Selling Out for Tommy Hilfiger, Chattanooga Electric Bikes & Mayfield's New Vols Ice Cream

We get a lot of press releases here at the station that we don't pass along to the viewer.

One category is the standard business opening/roll out.

We generally don't give away free advertising (But Tommy Youngblood would love to talk to you about the paying kind at 785-1208).

Still, three press releases caught my eye this week for various reasons.

So here goes my sell-out.

Hamilton Place Announces a Tommy Hilfiger Store.

This fall, a brand new Tommy Hilfiger clothing store will open inside the mall.  It will be on the first floor between Fossil and Brookstone. Tommy Hilfiger already has outlet stores at Warehouse Row and in Calhoun.

Now I'm not a designer clothing kind of guy.  But what interests me is that stores are still opening up and expanding, despite the economy.

Since it hit the skids, Hamilton Place has added DSW, Barnes & Noble, Red Robin, ALDO, Charlotte Russe, Perfumania and Charley’s Grilled Subs. 

And more is coming.

This holiday weekend, Chattanooga Electric Bikes celebrates it's grand opening on the North Shore.  The stores is between the bridges at 123 Frazier Avenue.  The electric bikes range in price from $500 to $2500.  And they'll turn you current peddle pusher into an electric-assisted bike for $350.

And now a new Ice Cream flavor.  The folks at Mayfields are debuting Big Orange Blast, just in time for football time in Tennessee.

Chubby Hubby boats Fudge Covered Peanut Butter Filled Pretzels in Vanilla Malt Ice Cream Rippled with Fudge & Peanut Butter.  But now the Vermont based company is renaming it Hubby Hubby.. to celebrate the first gay marriages in their home state.  Of course, Ben & Jerry's has always supported liberal-minded causes.

So you see, Big Orange Blast looks like it will be much more popular in Big Orange Country.