Kittery, Maine, at the southernmost tip of the state where Route 1 crosses the Piscataqua River from Portsmouth, New Hampshire, gives Kittery Premium Outlets a gateway location that the New England outlet consumer, from Portland and Augusta to the north, from Boston and the Massachusetts North Shore to the south, accesses as the first and most established outlet retail concentration on Maine’s Route 1 commercial corridor, where the tradition of outlet shopping along the Kittery and Wells strip has made the state’s southern gateway a regional leisure retail destination for six decades. Coach and Kate Spade anchor the accessible luxury outlet floor. Nike, Adidas, New Balance, Columbia, Crocs, and Skechers serve the athletic and outdoor footwear outlet categories.
J. Crew, Ann Taylor, Banana Republic Factory, Calvin Klein, Tommy Hilfiger, Vineyard Vines, Lucky Brand, and Brooks Brothers cover the accessible and lifestyle fashion outlet floor. Tumi serves the premium luggage category. Movado Company Store serves the watch and jewelry category. Lindt serves the premium chocolate gifting category. Mainely Tees, the Maine souvenir and regional apparel retailer, gives the property a Maine identity merchandise layer that the tourist and visiting New England consumer treats as a purchase specific to the state’s southern gateway commercial identity.
The property’s commercial position is the Kittery Route 1 outlet gateway: a Coach-and-Nike outlet format whose New England regional tourist base, Portland-to-Boston consumer catchment, and Maine heritage retail identity serve the northeastern US outlet consumer as the traditional first-stop outlet retail address on the Maine Route 1 corridor, where the Kittery and Wells stretch of outlet stores constitutes one of New England’s most established leisure retail destinations.
