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Mall hopes
will bring
By ROBERT THOMAS
Carolina Life Editor
Parisian department store will
open its doors Wednesday, and
some Richland Fashion Mall store
owners are hoping the store will
lead more traffic into the finanr.iallv
ailino mall
The three-story mall has been in
the spotlight since the L. J. Hooker
Corp., its owner and owner of the
Bonwit Teller department store
chain, filed for bankruptcy in
August
"A full mall would certainly
help, but Parisian has been able to
stand on its own before," store
manager Kevin Chiselko said, referring
to the fact nearly half of
the mall's stores are still not filled.
"Business is okay, but we could
stand to do a little better," Record
Bar manager Scott Crosby said.
"The mall is going to make money
whether L. J. Hooker owns it or
someone else."
"I hope now people will see that
the mall is here to stay," Chiselko
said.
Meanwhile, other major department
stores in Columbia may be
keeping their eye on Birminghambased
Parisian, but they're not
talking about it
"It is no doubt they will be competition,"
said Carl Belk of the
Belk department stores Charlotte
headquarters.
"They have an excellent reputation.
We welcome them to the
marketplace."
Belk currently operates two
stores in Columbia and is scheduled
to open its third at a new
mall on Harbison Boulevard next
summer.
Columbia Macy's and Rich's
stores referred all inquiries to their
Atlanta offices. However, the executives
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help, but Parisian
has been able to stand on
its own before."
Kevin Chiselko, store manager
turn calls to The Gamecock on
Friday.
"We feel like our people set us
apart," Parisian assistant store
manager Kim DeArmond said.
"Our goal is basically to find out
what the cos turner wants and to
give it to them."
When the 100,000-square-foot
store opens Wednesday, costumers
will find an upscale store that af- XI
fords antique displays, neon lights, que ,
lounges in the restrooms, a biggerthan-life
floor piano on which peopie
jump from key to key to make
the sounds (similar to the one in
the movie Big), pastel colors accented
throughout and many other
visual affects.
The chain's visual team came to >
the Columbia store directly from /
the 19th Parisian, which opened ' /
Nov. 1 in Sarasota, Fla., DeAr- /
mond said. '
"We will carry some merchandise
you might not be accustomed
to seeing in Columbia," Chiselko
said.
The store's grand opening, Wed
nesaay tnrough Sunday, will also ?
have a pianist playing music
throughout the day, the NBC character
Alf posing for pictures with
children, Robin Leach of "Lifestyles
of the Rich and Famous," designers
Tommy Hilfiger, Toni Elkins
and Donna Fujii, and informal
modeling of items.
Parisian, Inc. operates 19 stores
in Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, Gnphic
Mississippi, Florida and Ohio.
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'Corporate'
comedian to
perform here
By SUSAN NESBITT
Staff Writer
Frank King was born and raised
in Raleigh, went to school at the
University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill, married his high
school sweetheart and got a job
with an insurance company.
But in his heart, he wasn't content.
So he quit "the system" to
follow his own bent, which brings
him to the Golden Spur Tuesday
night.
King is the Corporate Comedian.
He looks like a yuppie and
calls himself the king of whitecollar
comedy.
He describes Raleigh as a place
where men are men and croissants
are still called crescent rolls. Going
to school after the eighth grade
is considered post-graduate education.
Where the only person with
an open mind is someone suffering
from a gunshot wound to the head.
His biography describes the
growing-up years this way: After
serving 12 years of public school,
and doing his first stand-up comedy
performance at the senior talent
show, Frank enrolled at UNC2hapel
Hill. His major, like that of
nany of his classmates, was undeclared.
Four years, several sorority
prls, a bachelor's dcgreee in politcal
science and *a bachelor's decree
in industrial relations later, in
lis heart he still remained
mdeclared.
His first break came during
imateur night at the Improv in San
Diego. After five minutes on stage,
le decided insurance was not the
lusiness for him.
That was two years ago, and
Cing now earns his living making
>eople laugh.
King's performance begins at
:30 p.m. at the Spur.
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