Fifth Avenue is well known for being the place to shop but sometimes it pays to shop round. Check out the side street outlets, there are real bargins to be found.  Canal  Street down in Greenwich Village is full of small stalls that seem to appear out of nowhere and disappear just as quick if the local NYPD start looking round. It's a good place to buy fake Rolexes, Prada bags and laods of other fake designer goods.  

Department Stores
Macy's -151 West 34th St  
Bloomingdales - Lexington Ave 59th St
Sterns - Manhattan Mall
Saks - Fifth Ave at 49th

Cool Stores
Quark Spy Center - 537 Third Avenue  ( Get em to kit you out like James Bond )
Barnes & Noble Bookstores - 105 Fifth Ave ( Have a coffee from their cafe while you browse )
Warner Bros Studio Store - 1 E. 57th St at Fifth Ave ( Film goodies and loads more )
Sharper Image - South Street Seaport  ( Gadget City here ! )
Nobody Beats The Wiz - Stores Everywhere  ( Electrical Superstores )
FAO Schwarz - 767 Fifth Avenue (  World Famous Toy Superstore )
Disney Store - 711 Fifth Avenue

Clothing
Yellow Rat Bastard - 478 Broadway  
Canal Jean Company - 504 Broadway
Harley Davidson - 686 Lexington
American Leather - 690 Lexington
Giorgio Armani - 110 Fifth Ave
The Levi Store - 750 Lexington

Sports
Athlete's Foot - Branches Everywhere
Reebok Concept Store - 160 Columbus Ave
World of Golf - 147 E. 47th St
Herman's Sports - Stores Everywhere
Niketown - 6 E between 5th & Madison Ave

Music & Video
HMV - Stores everywhere
Virgin - Stores everywhere
Tower Records - Stores everywhere
Sam Goody -Stores everywhere

Malls
Trump Tower - 5th Ave
Manhattan Mall - Sixth Ave & 33rd St
South Street Seaport - Fulton Street

It is well worth coming over with an empty suitcase and getting loads of clothes while you are here. Prices are much lower than the UK, for example you can pick up a pair of Levis for half the UK  RRP.
If you want to come during the sales season these are usually from mid June to July and from December 26th until February.
Watch out for the sales tax as this is not included in the ticket price, the tax is 8.25% so this will be added to your purchase and applies to most high street goods.

Most stores opening hours are from 10-6 but this can vary, the Virgin Megastore for example is open much later in the evening, most stores are also open on Sundays..

Yellow Rat Bastard ( a cool shop )

For Cameras, Walkmans  and other Elontronic goods at good prices if you can haggle well is the Midtown area  14th - 23rd between Broadway and Sixth.

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