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Another story from www.igougo.com, this time about The Candle Factory

It’s not a long stretch to understand how a candle factory might find a home in an area that celebrates colonial life! Candles were a mainstay of life and light in those bygone times and have now become a sought after commodity for setting a mood or creating a sense of peace and tranquility.

At this site, the actual process of modern and ancient candle-making comes together. While some of the machinery is mechanized, they still use the dip it over and over and over technique to build up the diameter of the candle. You can tour the factory where you’ll see the huge automated wheels of “candles-in-the-making” that get dipped into even larger vats of molten wax. Today, the Williamsburg Soap and Candle Company turns out 6 million candles a year. The workers will talk about what is necessary to make the candle smooth and how they occasionally cut off the bottoms spikes to make sure the candle comes out with a flat bottom. This is basically the same method used 200 years ago only on a much grandeur scale. They will also demonstrate how they make some of the specialty candles such as the twisted or carved varieties. For The Full Story Read Further

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Do you like sweets? If you follow Route 60 west out of Williamsburg and keep looking on the right side of the road, you will find the Candy Story Factory Warehouse Outlet. This is a factory and also an outlet store. For the factory part, they have several windows you can look through and watch the twisting of strand to make peppermint sticks or the cutting of small bits off a long log for taffy. They also make all kinds of chocolate variations including at least 15 kinds of fudge. The factory is closed off and the public views the process for several reasons. First, the ingredients are being mixed and the candy is actually being made here. There is no way to guarantee a sanitary environment if the general public was let in to watch. And second, there is a lot of heat produced in the factory and they want to keep the outlet store cool. For full story please click here

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Here I found this lovely personal story from an interesting blog. Click Here to View the story entitled Versace Factory Outlet is a Great Place to Shop

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Steve Burgess, Weekend Post

Names like Armani, Valentino and Ferragamo have made Italy a land of fashion. They have rarely made it a land of bargains. There is, however, a secret place for those who want to save on the best. (more…)

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From the San Antonio Business Journal comes the following story about new outlet openings at the Prime Outlets Center in San Marcos, Texas, The amazing part for me was the fact that this outlet is the third most popular tourist destination in Texas. Enjoy the article

Prime Outlets in San Marcos is gaining two new luxury stores.

MAXAZRIA and Hickey Freeman/Bobby Jones Factory Store are opening two new factory outlet stores on Oct. 1 and Oct. 8, respectively.

Together, the two stores will encompass 4,000 square feet of retail space in Prime Outlets - San Marcos, which today boasts more than 130 store brands. Prime Outlets draws in millions of visitors annually, making it the third most popular tourist destination in Texas.

“MAXAZRIA and Hickey Freeman/Bobby Jones Factory Store are brands with an incredible following and we are thrilled to house them at Prime Outlets - San Marcos,” says Janet Paulsen, regional vice president of marketing for Prime Outlets.

“Both names are synonymous with superior quality and chic, fashionable designs we are proud to offer our guests,” Paulsen says.

MAXAZRIA sells women’s dresses, blouses, handbags, jackets, sweaters and accessories.

Hickey Freeman sells a line of boy’s and men’s tailored suits, dress shirts, neck wear and accessories. The company has stores on Broadway and Fifth Avenue in New York and is planning to open additional stores in San Francisco and Chicago over the next year.

Prime Outlets - San Marcos is located between San Antonio and Austin. The open-air 750,000 square foot outlet center offers shoppers 30 to 70 percent discounts on name-brand merchandise.

The shopping center is owned by Prime Retail in Baltimore, which today owns 15 million square feet of retail space in the United States and Puerto Rico.

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