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americas news inbrief

FOOT LOCKER HAS BROUGHT ITS “POWER” BELSTAFF MAKES ITS RETURN

FORMAT TO THE WEST COAST IN THE US HERMAN MILLER TO EXPAND
Herman Miller is expanding its retail presence
as the design-driven office and home furniture
The athletic footwear and apparel retailer has opened a 12,000sq The company has made a return to the US company plans to debut a new retail format
ft location in Compton, California. Designed to serve as a hub with the opening of a new store in New York’s dedicated to high-performance ‘task’ chairs and
for local sneaker culture, art, music and sports, the new store Meatpacking District. other products that support the home office.
features custom artwork from local artists, including a mural on Situated at 62 Gansevoort Street, the The first locations in this concept are expected
the exterior and digital canvas art for the interior. In keeping with 2,000sq ft space aims to offer a unique hub for to open in the fall.
the local emphasis and in support of the community, employees the local area as part of Belstaff’s community-
were hired from within a five-mile radius of the store. first retail approach. The shop also features
The new Foot Locker includes a curbside pickup window and The Workshop where customers can have MICHAELS ADDS A CONCEPT
a space for hosting community-oriented event. Along with top previous Belstaff purchases restored or The Michaels Companies has debuted an
athletic brands, and to further Foot Locker’s “home grown” repaired live in-store by local craftspeople. enhanced shopping experience complete with a
hyper-local product initiative, the merchandise assortment Meanwhile, customers will be able to new layout, ‘inspiration hubs’ and an innovative
includes a curated group of local brand exclusives and limited- design their own jacket using a new ‘Build checkout design. The nation’s largest arts and
release products. Your Own’ service. In addition, Belstaff’s crafts retailer has remodeled two Texas stores,
Foot Locker debuted its power store format in the US in early iconic Trialmaster can be personalised with in McKinney and Plano.
2019, in the Metro Detroit area, which was followed by a location customisation options ranging from fabric
in New York’s Washington Heights neighbourhood later that year. and patches to specialists laser and chain
stitch embellishments. BUSINESSES OFFERED SPACE
Minnesota’s Mall of America will dedicate a retail
CONSTRUCTION BEGINS ON space called Community Commons to shops
in Minneapolis and St. Paul whose businesses
RETENTION PROJECT IN CANADA have been disrupted by the pandemic and social
unrest. The 5,000sq ft will include 17 shops and
tenants will remain in place until 2021.
Work has started on the United Building architects, the heritage consultants ERA
in Toronto, Canada. It will become North Architects Inc., and Tomas Pearce Interior
America’s tallest architectural heritage Design Consulting Inc. FIVE BELOW HITS MILESTONE
retention development upon completion. “The design of this building draws from The tween annd teen extreme-value retailer has
The United Building will evolve to a the energy of its location at the intersection not slowed down its store growth as it opened
52-storey high-rise, which will highlight of the city’s primary cultural, institutional its 1,000th store last month in Houston. It is
the restored heritage structure of the and retail anchors as well as its preserved Five Below’s 15th store in the Houston metro
storied Maclean Publishing Company/ architectural cultural heritage,” said Mark area and 111th in Texas, the company’s largest
Maclean-Hunter Building, with commercial Berest, B+G Architects Principal. “It is a state by store count.
and retail space from the ground to the tribute to Toronto’s cosmopolitan character
tenth floor and new residences above the and considers a new convergence of live,
historic structure. work and play. COVID-RELATED STORE OPENS
“The existing structure is an example of It will include 2,916sq m of retail space People in Manhattan have a new place to stock up
INGKA CENTRES, PART OF THE INGKA GROUP (WHICH ALSO INCLUDES IKEA RETAIL AND INGKA INVESTMENTS), HAS ACQUIRED THE 6X6 BUILDING IN DOWNTOWN SAN on sanitizing and personal protection items. CV-
FRANCISCO FROM MSP PROPERTY LLP, A COMPANY CONTROLLED AND OWNED BY ALEXANDRIA REAL ESTATE EQUITIES INC. AND TMG PARTNERS. THE COMPANY WILL TRANSFORM a commercial building from the interwar at ground level, 16,951sq m of commercial
AND REDESIGN THE BUILDING AT 945 MARKET STREET INTO A NEW RETAIL DESTINATION THAT’S ANCHORED BY IKEA AND COMPLEMENTED WITH MIXED-USE OFFERINGS THAT era and is the result of many bold design office space from floors two to nine, and 19 Essential, billed as the city’s first coronavirus
ARE UNIQUELY SUITED FOR SAN FRANCISCANS AND THEIR LIFESTYLE. THE IKEA STORE AND FIRST PHASE OF REDEVELOPMENT ARE SLATED TO OPEN IN FALL 2021. influences, from Beaux-Arts to Modern 709 residences beginning from floor 10 to safety supply store, has opened on West 35th St.,
Classical,” comments David Hofstedter, floor 52. The front door leads to the offices in the Herald Square area. The shop sells a variety
STARBUCKS OPENS DSW SIGNS DIGITAL President of real estate firm Davpart Inc. and retail and the residential condominium of products and gadgets for personal, home and
business use - designed to keep Covid-19 at bay.
The United design team includes B+H
entrance will offer direct access to a subway
‘COMMUNITY STORE’ PARTNERSHIP Architects as prime consultant and design station form inside the building.

Starbucks Corp. continues to expand its network of stores dedicated Designer Brands Inc., parent of DSW Designer Shoe Warehouse,
to supporting local economic growth. is moving forward with its ‘shop-in-shop’ pilot with Hy-Vee. DSW
The coffee giant has opened a “community store” in the Watts says the partnership is part of an ongoing effort to innovatve the
neighbourhood of Los Angeles. It’s the second community format retail experience.
store for Starbucks in the city and the 17th nationwide. The new DSW will open in-store shops at six Hy-Vee supermarkets by
location is part of the company’s commitment, announced in January, 2 October, with additional locations expected to open in 2021.
to open 100 community stores across the country by 2025. The footwear retailer and Midwestern grocer kicked off their
Starbucks’ community stores are dedicated to providing economic partnership in April 2020 by displaying top-selling DSW footwear
opportunity by hiring locally, including working with diverse products in a pallet format in more than 120 Hy-Vee stores.
contractors for store construction and commissioning local artists The 1,200sq ft in-store shop features about 200 choices of
to create murals in the store. Each store also features a dedicated footwear, and another 100 available form a “digital showroom
space that will be used in partnership with local organisations to wall” with a product assortment of top-trending seasonal kid’s,
serve the needs of the community. men’s and women’s shoes. Customers can use a QR code to order explore...
The Watts store has a training room designed for community shoes on the digital showroom wall from the DSW e-commerce
events, including programs hosted in partnership with local non- site. DSW loyalty rewards and promotions can be redeemed from
profit organisations. the shop-in-shop locations.

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