Quote Originally Posted by nain rouge View Post
On the topic of retail, I've always like that American Apparel has been willing to invest in downtown stores, as seen in Royal Oak and Ann Arbor.
American Apparel is one of a small number of national chains that specifically prefers main streets over malls, due to image/marketing issues.

A few other examples are Anthropologie, Urban Outfitters, West Elm, Bluemercury, and Papersource.