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Ollie’s Bargain Outlet set to open Oct. 28 in Massena, creating about 50 jobs

Posted 10/23/15

MASSENA -- Ollie’s Bargain Outlet will open its doors Oct. 28 at 9 a.m., creating about 50 jobs, according to company president Mark Butler. The store is in the former Office Max in the strip mall …

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Ollie’s Bargain Outlet set to open Oct. 28 in Massena, creating about 50 jobs

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MASSENA -- Ollie’s Bargain Outlet will open its doors Oct. 28 at 9 a.m., creating about 50 jobs, according to company president Mark Butler.

The store is in the former Office Max in the strip mall adjacent to the St. Lawrence Centre.

“We are excited to open our 16th store in the great state of New York where the folks have been so good to us,” Butler said.

The store buys name-brand products and re-sells them at a discount, according to Jerry Altland, the store’s vice president of real estate.

“We focus on name brands … that’s what everybody wants and that’s what we try to do,” he said.

The store has about 20 departments, including books, housewares, domestic products, hardware and non-perishable foods.

According to the store’s website, their tactics include buying up overstock wares and what they call “salvage merchandise.”

"If a store in your neighborhood has a flood or fire, Ollie’s may purchase the undamaged inventory and put it in our stores at drastically reduced prices. Yes, it might smell a little smoky, but it’ll be so cheap that you won’t mind,” the company's website says.

He said they chose Massena because “it basically mirrors our Niagara Falls store.”

“Massena is a drive straight from Watertown for us, it has the population we look for and has a lot of folks coming from the Canadian side,” Altland said, adding that Ollie’s operates a store in Watertown, along with 14 others in New York.

The store’s website is http://www.ollies.us.