Masks & More Outlet Opens In Tinley Park

TINLEY PARK, IL — A familiar store in Orland Park has opened a new location in Tinley Park. If you're looking for sanitation equipment and are unsure where to find more, Masks & More Outlet might be a place to check out.

The new business opened its first Tinley location on Sept. 25, located at right in the center of the Tinley Downs Plaza at 7911 W. 171st St. Internet retailer, PulseTV, is the owner of the Outlet and has opened the newest location less than 60 days after opening its first brick and mortar store at Orland Park Crossing, according to the outlet.

This store has over 100 styles of decorative, protective masks as well as disposable masks for both adults and kids, all at steeply discounted prices. Along with all types of PPE, every Masks & More Outlet carries discounted "As Seen On TV" products featured on its parent company, PulseTV's website, according to the outlet.

According to the outlet, PulseTV Co-founder Anisa Ali said,"We have been overwhelmed with the reception our store has received. People drive from as far as Schaumburg and Chicago to buy our masks (including those hard to find masks for the hearing impaired) and PPE. Once inside the store, they’re also picking up dozens of other products we sell on our website."

The company said that just three weeks after opening its first location, they started scouting for additional locations. The outlet said after a successful launch of the flagship pop-up store, expansion was a natural evolution.

"We have been an online retailer since 1999 and a brick and mortar store was never part of
our plan. Offering designer masks and PPE priced at well below normal retail was a gamble
on top of also adding dozens of other cool items having nothing to do with PPE," Tom Zegar,part-founder of the outlet said. "Whether this pays off or not remains to be seen. We are hopeful that each community we place a Masks and More Outlet welcomes us with the same enthusiasm as our first Orland Park store."

The outlet said Tinley Park was a natural fit for expansion with the corporate office of Masks and More Outlet’s parent company PulseTV also based just blocks away in Tinley Park. All three co-founders have extensive roots in the south suburbs of Chicago.

"My brother and third co-founder grew up in Tinley Park and went to Tinley Park High School. We have a great relationship with the village, fire and police departments. We began manufacturing hand sanitizer right in Tinley Park this past March under the private label name Purifize, which is now sold all over the country," Ali said.

The company said one of the key features of the pop-up PPE store is offering huge discounts off prices offered even on its own website. People can also get what they want exactly when they need it.

Zegar said, "We wish we had a crystal ball, but if our second location is self-sufficient and Tinley Park residents respond as Orland Park folks did, we will continue. We are actively scouting retail
locations in Homewood, Frankfort, Mokena and New Lenox with even more possibilities
outside Illinois in Arizona, Connecticut and Florida too!"