Perimeter Mall bags luxury stores

Atlanta Business Chronicle - by Lisa R. Schoolcraft Staff Writer

Last year, Perimeter Mall announced it was targeting luxury retailers to draw the affluent shopper.

Now, upscale shoe, apparel and bath product shops have signed on and are beginning to open.

Both XXI Forever, which has trendy Beverly Hills fashion boutiques, and Italian footwear designer GEOX, are making their Atlanta debut at Perimeter Mall.

And shoe and handbag designer Stuart Weitzman and British soap store LUSH, both of which opened their first stores at Lenox Square in Buckhead, are adding second stores in Atlanta at the 1.6 million-square-foot regional center.