HomeGoods makes good first impression on shoppers.(Business)

0 Comments | Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), April, 2002

Byline: Kim Mikus A pair of friends - avid shoppers from Glen Ellyn - say they catch a high from finding bargains on quality merchandise. Gerrie Kehnast and Carol Clarke were able to get their fix on opening day of the new HomeGoods store in Schaumburg. The women arrived shortly after the doors opened Thursday to check out the newest shop offering brand names at bargain prices for the home.

HomeGoods, across from Woodfield Shopping Center in Woodfield Village Green, is an off-price home fashions retailer, providing brand name and designer home fashions and accessories at prices up to 60 percent less than department stores, said HomeGoods spokeswoman Teleia Farrell. Kehnast and Clarke, like most of the shoppers who hit the store during its opening day,...