Forbes Calls Denver A Better Shopping City Than New York, San Francisco

Is Denver a better shopping city than New York, San Francisco or Los Angeles?

That's what Forbes magazine says in its latest survey of America's 25 Best Cities for Shopping.

Forbes ranked Denver as the 13th best place to shop based on a variety of factors including number and square footage of retail outlets, number of shopping malls and combined sales tax rates.

Denver beat out such high-profile shopping destinations as Chicago (15), Los Angeles (16) and New York (22).

Texas cities dominated Forbes's list, with Houston and Dallas capturing the to two spots in the list.

Comments

[denverREguy]

04:07 PM on 03/19/2011

I am not sure about this either however I do know a great online store for jewelry, which you can shop from anywhere and avoid the congestion, parking and in this case, a flight to Denver(which isn't a bad thing), try http://www.lovingstelladot.com

[JandA]

10:47 PM on 01/20/2011

Shop at Max in Cherry Creek
The best boutique between LA and NYC!!

[SteveDenver]

07:15 PM on 01/20/2011

I guess PARKING is easier than NY or SF; but given a choice, I would rather browse there and then come back home.

[mikeyaz17]

10:53 AM on 01/20/2011

its a bogus list based on stats only... like how many shops and sales tax

silly, very silly

[Red0rGreen]

11:03 AM on 01/19/2011

Kudos to Denver but the article is a classic of how statistics don't tell you anything. Right behind Denver (and thus also ahead of Chicago, NY and SF) is Detroit. A city of 900,000 people that has but a single outlet of a major national retailer in the city limits: one Home Depot. No Walmart; no Target; no Sears or Macy's or Kohl's; no Best Buy; no Gap; no Safeway or Kroger. Even Meijer, the giant Michigan grocery chain, doesn't have a branch in Detroit. They just have a lot of drug-stores (Walgreens, CVS etc) and convenience stores.

[elopez]

10:04 AM on 01/19/2011

I call schenanigans--I've been looking for dress boots in Denver for 9 months now.

[JandA]

10:48 PM on 01/20/2011

Go to Max Cherry Creek --Beautiful Shoes