggage-maker Samsonite is opening its first Philadelphia-area store at the city's largest shopping center, Philadelphia Mills, says owner Simon Property Group.
Simon has been renovating the Northeast Philly complex, formerly known as Franklin Mills. The new Samsonite store will be in "Neighborhood 2," next to Burlington Coat Factory. Samsomite's nearest existing stores are in outlet clusters in Reading, Lancaster, and Jackson Township, N.J.
Other new stores at Philadelphia Mills include Puma, Rack Room Shoes, Express Factory Outlet; and, later this year, Starbucks and Yankee Candle. Simon, which also owns the big King of Prussia shopping complex, says it's also cooperating with "significant renovations" at Philadelphia Mills' Marshalls HomeGoods, Burlington Coat Factory, H&M and Foot Locker stores, among others.