Transnational shoppers: Mexican consumers

Border waits are long, but they still head north to buy

By Leslie Berestein, UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER
Sunday, January 10, 2010 at 12:04 a.m.

Evangelina Ybarra strolled through the Fashion Valley shopping center last week with a Nordstrom bag in hand, accompanied by her daughter and two grandchildren. Like many of the upscale shopping mall’s customers, the two women had made the trek from Tijuana.

“We come for the variety, the quality,â€