Puma Switches Up Strategy; May Close Cursed Block 37 Store

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The Puma store in the troubled (maybe cursed) shopping mall Block 37 might close. Losing a 2-storey corner store like this would be a huge blow for the mall which has been trying to attract tenants since the original tenants, one of which was Puma. This comes at a time when Puma is restructuring its store operations across the globe.

If Puma left the mall, which is only 36 percent leased, Block 37's only saving graces would be Anthropologie, Zara and the ghost of Beard Papa's delicious cream puffs in the pedway (confectionary hall of temptation) connecting the Blue and Red Lines. Also, if Puma left, this would mean that there will be no brand store in the city after the sudden and ridiculous closure of the Puma store in the Gold Coast.
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