Marukai to close Kaneohe outlet

The Windward Mall store has cut prices and reportedly will shut down next year

By Kristen Consillio

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Nov 13, 2012

~~<p>Marukai Corp. will soon shutter its Windward Mall store, but company representatives are not publicly releasing a closing date.</p>
<p>Large, 30-percent-off display signs throughout the specialty shop give no hint of a closure, but employees at the Windward Mall location have stopped restocking perishable items and are telling customers that the store has lost its lease and will close in early 2013 after a decade at the neighborhood shopping center.</p>
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Marukai Corp. will soon shutter its Windward Mall store, but company representatives are not publicly releasing a closing date.

Large, 30-percent-off display signs throughout the specialty shop give no hint of a closure, but employees at the Windward Mall location have stopped restocking perishable items and are telling customers that the store has lost its lease and will close in early 2013 after a decade at the neighborhood shopping center. SHRINKING CHAIN Marukai stores on Oahu: Login for more...