Clothing Stores
Roots
About Roots
A large enclosed shopping complex on Harvey Avenue handles most of the mainstream clothing trade for this end of the valley, and Roots holds one of the units inside it, at 2271 Harvey Avenue in the Dilworth area, sharing that street number with dozens of neighbouring stores. It is the address you reach for when you want several shops in one trip rather than a single specific errand.
Clothing stores in a shopping centre setting generally run a range across several categories rather than one narrow specialty, with the exact mix shaped by what head office allocates to a given store and by the season. What differs most from one branch to another is what survives a busy weekend, so it pays to phone 250-860-0823 first if you are after a particular size or colour rather than browsing. Ask too about returns and exchanges between locations, since the terms are not identical everywhere.
Kelowna's seasons still make outerwear a reasonable thing to ask about. Summers are hot and dry and the valley bakes through July and August, while winter is short and more grey and damp than deeply cold. Weekend afternoons are the busiest stretch inside the complex, and the Harvey Avenue approach slows to match, so a weekday morning trip is easier on everyone involved.
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In the Dilworth neighbourhood of Kelowna.
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