MDen announces Detroit location in District Detroit
Very exciting news for those of us on the Eastside.
Located on the street-level of the new nine-story Little Caesars world headquarters campus expansion, the 4,000-square foot space will feature two storefronts; one for The M Den merchandise and another for The Victors Collection by The M Den. The special collection targets alumni and features high-end accessories, golf and business casual apparel.
Scott Hirth, president and co-owner of The M Den, has been exploring options for a first Detroit location since he and his partners took over the family-owned business in 2013.
“It was very important to us that the next round of investment was in the city of Detroit,” Hirth said. “With the resurgence, we wanted The M Den and by extension, the University of Michigan, to put our stamp on Detroit.”
The Detroit shop will become its seventh brick-and-mortar location, featuring the same high-quality, authentic products found at its flagship along with new, Detroit-themed Michigan merchandise. Hirth also anticipates hosting dedicated events at the new shop, including signings with professional athletes.
Signings with professional athletes?
Will we finally get a Jabrill Peppers signing? Or...........Tom Brady. Imagine the crowd that would draw. With the Loins being just a short distance away, perfect opportunity for Michigan alumni in the NFL to come do a signing.
MDen just keeps getting bigger and better.
September 20th, 2018 at 2:44 PM ^
Awesome news! And yes, they are getting bigger. Ordering from them online is also nice. Fast shipping and great customer service.
Thanks for posting.
September 20th, 2018 at 2:46 PM ^
GF lives right across the street. This is convenient as hell.
September 20th, 2018 at 2:52 PM ^
Whatever. They pissed me off closing Moe's.
September 20th, 2018 at 3:36 PM ^
I get everyone missing it because of what it once was, but Moe's wasn't worth even walking into after UGP took it over. Had barely anything in there.
September 20th, 2018 at 3:45 PM ^
I can see how someone like you would feel that way. I don't own 1/50 the amount of M gear that you do and I avoid the State Street store because it's way too big.
It just makes me sad that every damn store and most restaurants have to be a part of some faceless corporate chain now. The world needs more variety, not less.
September 20th, 2018 at 4:08 PM ^
I used to feel this way until I realized that most small stores (especially those in small towns) suck super duper hard.
I am a fan of local restaurants and local businesses that make stuff, and will support them in anyway I can. And when a local dude sells a niche product, that is the first place I will go if I want to dabble in cycling or decide, after 30 years on this earth, that a Dulcimer is something I need to master for some reason.
Bu local, non-specialized retail stores suck. Give me a chain (whether small or huge) over some dinky store with high prices and a small inventory any day of the week.
September 20th, 2018 at 4:31 PM ^
MDen isn't a corporation........they're a local business that has been around for a long time.
September 20th, 2018 at 6:24 PM ^
Actually... it is a corporation...
September 20th, 2018 at 6:40 PM ^
Yep. Chains that have a flagship store on State Street and branches at most/all nearby major malls are, indeed, corporations.
September 20th, 2018 at 5:39 PM ^
I'm sure if you had been willing to take a financial loss to keep moe's open for nostalgic reasons they would have been happy to let you do so.
September 20th, 2018 at 7:14 PM ^
If the store was losing money, M Den wouldn't have bought it.
Unless they wanted to get rid of the competition.
September 20th, 2018 at 2:52 PM ^
MDen needs to update their Victors Collection lineup. Most of it is not in style anymore.
September 20th, 2018 at 3:42 PM ^
MDen continues to sell the same merchandise at Victors Collection because sooner or later it will come back into style and they will be the first to have it,
September 20th, 2018 at 3:23 PM ^
Very exciting that they sacrificed Moe's on a slow-burning maize pyre to make this happen.
September 20th, 2018 at 4:08 PM ^
I'm so old that I remember the second Moe's location just off State and Packard.
September 20th, 2018 at 4:52 PM ^
People didn't shop at moe's, I don't know why its hard for people to understand that people liked the variety of a larger store. It got sold twice because it was failing. It sucks but it happens.
September 20th, 2018 at 6:42 PM ^
People shopped at Moe's for decades. Yet it got harder to shop there when MDen took over and stopped stocking the shelves. It was embarrassing how little product they had in there. They wanted that shop gone so people would go around the corner to the megastore.
September 20th, 2018 at 7:00 PM ^
MDen was in a position to buy Moe's and let it die because it had already failed on its own.
Other than nostalgia and a cool location, Moe's had nothing special to offer. That's okay for a museum but it's not much of a business model.
UGP (and hell, even Steve and Barry's back in the day) did a much better job of serving a different niche of the market from the "mainstream" MDen.
September 20th, 2018 at 7:07 PM ^
People were already going around the corner. Time to give it a rest, geek.
September 20th, 2018 at 10:55 PM ^
Geek? Was that really necessary? Grow up.
September 21st, 2018 at 11:26 AM ^
Yeah it was, actually. Bando is a longtime complainer/stuffed shirt.
September 20th, 2018 at 11:27 PM ^
Take a lap.
September 20th, 2018 at 4:55 PM ^
I did enjoy the fall catalog, though they were out of dog sweaters early.
September 20th, 2018 at 6:36 PM ^
Damn shame
September 20th, 2018 at 8:01 PM ^
Just ordered a dog sweater - no delays.
(Plus a new sweatshirt for my eldest daughter who can hand it down to her sisters. Plus hockey sweater looking pull over hooded sweatshirt for me. Part of my honorary $150 gear spend every fall.)
Also noticed they now offer some "The Mitten State" gear on MDen. Isn't The Mitten State owned by Sparties? Did I just inadvertently financially support the enemy? Dirty. I feel a little dirty.
September 20th, 2018 at 5:37 PM ^
Just got some hats I ordered today from MDen. Five bucks each on sale. Very pleased with the experience.
September 20th, 2018 at 6:42 PM ^
So I guess I should finally abandon my hopes of that awesome Texas-based, online-only store from 2010 making a comeback as the official Michigan apparel store?
September 20th, 2018 at 7:02 PM ^
I mean, at least I got an awesome authentic hockey jersey from them during the "transition back to MDen" fire sale. Ginormous block M and the old CCHA patch, the way God intended.
September 20th, 2018 at 10:50 PM ^
If you're not already employed by MDen, WD, you should be, because you sure are good at promoting them.
September 21st, 2018 at 11:27 AM ^
Who says I'm not?
September 21st, 2018 at 6:08 PM ^
How big is your employee discount?
September 21st, 2018 at 1:10 AM ^
Barry's was awesome
September 21st, 2018 at 1:26 AM ^
Steve, though. Not so much.
September 21st, 2018 at 10:05 AM ^
If only they would open a location on the west side of the state (Grand Rapids).
September 21st, 2018 at 10:07 AM ^
Detroit! Big ups to where University of Michigan was founded.