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New Leaf Shops: Main Street Upgrades, Re-Tail & QR Codes

Main Street is New Leaf’s shopping district. Here is every shop, how the Nookling store grows into T&T Emporium, what Re-Tail does and how to unlock Sable’s QR code machine.

Main Street in New Leaf
The Main Street map from the game.

Nookling store upgrades

Nookling Junction

1. Nookling Junction

Needs: Where you start.

A small shed: two tools, two furniture, stationery, wrapping paper and a fortune cookie.

Open 8 AM–10 PM
T&T Mart

2. T&T Mart

Needs: Move out of the tent into a house, spend 12,000 Bells at Nookling Junction and play for 10 days.

A convenience store, and Timmy and Tommy’s catalogue for reordering things you have owned.

Open 7 AM–midnight
Super T&T

3. Super T&T

Needs: Spend 25,000 Bells at T&T Mart, keep it open 10 days, and have Leif’s gardening store open for 10 days.

A supermarket with melody paper and a second fortune cookie.

Open 9 AM–8 PM
T.I.Y.

4. T.I.Y.

Needs: Spend 50,000 Bells at Super T&T, keep it open 21 days, and have Leif’s gardening store open for 21 days.

A home centre joined to the gardening store, with a K.K. Slider album on sale every day.

Open 10 AM–11 PM
T&T Emporium

5. T&T Emporium

Needs: Spend 100,000 Bells at T.I.Y., keep it open 30 days and pass four of Gracie’s fashion checks.

A two-floor department store with Leif’s corner, island fruit and Gracie Grace on the top floor.

Open 9 AM–9 PM

Each upgrade closes the store for a day of building work. The Early Bird and Night Owl ordinances change the opening hours.

Every Main Street building

ShopRun byWhat it does
Nookling storesTimmy and TommyFurniture, tools, wallpaper, carpets, stationery and fortune cookies; upgrades four times.
Gardening storeLeifOpens after 5 days in town and 30 gardening actions (planting, watering or weeding). Seeds, saplings, shrubs and fertiliser.
Able SistersMabel, Sable and LabelleClothes and accessories; the QR code machine once Sable opens up.
KicksKicksShoes and socks. Built next to the Able Sisters once the town is 10 days old and you have spent 8,000 Bells there.
ShampoodleHarrietHaircuts, colour and contacts. Opens upstairs after 10,000 Bells spent at the Able Sisters or Kicks, once Kicks has been open 7 days.
Nook’s HomesTom Nook and LyleHouse loans, outside changes and the Happy Home Academy.
Post officePelly and PhyllisPay loans, save Bells and keep letters.
MuseumBlathers and CelesteDonations downstairs; the shop and exhibition rooms after the renovation.
Club LOLDr. Shrunk and K.K. SliderEmotions by day, music at night. Dr. Shrunk asks to open it once the T&T Mart is open and public works are unlocked.
Dream SuiteLunaA public works project (234,000 Bells) for visiting dream towns.
Fortune ShopKatrinaA public works project (340,000 Bells) after 20 of Katrina’s fortunes.
Happy Home ShowcaseDigbyTour the homes of players you have met by StreetPass.
Photo booth—Take your Town Pass Card photo.

Re-Tail

Re-Tail
Re-Tail stands in town, not on Main Street.
  • Reese buys anything at full price; the Nookling stores pay 20% less.
  • A chalkboard outside lists the day’s premium item, which Reese buys for double.
  • The flea market corner has 8 spots where you and your villagers sell items at your own price.
  • Reese charges a small fee to throw rubbish away.
  • Cyrus opens his workshop after you have sold 100,000 Bells of items to Reese, catalogued 50 furniture and 10 clothes, and played for 7 days.
  • Cyrus can refurbish furniture, make music boxes, fossil models and Golden furniture from gold nuggets.

Sable and QR codes

  1. Talk to Sable at the Able Sisters on ten different days; she then unlocks the QR code machine.
  2. Scan QR codes with the 3DS camera to download designs, including Pro Designs that cover clothing front, back and sleeves.
  3. Designs can be displayed on mannequins in the shop, worn, used as flooring, or placed on custom-design signs.

FAQ

How do you upgrade Nookling Junction to T&T Mart?

Move into a house, spend 12,000 Bells at Nookling Junction and play for 10 days. The store closes for a day and reopens as T&T Mart.

How do you get T&T Emporium in New Leaf?

Spend 100,000 Bells at T.I.Y., keep it open for 30 days and pass four of Gracie’s fashion checks.

How do you unlock QR codes in New Leaf?

Talk to Sable at the Able Sisters on ten different days. She then unlocks the QR code machine.

Where do you sell items in New Leaf?

Re-Tail, where Reese pays full price. The Nookling stores pay 20% less.

Sources & picture credits

Guide text is original retrogameindex writing, checked against Nookipedia and the Animal Crossing Wiki. Icons, renders and screenshots © Nintendo; local copies archived from Animal Crossing Wiki file pages (listed in the picture gallery).