{"id":39102,"date":"2022-08-03T19:42:28","date_gmt":"2022-08-04T01:42:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/old-navy-store-will-open-southwest-colorado\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T08:48:05","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T08:48:05","slug":"old-navy-store-will-open-southwest-colorado","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/old-navy-store-will-open-southwest-colorado\/","title":{"rendered":"Old Navy store will open Southwest Colorado"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><figure class=\"wp-block-image naviga-inline-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=d269603e-0d13-5dd7-b439-571f46d75372&amp;function=cover&amp;type=preview&amp;source=false&amp;width=2000\" width=\"1086\" height=\"724\" alt=\"Old Navy plans to open at the Durango mall in late September and is hiring. (Tyler Brown\/Durango Herald)\" class=\"naviga-image\" loading=\"lazy\"><figcaption><span class=\"caption\">Old Navy plans to open at the Durango mall in late September and is hiring. (Tyler Brown\/Durango Herald)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><p>Old Navy is expected to open a store late next month at the Durango Mall.<\/p>\n<p>The clothing store arrives two years after the J.C. Penny Co. store closed at the mall as a result of Chapter 11 bankruptcy.<\/p>\n<p>The store\u2019s arrival could help fill a void for customers seeking cheaper apparel from a major clothing retailer in Durango. There aren\u2019t many options besides Ross, T.J. Maxx and Walmart. As a result, some residents drive to Farmington to shop at big-name clothing retailers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs part of the brand\u2019s growth strategy, Old Navy is focused on opening new stores in smaller markets to reach new customers who have had the opportunity to shop the brand online but haven\u2019t had access to a local store,\u201d an Old Navy spokesperson wrote in an email to <em id=\"emphasis-d9b1d6de8853076a9e6e45c7c0596be3\">The Durango Herald<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, the brand opened about 42 new company-owned store locations in smaller markets, with about 30 stores planned in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Old Navy plans to offer curbside pickup and buy online\/pick-up-in-store options to promote safe shopping and convenience for those who don\u2019t want to stand in check out lines.<\/p>\n<p>Durango Chamber of Commerce CEO Jack Llewellyn said Old Navy will offer more retail variety.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnytime we can add to the retail choices and keep folks here shopping in our community, whether it\u2019s Old Navy or T.J. Maxx, I think that can be a good thing,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Llewellyn said more retail, especially in areas lacking, prevents commerce leakage to other states and the internet. He finds that clothing for men has been limited since J.C. Penny went out of business.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHaving more selection in the clothing lines can have a positive impact \u2026 so we don\u2019t go down and spend our hard earned money, so to speak, in Albuquerque or Denver,\u201d Llewellyn said.<\/p>\n<p>It also means more sales tax revenue and more employment opportunities for the local community.<\/p>\n<p>Old Navy could attract other big-name stores to the Durango Mall, he said. The number of stores in the mall has decreased significantly over the last five years. Llewellyn said the mall attracts people who want to try on clothes before purchasing, and many people still value that option.<\/p>\n<p>According to a sign posted outside the window, Old Navy is hiring before opening in September, and those interested can apply on the company\u2019s website.<\/p>\n<p><em id=\"emphasis-bf113d96d18bd384b82c9ca5c728b577\"><a href=\"mailto:tbrown@durangoherald.com\">tbrown@durangoherald.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>retailer offers variety in affordable apparel<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":39103,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[431,3543,950,28,500],"naviga_topic":[],"class_list":["post-39102","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-business-general","tag-clothing","tag-durango","tag-headlines","tag-retail"],"acf":[],"author_name":"dh_admin","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39102","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39102"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39102\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":84222,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39102\/revisions\/84222"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39103"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39102"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39102"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39102"},{"taxonomy":"naviga_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/naviga_topic?post=39102"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}