Must-see shopping in North America
Cancún
An extensive array of shops and a top location in the bustling Punta Cancún area of the Hotel Zone make Plaza Caracol one of the city’s most convenient…
Edmonton
Kitsch lovers who can't afford the trip to Vegas might just be enchanted with West Edmonton Mall, while those less enamored by plastic plants and phony…
Centro Histórico
The mother of all street markets is a maze of semipermanent stalls spreading east and north from La Lagunilla, with miles of clothes, pirated DVDs,…
French Quarter
A hyper-busy store offering many of the cooking ingredients typically found in Louisiana kitchens: Zatarain’s Creole Seasoning and Crab Boil, McIlhenny…
Cancún
A location in the busy Punta Cancun area makes this big store easy to reach. Plaza La Fiesta is popular for its one-stop souvenir shopping, with most of…
Down East
Pick up essentials from this small grocery store located 400m from the town dock (when arriving by ferry, turn left at the main road, which will lead you…
Lihuʻe
Voted ‘Best Kauaʻi Flower Shop’ for 12 years running, Forever Flowers strings together a multitude of flower, maile, ti-leaf and more unusual specialty…
Gulf Coast
Built in the late 1880s and rebuilt after a fire in 1900, this hulking brick space was originally a ship's chandlery and general store, as well as the…
Downtown, Pike Place & Waterfront
Fireworks sells pretty much everything but…fireworks. You could fill a whole Christmas stocking here with dressing gowns, handbags, wind-up toys and…
Kihei
Kihei’s largest shopping center has a wide range of stores. Flip through women’s swimsuits at Maui Waterwear (www.mauiclothingcompany.com/mww.html) and…
Kapaʻa
Where the cheaper range of handicrafts live. If you crave an aloha gown or shirt, or a mass produced tiki or seashell wind chime out of earnestness or…
Kailua-Kona
There's nothing particularly exciting about this shopping center, located a few minutes north of the center of town, but it's got lots of useful things –…
Las Vegas
Steve Wynn's twin shopping arcades feature top-of-the-line retailers such as Balmain, Diptyque, Dior, Oscar de la Renta, Manolo Blahnik and Louis Vuitton …
Waikoloa Highlands Shopping Center
South Kohala
The local shopping center for the folks who work in the shopping centers at the resorts (or, y'know, just work at the resorts). No stores carry anything…
Taxco
For quantity rather than quality, trawl the vast, haphazardly displayed masses of rings, chains and pendants at the Mercado de Artesanías Plata. You can…
Lihuʻe
This tiny shop is crammed with a huge selection of Hawaiiana books, CDs, DVDs, bath and body products, home decor, island-made foodstuffs – you name it…
Las Vegas
Autographed memorabilia from TV, movie, music and sports superstars hang on the walls and can be bought for a sum. Check online for upcoming in-store…
Waimea Canyon & the Westside
Browse crafts stalls, sample BBQ chicken or just talk story at this home-spun fair alongside the old sugar mill. Some days you won’t find many vendors…
Washington, DC
B&K is primarily a pipe shop, one of the most famed among the city's stoner set. All of the glassware is, of course, to be used for tobacco smoking…
Calgary
If you're in need of some retail therapy, Chinook, 6km south of downtown, is a good place to get your treatment. Chain retail shops, department stores, a…
Back Bay
It doesn't quite live up to its name, but there's a decent selection of condoms in all sizes, colors and textures. And for the easily amused:…
Hanalei
The whiff of Nag Champa, the jingle of cut-crystal wind chimes, the glint of blue agate pyramids, phallic wedges of smokey quartz, crystal skulls,…
Lihuʻe
This members-only food and goods warehouse is a good spot to stock up if you plan on self-catering.
Santa Barbara
A smattering of locally owned boutiques surround a tiny, flower-festooned courtyard, constructed in Spanish Colonial style in the 1920s. It appeared in…
Southern Maine Coast
If you're in need of a good beach read, or just some nice literature in general, head to this small independent bookstore – but make sure you head there…
Inland Michoacán
Opposite the main entrance to the Parque Nacional Barranca del Cupatitzio, the Mercado de Artesanías – a line of stalls, really – has local crafts, though…
Waimea Canyon & the Westside
This humdrum commercial plaza, alongside Kaumuali‘i Hwy at the intersection where Wai‘alo Rd heads down to the harbor, is home to a Big Save supermarket,…
Russian River Area
This marijuana dispensary offers up edibles, plus good old-fashioned medicinal and recreational weed. To get in, you just present your valid ID to prove…
Waimea Canyon & the Westside
Some say it’s more novelty than delicious, but Kauai Kookie has a devoted local following. Classic tastes sold at the factory shop include Kona coffee and…
Centro Comercial Vasco Quiroga
Inland Michoacán
This enormous covered market opposite the Mercado de Antojitos is great if you are looking for DVDs, strawberries, bras, candy or cowboy boots.
Lihuʻe
So much more than a drugstore, Longs is an inexpensive place to shop for a wide selection of Hawaii-made products, from children’s books to macadamia nuts…
Western Maine
Renys is a chain of discount mini department stores found throughout Maine, with 17 locations. It sells clothing, housewares and lots of outdoor…
Downtown, Pike Place & Waterfront
This J Crew, located in the Pacific Place mall, has a good selection of casual work wear aimed at those with a more conservative fashion sense. It's…
Lihuʻe
Lihuʻe's only major mall is an aging complex home to department stores, sporting-goods and electronics shops, banks and chain restaurants. The cinema is…
Las Vegas
This sleekly redesigned shopping mall is a staggering 1.2 miles long. With 170 retailers, the focus is on contemporary chains, especially urban apparel,…
