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Besides glorious scenery and down-home southern hospitality, a North Carolina vacation offers pirates, shipwrecks, and Mother Nature in the wild - at places like Cape Hatteras, left, Cape Lookout, the Outer Banks and lots more.

On your next trip to NC, raise the flag and do your own plundering as you plunder top shopping centers and factory outlets across the state for huge savings on furniture, designer fashion, shoes, housewares and - you name it.

Check out the best of North Carolina bargain hunting with a list of major outlet malls including contact info, and related location information resources for your next money-saving vacation trip to The Tar Heel State:

Concord Mills, I-85 at Exit 49, Concord NC
Located about 10 miles outside of Charlotte, Concord Mills at Simon Mall offers more than 100 outlets including Aeropostale, Ann Taylor Loft, Banana Republic Factory Store, Black & Decker, Bose, Brooks Brothers, Eddie Bauer, Gap Outlet, Jones NY, Limited Too, Mikasa, Nike, Nautica, Yankee Candle, Tommy Hilfiger, Stride Rite Shoes, Reebok, Perry Ellis, and Old Navy Outlet.

Concord Mills is open Monday through Saturday from 10am to 930pm and on Sunday from 11am to 7pm. Call ahead to confirm store hours 704-979-3000.

Carolina Premium Outlets 1025 Industrial Park Dr., I-95 at Exit 95, Smithfield NC
A half-hour drive from Raleigh, Carolina Premium Outlets offers more than 90 outlet retailers including Banana Republic Factory Store, Bombay Outlet, Bose, Geoffrey Beene, Lane Bryant Outlet, Fossil, Coach, Brooks Brothers, Bass, Carolina Pottery, Eddie Bauer, Gap Outlet, Nautica, Mikasa, Yankee Candle, Tommy Hilfiger, Timberland, Reebok, Nike, SAS Shoes, and Zales Fine Jewelry Outlet.

Carolina Premium Outlets is open Monday through Saturday from 10am to 9pm and on Sunday from 10am to 6pm. Call ahead to confirm hours 919-989-8757.

Tanger Outlet Center,Blue Ridge Parkway and US Hwy 321. Blowing Rock, NC
Situated along the Atlantic coast about a 90-minute drive from Charlotte, NC, Tanger Outlet Center features more than 25 outlet retailers including Coach, Corning Revere Clearance Center, Gap Outlet, London Fog, Nautica, Polo Ralph Lauren, Samonite Company Store, and Tommy Hilfiger.

Tanger Outlet Center is open Monday through Saturday from 10am to 8pm and on Sunday from 10am to 7pm. Call ahead to confirm hours (828) 295-4444 or (800) 720-6728.

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North Carolina Shopping Centers and Outlets - Locations, contact info and links to official Web sites for all major malls, factory outlets and malls throughout NC.

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