From John Fischer,
Your Guide to Hawaii / South Pacific Travel.
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Oahu is a shopping destination that has something for everyone. From fashionable designer stores to markets that carry locally made crafts, visitors are sure to love the shopping experience.

• Ala Moana Center, the world's largest outdoor shopping center and Hawaii's premier shopping destination, recently completed its two-year, multi-million dollar retail expansion project adding more than 300,000 square-feet of new space. Hawaii's first Nordstrom department store and more than 30 new merchants, including J. Crew, Vera Bradley, Metro Park, Club Monaco, True Religion Jeans, and Chico's – to name a few – were added to the center as part of a brand new two-level retail wing. Many of these new merchants opened their first Hawaii location at Ala Moana Center. In 2009, a 20,000 square-foot Victoria's Secret flagship store is expected to open, which will be the lingerie retailer's first store in the islands.
  
  
• Ala Moana Center has re-launched its four shopping activity packages in 2008 including its Shop & Shuttle; Shop, Dine & Shuttle; Shop, Beauty and Shuttle; and Shop, Spa and Shuttle packages. Each package includes two complimentary round trip tickets aboard the popular Waikiki Trolley's Pink Line Shopping Shuttle with transportation service between Waikiki and Ala Moana – a great way to experience Waikiki's most scenic routes on the way to the center. Perfect for the traveling fashionista or shopping enthusiast, the packages range from $25 to $120 each and are sold online at ShopAmericaTours.com.
  
  
• Juicy Couture and Tourneau, the world's largest watch store, recently opened at Royal Hawaiian Center. This location marks Tourneau's first entry into the state of Hawaii and is Juicy Couture's second retail store in the islands. The stores add a new dimension to the Center's merchant mix as it nears the completion of its $115 million revitalization.
  
  
• Learn the ancient Hawaiian art of weaving lauhala at Waikiki Beach Walk's Mana Hawai'i – Spirit of Hawai'i Nei during "Ho'omau Na Mea Hala" (continuing all things hala), held every Thursday from 4-7 p.m. This free cultural program enables visitors to learn the ancient Hawaiian art of lauhala – weaving lau (leaves) from hala (Pandanus) trees into useful everyday items – as they sit one-on-one with Hawaiian weaving experts who share their skills and creative ways of fashioning natural lauhala materials into beautifully woven jewelry, baskets, hats, fans, bags, and mats.