Dillards opens

The folks from Margaritaville were stirring up food on the Channel 7 news this morning. I normally don't eat shrimp or wings at 6:30 in the morning, but they made it look reallllllly good. :drool: I imagine it will be packed tonight, and for a while yet.

Is Penney's open yet?

Dillards opened this morning in Pier Park and it looks great! The clothes, accessories and cosmetics are top quality. I felt like I was in a mall in Atlanta.
On the way out I noticed Margaritaville was open too.

I love Dillards!!!!:clap: This is not good........I'm a Realtor....things are a bit skinny around here, and it's not me..:(

yep! Penney's is open too. I didn't make it in the store though. I'm so excited about this great development! Hopefully it will help property values. 🙂

anyone know if the Ulta is open?

Penney's was giving away $5 gas cards to Chevron. Dillards has coupons for a chance at prizes for the first 500 who show up Thursday, Friday and Saturday, I think. Today, Wednesday, people were in a line wrapped around the building. This is a great mall close to South Walton. Only 15 to 30 minutes from Rosemary or Sandestin. Really no reason to have to deal with Destin traffic again for mall shopping. SoWal has our great individual community stores and Silver Sands in Miramar Beach. This Pier Park in Panama City Beach is icing on the cake. :rolling:

Penney's was giving away $5 gas cards to Chevron. Dillards has coupons for a chance at prizes for the first 500 who show up Thursday, Friday and Saturday, I think. Today, Wednesday, people were in a line wrapped around the building. This is a great mall close to South Walton. Only 15 to 30 minutes from Rosemary or Sandestin. Really no reason to have to deal with Destin traffic again for mall shopping. SoWal has our great individual community stores and Silver Sands in Miramar Beach. This Pier Park in Panama City Beach is icing on the cake.

dangit! I'm missing all the action! I'm on my way to pier park first thing tomorrow! dillards here I come!

Drove to PCB today to see what all the fuss was about, and ended up stopping in there. Nice, but they're still working on getting the staff up to speed. Mr. Mouse was supposed to get a $15 gift card for buying Ecco shoes. Took 15 minutes at customer service to actually get the card while one customer service agent tried to help us and answer the constrantly ringing phones at the same time while two other cs reps sat behind her doing nothing.

And then when we went to redeem the card in housewares, the clerk had to call a manager over to figure out how to redeem the card toward my mini food processor- another 5-10 minute wait there.

finally went to dillard's last week. a very nice store, but for the first time in the history of my life didn't find a single thing to "wear". I did buy some shoes. women's clothing inventory very, very limited at this point. I imagine it will take some time. I'm willing to be patient. Normally I adore dillard's:wub:

The clothing inventory seemed to be very, very resortwear. I went through the shoe department because I need to replace my black loafers, and there was nary a black loafer, nor anything else I'd consider to be a traditional woman's office work shoe, in sight.

The clothing inventory seemed to be very, very resortwear. I went through the shoe department because I need to replace my black loafers, and there was nary a black loafer, nor anything else I'd consider to be a traditional woman's office work shoe, in sight.

😱 you are right! my worst nightmare. please tell me they will be adding real people clothing.

😱 you are right! my worst nightmare. please tell me they will be adding real people clothing.

I'm not expecting much in the way of clothing. After all, Pier Park is not aimed at us- it's aimed at the PCB tourists. They want resortwear, t-shirts, and dustables to take home as souvenirs.

It looks to be Destin Commons, or the internet. :(

I'm not expecting much in the way of clothing. After all, Pier Park is not aimed at us- it's aimed at the PCB tourists. They want resortwear, t-shirts, and dustables to take home as souvenirs.

It looks to be Destin Commons, or the internet. :(

love dillards at the malls in pcb or fwb. destin commons - only in a pinch. I really do not like shopping online. never do it anymore unless a quick book order.

I'm not giving up on pier park dillards by any means.

love dillards at the malls in pcb or fwb. destin commons - only in a pinch. I really do not like shopping online. never do it anymore unless a quick book order.

I'm not giving up on pier park dillards by any means.

And you shouldn't. The next time you're in, talk to the store manager and give him/her your ideas. I've never known a manager who hasn't been absolutely delighted to get feedback from customers. And when you think of it, Tootsie, it's residents like you and Jenny who will be getting them through the winter months, so why shouldn't they want to stock clothing you want to buy?

And you shouldn't. The next time you're in, talk to the store manager and give him/her your ideas. I've never known a manager who hasn't been absolutely delighted to get feedback from customers. And when you think of it, Tootsie, it's residents like you and Jenny who will be getting them through the winter months, so why shouldn't they want to stock clothing you want to buy?

you are so right. I did talk to the sales person when I was looking around. I told her I didn't see a single thing I would buy, and I had looked at every single women's clothing section. she did say they had a lot more inventory to come in and would take time to get it all in, etc. so, I'm hoping this means they will carry more of what locals want to see. but I shall speak to the manager in any case. this is our first opportunity to have a real department store anywhere near SoWal (belk's just doesn't quite do it for me), so it is important!

Tootsie, it's good to go to the top to get results. :clap:

Looking forward to checking out Pier Park next week. Can't wait to get to the beach. (thanks TistheSeason, we owe you big). My middle schooler who thinks she is a "college" schooler is quite petite and I can always find style appropriate/size appropriate/age appropriate stuff for her at Dillards including shoes.

I found some nice business wear. Was really excited about the petite pjs. Good idea to let management know there are a lot of locals that will shop there if they keep us in mind. Except for Nordstroms, I've always had a challenge finding shoes for my petite daughter.