Outfitted me when the airline lost my bag. Everything I needed before heading up to the Tundraread more

Great place to find clothes, packs, travel gear, accessories for camping, general travel, sports…read moreetc. The staff are really friendly and helpful especially the staff in the packs section. They help you figure out the best pack for your body size, usage, etc...and they fit you too. I found that their travel accessories are definitely cheaper than other travel shops around the city. Also, a decent bike accessory section. They generally carry their own MEC clothing line so you won't likely find the more recognizable outdoor brand names here. Since it's a co-op, you just need to sign up as a member for $5 (lifetime membership) but like most places you can just use your phone number instead of carrying their card around. The one thing that sucks about this place is the lack of parking! It's located on Portage and Donald so it's only limited to street (meter) parking. And there's no street parking allowed in that area between 3:30 pm and 5:30 pm weekdays. I saw a banner that allows free 1 hour parking if you buy more than $10 worth of stuff at an Impark lot somewhere on Smith. Not sure which lot that is but obviously I didn't spot that sign until after I circled this place for 10 mins!

Outlet Collection Winnipeg is a nice addition to the city. It's an indoor mall with a bunch of…read morestores that you'd expect would be outlets. Um, yes and no. I suppose that it's kind of the norm at most outlet malls. Not all stores will give you heavily slashed prices on everything. I like that it's an indoor mall. You are protected from the elements when the temperature swings thirty degrees in either direction from zero. -30°C? You are safe from having your eyelashes freeze over. 30°C? It was what I had experienced while in the city. This mall was nicely air-conditioned and perfect to hibernate against hot, humid conditions. The mix of stores made me happy. Old Navy. GAP Factory. Winners. Claire's. Kernels - Baskin-Robbins. Skechers. Danier. Starbucks. Urban Treasures. Chatime. Lindt. I was perfectly content shopping at these places. Some are your regular businesses at any mall, such as Chatime and Starbucks. Winners has decent prices already. Old Navy, GAP Factory, and Lindt had deals that you'd expect from an outlet. The deals were fabulous. If you are a visitor, you can get a discount when you shop at various stores by dropping by Guest Services. The problem that I encountered was that they ask for ID. I dropped by to shop with a credit card and me. This woman at the counter would not accept photos of my driver's licence, both front and back, with my mugshot, on my phone. I didn't feel like grabbing my ID from the glove compartment of my rental vehicle and heading back to save maybe a couple of dollars on my great deals. Some stores are separate from the mall, but are still a part of it. Krispy Kreme is an example. I don't mind it because it has a drive-thru. There's also an IHOP, which is nice not doing a trip over the border to get your pancake fix. I spent my last full day in Winnipeg at this mall for a few hours. I enjoyed it. I used the washroom before I left. It was fancy and clean. There was plenty of parking. Each entrance is numbered, which is helpful. I look forward to returning to the city and dropping by this mall again. I'm glad that I can finally say that I've shopped here at long last. (330)

2.5/5 I suppose for…read moreWinnipeg standards, it's a pretty good outlet mall. Maybe this review is influenced by the fact I've been to many other outlet malls that have more variety, but I definitely felt underwhelmed after shopping here. The location itself isn't very ideal, as the two major streets are high traffic, so getting here isn't exactly convenient. The mall bills itself as an outlet mall, but I honestly saw very few outlet prices. There were barely any sales or deals in all the places I went to. Definitely disappointing. The place is huge though, and the mall design is extremely open concept, plus the washrooms are really neat. That's about all the positives I can say unfortunately; Polo Park has better options in my opinion if you're looking for clothing.

The shopping Mall in Winnipeg. This mall has the most modernized facilities in the entire city…read more It's probably part of the CF standard across the nation. Overall very clean, strong AC, and mixed with modernized customers. The mall also feels safe compared to some other locations in the city. Had a lot of big box stores and a reasonable Hudson's Bay.

Please note this store is no longer a Hudson Bay it's now a permanently closed. the place is not…read morehere at Polo Park. shopped there today. The staff was friendly and the store was very empty. I would shop there again.

I love GAP Factory Outlet stores. I couldn't tell you when I last visited a regular GAP store. I'm…read moremore of an outlet person. I had to walk in and check this store out. Like Old Navy, its sister store at this outlet mall, this GAP had articles of clothing that I liked. There were a lot of cargo pants. Fleece cargos seemed to be popular and on sale. If you in need of a t-shirt or several, this store had many on clearance. I have a mini fruit t-shirt collection happening. I picked up a t-shirt with mini strawberries on it. It would be perfect with my recently acquired watermelon t-shirt from Old Navy, and my cherries one at home. I didn't bother going into a fitting room that was fairly busy on a Monday afternoon. I tried it over what I was wearing. It fit nicely. It was mine for $8.99, with another 40% discount on top of it. I saw a Squishmallows graphic t-shirt for kids. Why can't they make one in adult sizes? I'd totally buy and wear it proudly as a Squishmallows fan. I headed to the checkout area. There was a bit of a lineup. i got the friendliest man who helped me with my purchase. I entered my phone number associated with my GAP rewards. I let my discount accumulate some more. I paid with a debit card. Done! He asked me if I needed a bag. I was good stuffing it in my Old Navy bag. It allowed my fruit t-shirts to mingle. I thanked him and happily left with my purchase. I enjoyed dropping by this store. I got a good deal on a t-shirt. I'd come back to visit this store again the next time I'm at this outlet mall. (293)

I was recently at Plaza at Polo Park. I had just checked out the Winners-HomeSense combo store on…read morethe second floor. Next door was this Urban Behavior store. I decided to check it out. This store sits where the old Canad Inns Stadium (formerly Winnipeg Stadium) was. It's weird seeing this building and a huge P.F. Chang's nearby. This area is vast, and needs either more stores or housing, or both. My original intent was to find a washroom, hoping that any of these three stores had a washroom. I came close with Urban Behavior. There were washrooms in the back right of the store. However, if was blocked off with a sign that said that these washrooms were unavailable. I'm taking one star off for blocking off the washrooms. It seems ridiculous to search for a washroom elsewhere, especially when it's cold outside and you need to go. I briefly looked at the merchandise. I noticed that it had Forever 21 tops that were heavily reduced in price. It felt like an outlet, as prices were decent. There were Ugg knockoffs. Naturally, I didn't find any in my size because I have big feet for a woman. I liked the sweatpants and sweatshirts. They looked cozy and comfy. The accessories were practical and cute. I saw everything from toques to earmuffs. This store had a decent selection of graphic t-shirts for both men and women. I was impressed. I rarely go into an Urban Behavior store. It was nice to drop by this one to check out the discounts. Maybe someday, it'll open up the washrooms to the public. (493)

The last store that I visited at Outlet Collection Winnipeg earlier this month was this Winners. I…read moretend to frequent Winners often and it was the case during my vacation. It was nice to see one at this mall. If you expect this Winners to be an outlet version of the store, it's not the case. It's more a convenient way to access a Winners in an air-conditioned mall with shoppers looking for a deal by default. It is a nice Winners. I focused my attention on housewares and phone accessories. This store has an extremely diverse set of drinkware. If you want blingy glasses with rainbows on them, you can find a set here. If you are looking for huge tumblers to bring water or whatever you'd like to consume everywhere and stay hydrated, there is one for you. I like looking at phone accessories. From car mounts for your phone, to USB C cables, I love checking out what's out there. I am a PopSockets person. It's easier for me to take photos with it and hold my phone in general. I ended up getting a couple of them here. One was an enamel watermelon. It would go well with my watermelon t-shirt that I had just bought and my stuffing myself with watermelon all summer. The other one had smiling flowers on it. The kitchen gadgets were great here. I saw everything from butterfly moulds to garlic presses. There was a Mr Men mug set that was adorable. This store also has a lot of Hello Kitty items, from storage containers, to a chopstick-plate set. I went to pay for my items at the checkout. The woman there was pleasant. I had my TJX Style+ barcode scanned from my phone. I then paid with a credit card. The transaction was smooth. I thanked the woman and placed my items in my bag. I was done shopping at this mall after at least a couple of hours, so I headed to my rental vehicle and went to fetch dinner. I liked shopping at this Winners. It was clean and I liked my PopSocket purchases at decent prices. (295)

The staff are incredibly helpful. They'll look up a title you want to purchase and take you to the…read moreshelf. In the children's section, the staff ask the kids what they like (funny or serious, make believe or real, etc) until a perfect book is found. If you like a certain author, they will recommend "similar" authors. Love it.

Such an interesting laid out bookstore with friendly staff and a restaurant right there on site…read more Prairie Ink

Staff was rude. Has no selection of gemstone beads , only sells seed beads. Merchandise is very…read moreoverpriced .

I really love Poco Inspired - I created my own pieces and this is one of my go to places for…read moresupplies and tools. Cindy (the owner) is so wonderful and a talented jewelry designer herself. The staff is very kind and always willing to help or share an idea. The prices are very reasonable and this summer they hosted a garage sale so you got some really incredible things for a steal!

I've received better service here than any other beauty supply outlet in the city, the prices are…read morereasonable and the best part is that I can come here to buy professional colour, bleach and developer without having a hair apprentice card or full license (although if you do have one you get extra discounts). You can also get ardell individual lashes here in small, medium and large (I'm pretty sure I've only seen the mediums in a few department stores). They also sell a decent variety of wax and supplies that are also reasonably priced (well as reasonable as you can get professional wax without a license!) Overall I recommend coming here for all of your various hair supplies if you're, like me, a "recreational" hair stylist and don't have access to places like Cosmoprof.

The good: - Basic…read morelines of China Glaze, Finger Paints, Nina Ultra Pro, Strip Rite, Savvy and Orly nail polishes. - Nail polish thinner - good god this stuff is nearly impossible to find any place else. - Sally Girl mini nail polishes. - Fairly attentive staff - I was approached right away when I walked in, but they didn't hover. - $5 for a membership card which gets you discounts on all of their products. My first time in there, the card more than paid for itself. China Glaze polishes are $3.99 with the card ($6.49 regular.) The bad: - They had a few limited edition China Glaze, Finger Paints and Orly polishes, but not very much. - The associate I talked to didn't really seem to know much about the product - whether stuff was cruelty free, and whether or not they would be getting any of the limited edition polishes in at any point. - A lot of product with only the regular price, no indication of what the discount price is. I had to ask. I hate having to ask. (Most of their labels have a code on them - the last three digits of the code is the discounted price.) - Disappearing product - I went in maybe a week ago and bought a polish from a counter display near the till. Went in again and the whole display was gone! Damn, glad I bought it when I did and didn't decide to go home and think about it for a few days. I went in the other night to buy China Glaze Atlantis, which is from their new line of glitters. They didn't have it, and the gal was totally unable to give me any info about it. Sadness. Guess I'll have to keep going back or calling, and hope I get lucky.