Super Bowl Sunday East Blvd. boutique sale

Super Bowl Sunday won't just be about football, as several popular East Blvd. boutiques are banding together to offer a sale.

The sale will run from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m., and feature store-wide markdowns of 20 to 25 percent, along with additional individual sale items. Stores participating are: Sloan, Step by Sloan, Petal, Cottage Chic, Laura James Jewelry, CORAL, Monarch Consignment and I.C. London. Wine & Design, a new shop offering "paint parties," has a $25 special football canvas deal for husbands and kids who aren't into ladies boutiques.

The idea for the sale came from Sloan Boutique and local shopping site Scoop Charlotte. For more details and to see exactly what's on sale, check out their website. 

Blockbuster on East Boulevard closing

So, the signs have been up for a little while now, but I finally have time to post a quick note about this: The Blockbuster store at East Boulevard and Kenilworth Avenue is closing in a few weeks.

The store is selling off its inventory, and an employee says its last day of business will be Feb. 19th. Blockbuster is chopping hundreds of locations, since the chain declared bankruptcy and was bought for $320 million by satellite TV provider Dish Network.

The chain is trying to promote its Redbox-like rentals, a Netflix-like mail rental system, and on-demand streaming video to compensate for the decline in rentals from retail locations.

Blockbuster's closing is just one of several local retail changes underway on that stretch of East Boulevard. The Harris Teeter in Kenilworth Commons is in the midst of a major renovation and addition. And two new stores on East Boulevard across from the Blockbuster are now open as well: Modern Lighting and men's salon Shear Excellence.


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