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Article: Prince George's Retail Appeal; Development Sites, Income Levels Prompt 2nd Look by Some Chains
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- The Washington Post
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- April 3, 1995
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In the 1980s, when Nordstrom, Macy's, Saks Fifth Avenue and Neiman
Marcus were opening stores in Fairfax, Montgomery and Anne Arundel
counties, they bypassed Prince George's County.
Residents, public officials and business owners grumbled at the
time that retailers were avoiding the county in part because of its
large African-American population, despite its middle- and upper-
middle-income levels. And when Woodward & Lothrop Inc. announced last
month that it would sell or close two of its three stores in the
county, it only added to the concerns of Prince George's residents.
But retailing has changed in the past few years and, despite the
pullout by Woodies, there are signs that Prince ...