What is it?
My brother’s construction company built the new Kohl’s here but I never got around to asking him what it is?
Is it a glorified Target? Kinda like Mervyn’s without the stuff you can buy at a grocery store?
Or is it better than Mervyns but not as good as Dillards?
I don’t get it. I would ask my brother but they just build the structure, he’s never shopped there and they don’t do much tenant finish.
Any Kohl’s shoppers out there care to enlighten the Colorado Springs SDMBERS?
They just opened a Kohls near me, its kinda like a nicer Target, but not quite as nice as a JC Penny. At least thats what I remember.
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I take it you don’t have a Mervyn’s in your area? I have always felt that Mervyn’s was a step down from JC Penney and a step up from Target…
Thanks. I guess I wont be shopping there much. I hate shopping anyway but they sure have been playing up the opening for a month now. Kinda bugs me because we have been having goofy weather here this year and my brother’s company do their damndest to be on time with their construction schedules.
We have Kohl’s, it’s very similar to Mervyn’s. They have clothes, housewares, bedding, jewelry, that sort of stuff.
I haven’t been there in awhile, but I like their shoe sales. As a matter of fact, shoes are about the only thing I buy at Kohl’s.
seeeeeee! You know what it is already!!! 
Count your blessings. The nearest thing we have is Ames. Not as well stocked as K-mart or Wal-Mart, and less attractive.
I’ve only been shopping once at Kohl’s and it’s been around about a year. It seems a lot like Mervyn’s except aimed at an older crowd, and merchandise tends to be more common.
I love Kohl’s. Of course, I hate malls, so there you have it. Kohl’s is a division of Federated stores (e.g. Lazarus) so they carry a lot of their middle-tier merchandise. In other words, you won’t find Liz Claiborne or Jones New York there, but instead you will find affordable office casual clothes there, as well as tons of casual sportswear. I like that they carry name brand items – such as Nike, Hanes, Calphalon, Bass shoes.
I also like that they build stores in convenient locations – away from the malls. And the stores are usually stand-alone, with their own parking lots. That makes it much easier to get in and out, esp. if you’re in a hurry.
If you’re looking for an outfit to wear to work or to work-out in, Kohl’s is the place. If you’re looking for something special to wear on a date, I’d go to the mall.
I love Kohls too. We buy a lot of kids clothes there, especially the house brand (Sonoma I think?). They have a pretty good clothing selection and they run lots of sales. I usually buy all my clothes there because, like Lisa said, it’s not in the mall. I can do the ideal Guy Shopping thing there: I go in, grab a couple pairs of Levis or Dockers, and get out.
They also have pretty good deals on cookware and kitchen stuff and carry some decent brands (Kitchen Aid, Henckels, etc.).
I will check it out once the hype has gone down.
The problem I have with most stores is that they don’t have a good petites section. I am too short to wear a lot of the regular women’s sizes. That’s probably why I hate shopping. The petites in most stores are crap my grandma might wear and I am not hip enough to wear juniors when they do fit. (I have hips and rounder than our “teen” counterparts.)
Hmmm, anyone a petite and had good luck there?
Each Kohl’s must have different buyers because the Kohl’s in my area carries a nice selection of clothes. They even carry name brands. I bought several sweaters and some casual Liz Clairborne shorts and tops just a few weeks ago.
They also have great sales. I bought some golf shirts for my dad and husband and paid $10 for each one. I also received four $10 off coupons that could be used on anything in the stores including sale and clearance items. I gave them to a friend of mine and she went and bought clothes for her grand-daughter (dead beat dad is not paying child support or helping the family financially).
Zyada, you need to come to Plano if your Kohl’s is selling older people clothes. The Kohl’s on Spring Creek and Preston is really nice and I always find stuff that I like. My sister even comes up from Austin and buys clothes for her teenage daughter there.
Kohl’s is currently the fastest growing department store chain in the nation.
You’ll find clothes that I think are better quality than Walmart, and JC Penney-at least the JC Penneys in my area, which have almost no choice for women’s clothes, though the men’s are a bit better. But they are not a Dillards or Macys by any means.
For the most part, it’s decent stuff, especially if your weight fluctuates the way mine can.
Um, actually Kohls (Ticker: KSS Exchange: New York Stock Exchange) is its own company with no affiliation with Federated (Ticker: FD Exchange: New York Stock Exchange; Bon Marche - Macy’s - Bloomingdales - Burdines - Rich’s - Goldsmiths - Lazarus - Fingerhut and soon-no-more-Sterns and formerly Jordan Marsh, Bullock’s, Block’s, Abraham & Straus, I. Magnin, etc etc etc.).
Kohl’s is generally considered roughly equivalent to JC Penney in price and quality. The main difference is presentation. Kohls stores are always one level only, and they offer shopping carts. Together, that feels a bit less upscale than Penney, which is closer to a traditional department store in feel, fat lot of good that’s done them. Where Kohls is expanding to the point of metastisization, Penney is closing dozens of stores and having to spend hundreds of millions re-engineering their business.
Now, just to confuse things - Penney’s recently spent a gazillion dollars to hire Alan Questrom, who brought Federated out of bankruptcy and engineered Federated’s acquisition of the then-bankrupt Macy’s. Hmmm, what do you think Mr. Questrom might do next?
Always remember one thing, though. “Kohl’s” backwards is almost “Shlok.”
Kohl’s has good sales.
And they do sell Villager brand, which is a division of Liz Claiborne. Just to get technical and nitpicky.
They are also open long hours, more like Target.
And I gotta say, for a discount store? Target does pretty well for clothes. I’m too old for most of their stuff (I’m not trendy) but I’ve been impressed by how much “in” stuff they’ve got on the sales floor.