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Surprise residents to sound off on annual retail survey

Cheesecake Factory, IKEA among past topping list

IKEA is the latest retailer topping many lists on the Surprise Retail Survey, leading the city to publicly push for the company to locate here.

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A fictional catalog, called the "City of Surprise Collection," is online in hopes of attracting the attention of IKEA officials. The city is continuing its push to bring the retail giant to Surprise.

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Surprise Economic Development Department staff members play characters from TV’s “Seinfeld” in a spoof video directed to get the attention of The Cheesecake Factory last year.

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What does American Furniture Warehouse, Nordstrom Rack, Old Navy and Aldi have in common?

All four were the latest additions to the Surprise business offerings after residents told the city those were some of the places they wanted to shop at in Surprise.

It is that time of the year for the city’s influential retail survey, which in the past residents told the city’s economic development team that it wanted places like American Furniture Warehouse.

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Surprise residents to sound off on annual retail survey

Cheesecake Factory, IKEA among past topping list

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