Nov 29, 2011
Holiday Gift Shops Pop up in Downtown PortlandBy Harriet BaskasItineraries.MSNBC.com

Portland, OR – Portland, Ore., is well-known as a hip, bike-friendly city with a sizzling street food scene that boasts more than 600 food carts and trucks clustered downtown and scattered throughout the neighborhoods.

The city currently starring in the IFC channel’s cult hit “Portlandia” is also a sales-tax-free urban shopping mecca hosting its third holiday season of art-and-craft-filled “pop-up” shops in the downtown retail core.

Popular nationwide, especially during the holiday season, pop-up shops are temporary stores that allow retailers to test concepts while filling empty storefronts and avoiding long-term leases. In Portland, which has an official pop-up shop program, potential retailers compete for subsidized short-term downtown spaces. Winning applicants receive funding to help with insurance, utilities, setup and decorations.

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