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Oct. 19, 2022: Saks has partnered with Prada on an exclusive takeover in celebration of the designer’s holiday 2022 women’s and men’s collections. Starting Oct. 20, Prada is launching across all categories on Saks.com for two weeks. Now, in addition to footwear and accessories, customers are able to purchase women’s and men’s ready-to-wear and handbags from the brand until Oct. 31. To celebrate the takeover, stylist Kate Young and Tracy Margolies, chief merchandising officer of Saks Fifth Avenue, hosted a luncheon at L’Avenue at Saks on Oct. 18 for Prada and Saks clients. In addition to the launch on Saks.com and the luncheon, Prada has dedicated window displays in the Saks Fifth Avenue New York Flagship store’s iconic center six windows from now through Oct. 31. The windows feature both men’s and women’s looks, with a yellow color that surrounds the product selection. The yellow is interrupted by bright images, with a focus on details of the leather goods. This theme is replicated throughout the Saks New York store with special installations on the main floor, women’s designer on three, and men’s designer on six.

Oct. 17, 2022: L.A.-based designer John Elliott has opened his second flagship in New York City. Located at 853 Madison Avenue in Manhattan’s Upper East Side neighborhood, the 2,500 sq. ft. flagship joins the brand’s downtown store in SoHo, which opened last fall. This is the fifth store for the company, which also has locations in Miami, Aspen and on Melrose Avenue in Los Angeles. The new flagship showcases the brand’s artisanal leather pieces, Japanese denim, core Los Angeles made sportswear and a complete Italian-made footwear program. An assortment of accessories will make its exclusive debut at this new location, including modular leather bags, produced in Italy, and fine jewelry in collaboration with cult Japanese brand M.A.R.S. John Elliott Madison is a signifier of where the brand is headed, with luxury adjacencies in one of New York’s most esteemed neighborhoods. It’s the biggest space, and most ambitious build to date.

Oct. 17, 2022: Amiri has opened a new location in Atlanta, Ga. Located at the Phipps Plaza luxury shopping mall, the 4,000 sq. ft. store houses Amiri’s men’s and women’s ready-to-wear collections, alongside kidswear and the brand’s accessories. Designed by CEO and creative director Mike Amiri, in partnership with Paris design studio NOCOD and architectural design firm Two One Two Design, this opening marks the brand’s fifth U.S. store and seventh worldwide. The store uses strong materials including natural oak, precious marble and stainless steel, which are complimented and contrasted by warm, soft lounge spaces. These curated areas are defined by a contemporary eclecticism, decorated with Californian flora and modernist furniture chosen by Amiri in collaboration with interior designer Katherine Waronke.

Oct. 17, 2022: Spanish retailer Mango is continuing its U.S. expansion plans with the opening of its latest location in Miami. Located at 1036 Lincoln Road, the 430 sq. m. (4,600 sq. ft.) store will offer the brand’s men’s and women’s lines – the first time Mango’s menswear range has been sold in Florida. Before the year end, the company will consolidate its brand in the heart of Florida, where it plans to open three new stores, in order to close the year with ten stores in the country. The goal of Mango is to reach 2024 with approximately 40 stores in the United States and for the country to become one of the group’s top five markets in terms of turnover.

Oct. 17, 2022: Independent streetwear retailer LMNTS has opened its first East Coast location at the American Dream mega mall in East Rutherford, N.J. Located near The Rink on level one, the nearly 1,500 sq. ft. shop joins the retailer’s first store at the Mall of America in Minnesota. Customers at the new store can find a range of luxury streetwear brands such as Palm Angels, Ksubi, Pleasures and much more. “After years of success at Mall of America, I could not be more excited to open at its sister property – American Dream,” Brittany Ward owner of LMNTS, said in a statement. “This world-class entertainment/retail center is located a heartbeat from the fashion capital and is designed to attract the global fashion set, making American Dream the perfect location for LMNTS’ first East Coast store.”

Oct. 14, 2022: JD Sports is opening its next store on the second floor of Bramalea City Centre in Ontario, Canada. The new location, its eighth in the Canadian marketplace, follows the opening of the company’s first three doors in the Greater Toronto area. JD’s newest store is scheduled to open on Oct. 15. JD, which has over 950 stores across 32 territories globally, has seen steady success with its store openings in Canada and looks to build on it with its launch at Bramalea. “It’s encouraging to see how the Canadian marketplace has responded to JD in the brand’s first year,” brand manager Rolf Savella said in a statement. “Both retail and e-com stores are experiencing rapid growth, and much of that energy is generated through new stores like the one we’re opening in Bramalea City Centre.”

Oct. 14, 2022: Nearly forty years after the lights were switched off, London’s Battersea Power Station opens today, marking the first time the public can explore this architectural masterpiece and enjoy the first of its unique shops, bars, restaurants and leisure venues. Visitors can now explore the Power Station’s historic Turbine Halls and check out the first retailers opening, including Nike, Uniqlo, Mulberry and Hugo Boss. “Today marks a historic and hugely celebratory moment as we open Battersea Power Station and Electric Boulevard to the public,” Simon Murphy, CEO at Battersea Power Station Development Company, said in a statement. “Many said it was impossible, several tried and failed, however through the commitment of our shareholders and with the support of many Public and Private sector stakeholders, we’ve succeeded in bringing Battersea Power Station back to life.”

Oct. 13, 2022: Canali has opened a new NYC flagship store on Madison Avenue. Moving downtown just one block from its previous store, Canali’s new location at 600 Madison Ave. is part of the Italian luxury menswear brand’s planned retail expansion and transformation. The location features the brand’s new store concept, which focuses on customer experience with a more lifestyle approach. From curated bookshelves to an elegantly stocked bar and lounge, the store also offers dedicated “Me by Canali” customization area and VIP services. Developed with the architects of Park Associati, the store was conceived as a hybrid space between a boutique and an elegant Milanese home and features an art installation from Italian duo Goldschmied & Chiari.

Oct. 13, 2022: France and New York came together for the opening of The French Edit pop-up shop inside the Neighborhood Goods store at Chelsea Market. The pop-up, which opened on Oct. 1, is an initiative spearheaded by the French Footwear Federation and co-organized by Business France. Running for four weeks, six French high-end and luxury shoe brands are featured and will highlight the diversity of French craftsmanship in shoes with various options from activewear, luxury, formal, and casual shoe brands. To kick off the event, a speech was made by the Consulate General of France Damien Laban and French Footwear Federation president Clementine Colin Richard. And after a final toast facilitated by the Neighborhood Goods VP of strategic business development Roslyn Karamoko, guests and industry professionals were invited to interact with and try on the collection of shoes ranging from leather boots and espadrilles to high heels. Anthology-Paris, Arche, Avril-Gau, Craie Studio, Etre-Amis, and Pare Gabia will be available for purchase at The French Edit pop-up running now through Nov. 1.

Oct. 13, 2022: Staud has opened its first New York City brick-and-mortar location. Located at 45 Greene Street, the 2,100 sq. ft. store was designed by Clements Design and marks the second store for the brand. The store features upholstered walls, display shelves and dressing rooms in boucles, felts, and velvets to create different colored zones. The customer walks into a neutral, cream zone, and progresses into sage green, followed by midnight blue, mustard, and finally ending the journey in a two-story volume space with rust colored upholstered velvet panels and draperies. The store will carry the full breadth of ready-to-wear and accessories of the brand starting with the fall/winter 2022 collection. “Opening this store feels completely surreal,” Sarah “Staud” Staudinger, co-founder and creative director of Staud, said in a statement. “I am so proud of my team, and (honored) that Tommy and Clements Design could bring the physical vision of Staud to life in New York in a permanent way as it is a defining moment for our brand.”

Oct. 13, 2022: Pacsun has expanded its SoCal footprint with a new store at Fashion Valley shopping center in San Diego, Calif. The 4,277 sq. ft. space located on the upper level between Nike and Soleniverse is the first store to showcase Pacsun’s new brick-and-mortar vision. The interior includes new fixtures and décor that tie into Fashion Valley’s experience as an outdoor center, including updated colors and materials. The Fashion Valley opening adds to the over 300 Pacsun locations nationwide, joining the 20% that are located in outdoor malls and four new stores that opened just this year. Later this winter, Pacsun’s new look will also be unveiled at Lennox in Atlanta, Ga. and Fashion Island in Newport Beach, Calif., along with others around the country slated for 2023.

Oct. 13, 2022: Southern California-inspired activewear brand Vuori has opened its first New York City flagship. Located at 106 Spring Street, the 5,000 sq. ft. store marks the brand’s first East Coast flagship and will offer its full range of men’s and women’s performance apparel. “We couldn’t be more excited to bring Vuori to New York and such an incredible location,” said Joe Kudla, founder and CEO of Vuori. “SoHo has long been one of New York’s most desirable shopping hubs, as it’s the perfect mix of being a place where people live and work, but also where they come to shop, discover new brands and have fun. We look forward to serving new and existing customers and bringing locals together in ways that celebrate and inspire a healthy, happy life.”

Oct. 4, 2022: Cos has opened the doors to its new Stockholm store – the first in Europe to adopt the brand’s new store concept design. Located at Biblioteksgatan 3, 111 46 Stockholm, the new 566 square meter (approximately 6,092 square foot) store is part of the brand’s ambition to create fully circular store environments. Spanning over two floors, the space will also open with a curated selection of paintings and sculptures by international artist, Liselotte Watkins who is inspired by vintage aesthetics and antique objects to create art that celebrates womanhood. The store design customers will see in Biblioteksgatan has 66% more recycled material than the original Cos store design. Some sustainable features include, though are not limited to; a fully circular flooring system, 30% recycled aluminum rails, 100% recycled polystyrene mannequins in place of fiber glass, and the removal of CO2 heavy concrete fittings.

Oct. 3, 2022: Scotch & Soda continues to roll out its retail strategy by celebrating the opening of two new stores in London as well as a flagship in Copenhagen’s Amagertorv square. In London, the Amsterdam-based brand opened a 250 square meter (approximately 2,690 square foot) store flagship store in Long Acre, in the heart of Covent Garden. Located on the ground floor of a five-story building, the flagship features a façade in Eclectic neo–Flemish Renaissance style, crowned by a traditional Dutch gable. The interior is based on the brand’s new “Free Spirit” store design concept, including its signature bar, designed to highlight accessories. Scotch & Soda also opened a location in the Old Spitalfields Market. The store features a red-bricked façade and re-designed interiors spanning across two floors. The 121 square meter (approximately 1,302 square foot) location will offer the brand’s menswear and womenswear collections, as well as its accessory lines, including footwear, eyewear, beauty and bodywear. And Scotch & Soda launched a flagship store in Amagertorv, one of the oldest squares in central Copenhagen. The store will carry menswear, womenswear and kidswear collections, as well as its accessories, including footwear, eyewear, beauty, and its soon-to-be launched bodywear line. With a sales area of 370 square meters (approximately 3,982 square feet) spanning across two floors, the Amargetorv location is one of the largest European Scotch & Soda stores outside of the Netherlands, and the brand’s second location in Copenhagen.

Sept. 29, 2022: Brooklyn-based menswear boutique Alumni of NY has opened its first international boutique in Chengdu, China. Housed in 7322 Baiyao Factory, the new store will offer 26 brands like Beams+, Carhartt WIP, Converse, Hender Scheme, Hoka, On, Rhude, and Y-3, along with China-exclusive labels such as Roaringwild, and Attempt. Designed by the Beijing-based FON Studio, the 2900 square foot boutique is housed in the only remaining industrial complex from the late Qing Dynasty in Chengdu. Formerly a gunpowder factory planned and designed by Germans and built by local craftsmen in 1906, the building fuses a fascinating mix of Chinese and Western architectural elements. “As a native New Yorker who grew up on Hip Hop, learning about Chengdu’s Hip Hop culture and experiencing it firsthand really connected me to the city,” Alumni founder Gene Han said in a statement. “Alumni strives to be an ‘outer-borough’ retailer, which is to say, we focus on the locality of who we are. We strive to build community.” Alumni of Chengdu is the retailer’s fourth store and joins its three brick-and-mortar locations in New York – Flushing, Crown Heights, and Flatbush.

Sept. 27, 2022: Academy Sports + Outdoors has opened its first Lexington, Ky. store. Located at 3220 Nicholasville Rd., in South Park Shopping Center, the approximately 80,000 square-foot store marks the sixth Academy store in Kentucky and the opening of the fifth of nine new stores the retailer expects to open this year. “Academy Sports + Outdoors is excited to kickstart fun in the Lexington community by providing customers what they need to make pursuing their sports and outdoors passions easy and affordable,” Sam Johnson, Academy’s EVP of retail operations, said in a statement. To celebrate the new store, Academy will host grand opening festivities from Friday, Sept. 30 through Sunday, Oct. 2. Throughout the weekend, customers can look forward to exclusive deals, giveaways, activations by brands sold at Academy, food truck samples, and appearances by University of Kentucky basketball alumnus Kyle Macy, men’s basketball player Casson Wallace and more.

Sept. 27, 2022: Savas has opened a new store in Los Angeles. Designed by Nashville-based Savannah Yarborough (who trained at Central Saint Martins and earned her degree in menswear design in 2012), Savas specializes bespoke and ready-to-wear leather jackets, boots, handbags and small goods. This is the brand’s first foray into ready-to-wear and first location outside of Nashville. The store will feature men’s and women’s footwear, accessories and ready-to-wear jackets, along with a bespoke service. The retail concept — also serving as a lounge, salon, office and atelier — soft launched this week with an intimate event featuring Kentucky-based musician Nat Myers and including guests from the music, art, fashion and automotive worlds. Located at the intersection of Melrose and Sycamore in one of the city’s buzziest neighborhoods near standouts like Gigi’s, Just One Eye, Bode and Jeffrey Deitch Gallery, the brand said that Savas L.A. is an intimate, moody respite from the city’s sun-soaked climate.

Sept. 22, 2022: Denver-based boot brand Freebird continues its brick-and-mortar store expansion with the opening of two locations in Charleston, S.C., and San Antonio, Texas. “We’re thrilled to continue making meaningful connections in our Denver home base while spreading our wings across the U.S. through our new store openings,” said brand VP Teagan Coym in a statement. The Charleston store is located at 332 King St. and officially opens today. The San Antonio shop will debut on Sept. 29 and is located at 15900 La Cantera Pkwy. To celebrate the launches, Freebird will host grand opening events at each store, where it will offer fans giveaways such as concert tickets and free boots. Freebird also recently opened a new location in Las Vegas, bringing its total door count to 10. 

Sept. 13, 2022: Rollie Nation has opened its first retail store in Melbourne, offering a range of store-exclusive shoes, a dedicated event space, and a state-of-the-art NFT gallery supporting local and emerging artists. Joining the creative strip of Fitzroy’s Gertrude Street, the brick-and-mortar store has been a part of founder Vince Lebon’s vision from the launch of Rollie Nation ten years ago at South Melbourne Market. “We’ve always wanted a space for our loyal Rollie community to completely immerse themselves in the brand, connect with each other and connect with the Rollie Nation team,” Lebon said in a statement. Working closely with Lebon, esteemed multi-disciplinary design agency Space Between transformed the space into a creative hub to home Rollie’s ever-expanding range of footwear. Going beyond retail, the store merges technology and design with a state-of-the-art NFT gallery dubbed RollieX, featuring 16 screens displaying 150 pieces of artwork from over 30 emerging and established artists — the largest digital gallery within a retail store in the southern hemisphere.

Sept. 9, 2022: Giorgio Armani has opened a new store at Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II, 61 in Milan. With this launch, the brand reaffirms its presence in the prestigious ‘Salotto di Milano’ with a larger space dedicated not only to accessories but to the complete Giorgio Armani men’s and women’s collection. The boutique extends over two floors and an area of approximately 300 square meters. On the ground floor, dedicated to the women’s collection, eyewear and fragrances, the walls have a two-tone marble finish – dove grey at the bottom and ivory above – with the color change emphasized by a thin platinum-colored dividing profile, in the same tone as the portals and historic cast iron columns that mark passage between the various rooms. The basement floor houses men’s clothing, accessories and eyewear collections. The space is characterized by large pre-existing ribbed vaults with historic skylights in the center, interspersed with platinum-colored arched portals.

Sept. 9, 2022: After closing its Grand Street flagship during the pandemic, Rowing Blazers is back with a physical store in New York City. The cult preppy brand by Jack Carlson has opened a new flagship store at 8 Rivington Street. The location, the former home of Freemans Sporting Club, is on the same block on which the brand has held multiple pop-ups, including its very first pop-up shop in 2017. In addition to Rowing Blazers’ own-brand products, the flagship will carry the other brands under Carlson’s creative direction — Warm & Wonderful, Arthur Ashe, and Gyles & George — as well as a wide selection of vintage clothing, accessories, magazines, and books: from vintage cricket blazers to ‘80s NYU crewnecks, Lehman Brothers banker bags and Rolex sailing hats to old copies of Japan’s Free & Easy magazine and a pair of original Georgetown Nike Terminators. “Opening this store marks the beginning of a new chapter for Rowing Blazers as a brand,” said Carlson. “But it’s also a continuation of how we started five years ago. The reception we had when we opened our first pop-up on the same block several years ago blew me away. Most of all, I’m excited to begin hosting our launch events again. They had become a staple in the community.”

Sept. 9, 2022: Karl Lagerfeld has opened two pop-up shops showcasing its new “Cara Loves” capsule collection, created in collaboration with actress, model, and activist, Cara Delevingne. Located at the heart of SoHo at 105 Wooster Street and at The Grove in Los Angeles, the shops bring the world of Karl Lagerfeld to life using digital interactive installations, bold branding, and cutting-edge technology. The stores’ futuristic designs feature modern furnishings of reeded glass, brushed aluminum, chrome, and neon lights. The Cara Loves Karl collection features sustainable materials and modular designs while focusing on inclusive, genderless styles that reflect the values of both Delevingne and Karl Lagerfeld.

Sept. 8, 2022: Nordstrom’s NYC flagship is celebrating the great city of New York in its latest “Center Stage” pop-up installation. Dubbed “New New York,” the shop features exclusive capsules from some of New York’s most celebrated designers, a restaurant takeover by NYC hot spot American Bar, fine jewelry curation by Lynn Yaeger, and New York-based designer brands highlighted across visual installations throughout the flagship. Eight New York designers take on the theme of Power Dressing for the new Center Stage with exclusive looks from Carolina Herrera, Khaite, Gabriela Hearst, Joseph Altuzarra, Saint Sintra, Commission, and Proenza Schouler. Additionally, New York-based luxury footwear brand Stuart Weitzman will take over Nordstrom’s Shoe Bar on lower level 1, with special branded cocktails and on-site customization offerings. Nordstrom NYC will celebrate the launch of the “New New York” Center Stage with a storewide activation on Saturday, Sept. 17, where customers are invited to experience custom activations from Collina Strada, Marc Jacobs, Stuart Weitzman, Mansur Gavriel, Lingua Franca, Ulla Johnson, Tom Ford, Le Labo, and many more, plus live musical performances and giveaways in-store. Nordstrom NYC’s “New New York” Center Stage is now open through Oct. 9, 2022.

Sept. 1, 2022: Pangaia has opened the brand’s first physical experience in Los Angeles at The Grove. The launch of this pop-up aligns with a huge milestone for the company as Pangaia celebrates its one million tree mark, having planted, protected or restored one million trees to date through the “Tomorrow Tree Fund.” Pangaia at The Grove features several curated product drops, including the Uniform Series 01 collection, which represents the brand’s new product architecture, developed to cover leisurewear, activewear, outerwear, and accessories. Brought together for the first time in the form of a modern wardrobe the range is underpinned by key Pangaia innovations such as Spiber, Infinited Fiber, Pineapple Shirting, Reclaim, FLWRDWN, Re-Color and Grape Leather Sneakers, as well as a collaboration with the artist Kenny Scharf. Using 3D audio spatialization, guests will be transported to a lush forest inspired by the coastal coniferous woodland biomes of Northern California – the soundscape will evolve as the day goes on to mimic the natural progression of the forest. As an added layer, the store is further brought to life through smells of greenery, wet soil, and moss. Pangaia at The Grove is now open through Sept. 27.

Aug. 26, 2022: Louis Vuitton has opened a new men’s store at South Coast Plaza in Costa Mesa, Calif. This new location is the ninth freestanding men’s store in the country, and the second in California, following the Rodeo Drive opening in July. The boutique offers the brand’s complete men’s range including leather goods, accessories, shoes, ready-to-wear, watches, and fragrance. Additional heritage categories such as Louis Vuitton’s publishing, iconic hardsided trunks, and the exclusive Objets Nomades collection complete the recherché selection. The exterior window’s design is inspired by classic boardgames like backgammon and complements an interior game room spotlighting the brand’s gaming, gifting, publishing, and Objets Nomades offerings. Within the main showroom, window-like interior vignettes — similarly referencing classic boardgame motifs — serve as the game room’s walls. Fine art abounds inside the space. The ready-to-wear section features a painting by California-based artist Marcel Rozek, who pours diluted pigment onto raw canvas, creating unexpected color relationships and abstract forms. In the leather goods section, surf culture is highlighted in a work by Peter Dayton, who paints bold stripes onto wooden panels shaped to resemble exaggerated surfboards.

Aug. 25, 2022: Canadian footwear brand Manitobah will open a new flagship on Sept. 10 in its founding city of Winnipeg. This marks the first permanent store for Manitobah to showcase its collections of artisan-crafted mukluks, moccasins and lifestyle footwear. The 3,000-square-foot space will be located in the historic Forks Market and will be staffed with a team of 100% Indigenous people. In addition to being a retail hub, the store will serve as a community space to host workshops, activations, beading circles and more. It also will stock other artisan merchandise in its Indigenous Market. Sean McCormick, Manitobah’s founder and chief impact officer, said in a statement, “I’m thrilled that the new store will continue our mission to evolve our social impact approach by creating a space that gives back to the community.”

Aug. 23, 2022: Academy Sports + Outdoors has opened a new store in Atlanta, a location that consumes 50,200 square feet of real estate at 130 Perimeter Center West in the Perimeter Square Shopping Center. With this addition, the retailer now has 12 across metro Atlanta and 30 throughout Georgia. Looking ahead, Academy confirmed it plans to open 80-100 new stores over the next five years. Academy will celebrate the new opening a ribbon cutting ceremony on Aug. 26.

Aug. 19, 2022: Fendi has reopened its boutique at The Shops at Crystals in Las Vegas. The recently renovated, 5,998 square foot space, encompasses the Italian luxury brand’s women’s and men’s ready-to-wear collections, accessories, and leather goods. The house’s signature FF motif is emblazoned on white plaster over a metal canopy on the welcoming façade of the boutique.  The interior plays with materials that highlight Fendi’s codes with luxurious touches of marble and metal, paired with plush carpeting.  Arabescato Vagli marble recalls the architecture of Roman churches, creating a grandeur atmosphere, present on the floors and columns. The Crystals location is one of 3 Fendi stores in Las Vegas currently, along with Caesars and Bellagio. The brand will open a fourth location in Vegas inside the Wynn resort in November 2022.

Aug. 16, 2022: Harrods has unveiled the latest addition to its store-wide redevelopment – an expanded men’s offering featuring a dedicated grooming, fragrance and sunglasses shop on the retailer’s second floor. Designed by David Collins Studio, the new spaces are a continuation of the studio’s other work with the retailer. Considered elements including checkerboard marble flooring with metal trims, custom display units with leather detailing, and a luxurious material palette of textured glass, mixed metals, marble, dark timber and reflective surfaces throughout. The space unveils Europe’s largest men’s focused David Clulow sunglass boutique, with over 500 sunglasses on display at any given time from brands like Retro Super Future, Dita, and Cazal. In addition to grooming service at Adam Grooming Atelier, Harrods customers now have the opportunity to find a carefully curated edit of men’s skincare products from brands like Escentric Molecules, Humanity Cosmetics and Murdock, dedicated Tom Ford and Creed fragrance corners, and existing exclusive from Acqua Di Parma’s ‘Zafferano’, and Penhaligon’s ‘Mr Harrod.’

Aug. 16, 2022: Academy Sports + Outdoors has opened its first Richmond, Va. store. Located at 11861 W. Broad St., in The Corner at Short Pump, the 58,075 square-foot store brings an assortment of sports and outdoors merchandise to Richmond. Academy will host grand opening festivities from Friday, Aug. 19 through Sunday, Aug. 21. Throughout the weekend, customers can look forward to exclusive deals, giveaways, an appearance by the Richmond Flying Squirrels’ Mascots, the Richmond Raceway Pace Car on display, activations by brands sold at Academy, and food truck samples. The Richmond location marks the third of nine new stores Academy will open this year and the first store in Virginia. Academy looks forward to continuing its expansion efforts beyond 2022, with the goal of opening 80 to 100 new stores over the next five years.

Aug. 9, 2022: Abercrombie & Fitch has launched a new store design “inspired by the brand’s intention of making every day feel as exceptional as the start of a long weekend.” The new getaway-themed aesthetic is a stylish nod to a chic hotel lobby, designed to prioritize omni-channel shopping and provide customers with an immersive interpretation of the Abercrombie experience of today. Refinement and relaxation punctuate the new getaway-themed retail spaces, which include elevated fixtures and furnishings, striking wood accent walls, and styled spaces dedicated to the categories Abercrombie is most known. The retailer recently celebrated the opening of its first two getaway concept stores—a new location at Los Angeles’ Del Amo Fashion Center and another outside Milan in the Il Centro Shopping Center. Abercrombie plans to open multiple getaway-concepted stores around the globe through the remainder of the fiscal year, with even more planned for 2023.

Aug. 9, 2022: The Athlete’s Foot (TAF) announced on Monday that Joe Delphry, a TAF franchise owner since 1999, will be transitioning his seven stores to The Dahir Group. Dahir will be taking over the reins of the Atlanta, Ga. (Atlantic Station), Charleston, S.C., Winston-Salem, N.C., and Portsmouth, Newport News, and Suffolk, Va. stores as of July 1, 2022, bringing its store count to 20 locations. “We thank Joe Delphy for letting TAF be a part of his life and his family for 23 years,” Matthew LaFone, president and GM of Americas at TAF, said in a statement. “We wish him all the best in his next endeavor and look forward to working with Shady Dahir on his new locations.”

Aug. 4, 2022: Dior has opened a new pop-up in Beverly Hills, Calif. dedicated to the French luxury brand’s winter 2022 men’s collection. Upon entering, shoppers are transported to the Alexandre III bridge, a dreamy Parisian setting. This location is one in a series of openings globally including an installation at Dior’s New York Flagship boutique on Fifth Avenue. The iconic Pegasus sculpture, which will be featured exclusively at the Beverly Hills location, is created using a 3D printer to capture even the smallest of details and then finished with gold leaf. Lights in the entry tunnel and inside on the bridge will flicker on and off. To finish the setting, walls will feature imagery of the Parisian skyline alongside a curved LED screen showing the winter ‘22 campaign video. Located at 362 N. Rodeo Drive, the Beverly Hills pop-up is now open through Sept. 19.

Aug. 1, 2022: Dee Ocleppo-Hilfiger is opening a pop-up shop in Mykonos, Greece, this week. A selection of spring ’22 styles from her namesake brand will be on display starting Aug. 5, and through the rest of the summer season, at The Alchemist. Items featured include the newly-released Barolo bucket bag, Bey leather lace-ups, Helen flats and Capri-style sandals, as well as the Pandora pumps and Dizzy Logo mules. In addition, a selection of cashmere crewneck tees with the signature embroidered initial and silk palm-print pajamas will be offered alongside limited-edition designs from collaborations with beachwear brand Melissa Odabash.

July 26, 2022: Academy Sports + Outdoors’ growth journey to open 80 to 100 new stores over the next five years continues with its new store opening in Panama City, Fla. The new Panama City location marks the second of nine new stores Academy will open this year and one of three stores currently planned for Florida. Located at 820 W. 23rd Street, the 55,000 square-foot store brings approximately 60 new jobs to the community, the retailer said. Grand opening festivities will be held Friday, July 29 through Sunday, July 31 and customers can look forward to exclusive deals, giveaways, a pro-angler appearance, and take advantage of Florida’s back-to-school sales tax holiday, which goes through Aug. 7.

July 26, 2022: A-Cold-Wall* has opened its first store in China. Located in the Taikoo Li Sanlitun shopping district in Beijing, the new store will set the tone for the label’s presence in the region as the brand expands into the Chinese retail landscape. The Beijing opening marks the start of a program of store launches and events specifically aimed at the local consumer. Designed in-house, the Beijing store is saturated in a primary volt blue, a palette chosen specifically for the region. Founder and designer Samuel Ross’ product design background lends the space a distinctly industrial feel; modernist references visible throughout as systems, codes and modularity are echoed in both the store’s architecture and the garments themselves. Drawing an aesthetic and conceptual link to A-Cold-Wall*’s global locations, X-frames become a signature element.

July 26, 2022: Nordstrom Rack will open new stores in Bradley Fair, a mixed-use complex in Wichita, Kan. and in The Terrace at Hamilton Place in Chattanooga, Tenn. next spring. The 28,000 square-foot store in Bradley Fair will join the open-air shopping district featuring more than 50 shopping and dining destinations including Barnes & Noble, Sephora, Pottery Barn, Gap and Trader Joe’s. With the addition of this new location, Nordstrom will operate two Nordstrom Rack stores and one Nordstrom store in Kansas. The 24,000 square-foot store in The Terrace at Hamilton Place will join the open-air shopping center that features retailers including Academy Sports, DSW, Ulta Beauty and Old Navy. With the addition of this new location, Nordstrom will operate three Nordstrom Rack stores and one Nordstrom store in Tennessee.

July 25, 2022: Amiri has opened a new store in Tokyo. Located at 5-3-27 Minami Aoyama Minato in the city’s fashion district, the 155.6 square meter (1,675 square foot) store spans two floors and offers the full range of men’s and women’s ready-to-wear collections, accessories, footwear and leather goods. The store also offers an exclusive Tokyo capsule collection, reimagining Amiri’s signature bones stack motif in the red and white of Japan’s national flag across hoodies, tees, sweats, swim trunks and a trucker hat. Led by CEO and creative director Mike Amiri in collaboration with Parisian design studio NOCOD, this new location furthers the brand’s presence in Asia alongside the previously announced Shanghai flagship – the brand’s first international opening as part of an ambitious global retail roll out. Renzo Rosso’s OTB Group and Staff international assisting as licensees, will help with distribution in the new market.

July 25, 2022: Burberry has opened a new womenswear store at the Bal Harbour Shops in Miami, Fla. Located on the lower level of the luxury destination, the store was designed in collaboration with architect Vincenzo De Cotiis and features a selection of the women’s spring/summer 2022 pre-collection including a range of sandals and heels to the Arthur and Ramsey sneakers. Taking inspiration from the evolution of the signature Burberry Check, the design concept couples mirrored ceilings with intersecting metallic grids and roaming monochrome tiled chequerboard floors, each reflecting one another and creating a sense of openness. At Bal Harbour, the Burberry Check is reflected on both the exterior and interior, with the store facade featuring a blend of stone and champagne metal arranged in the signature house pattern and finished with a subtle black edging. The core colors of the Burberry Check – beige, black, white and red – are explored throughout and in a variety of textures, from concrete and ceramics to high-gloss finishes, juxtaposing brutalist elements with luxurious materials to create a distinctly modern feel.

July 21, 2022: Fendi has opened its first boutique in Madrid, Spain. The 140 square meter (1,500 square foot) shop is located within El Corte Inglés Castellana, one of the most important department stores in the city. It offers the Italian luxury brand’s full women’s collection from ready-to-wear to bags, shoes and accessories. White hand-made ceramic tiles with a reinterpretation of the FF logo designed by Karl Lagerfeld for the fall/winter 2013 collection wrap the façade of the store. Moving to the interiors, a central special element creates a circular and surprising organization of the space. Every wall of the cube is featured by perspective cuts created with the alternation of white Arabescato marble and ivory pozzolanica. All around the perimeter of the store, metal niches with hand-made ceramic background showcase bags, accessories and shoes, while the ready-to-wear is presented on champagne metal tubular structures.

July 21, 2022: Isabel Marant has opened a new flagship at 677 Madison Avenue, the biggest store in the company’s fleet. The 2,950-square-foot store replaces an uptown store at 23 East 67th Street and joins another New York boutique at 469 Broome Street in SoHo, which Marant has had for 12 years. Known for her bohemian nonchalant style, Marant opened her first store in Paris in 1998 and today has 66 stores globally, 10% of which are franchises. There are eight stores in the U.S. The new two-level store carries women’s ready-to-wear, bags, shoes, accessories, jewelry and sunglasses, as well as menswear, which was introduced four years ago. Some 20% of the new store will be dedicated to menswear. Designed by Marant and an in-house architecture studio, the store’s main floor showcases Isabel Marant mainline, accessories — bags, jewelry, sunglasses and some shoes — while one flight up is the shoe section, Isabel Marant Etoile, a women’s secondary line, and Isabel Marant Homme.

July 19, 2022: Saks has unveiled a new pop-up shopping experience in the heart of Aspen. Located at 516 East Hyman Avenue, the 2,000 square foot pop-up features an eclectic mix of women’s and men’s fashion from brands including Alexander McQueen, Balmain, Bottega Veneta, Chloé, Celine, Farm Rio, Isaia, Johanna Ortiz, Khaite, Kiton, Loewe, Missoni, Off-White, Staud, Versace, Zimmermann and more. The shop also provides access to on-demand personal styling and fashion advice from Saks Stylists, as well as digital touchpoints allowing customers to seamlessly browse and shop on Saks.com. The destination also includes Instagrammable moments, an ice cream cart from local purveyors and complimentary Saks-branded dog treats. The Saks Aspen Pop-Up features an unparalleled assortment of luxury fashion including women’s and men’s ready-to-wear, swim, accessories and jewelry, in addition to on-demand personal styling and shopping services from Saks stylists. To celebrate the opening of the pop-up, Saks will host a VIP weekend in Aspen with influencers, tastemakers and top clients from Thursday, July 21 to Sunday, July 24. The shop will remain open through Friday, July 29.

July 18, 2022: Prada has opened a new store in East Hampton, N.Y. Located at 2 Newtown Lane, the 1,600 square foot store features the Italian luxury brand’s men’s and women’s ready-to-wear, leather goods, footwear and accessories collections. The temporary store is framed by a sequence of large windows and features ivory-and-green striped carpet and walls with the same graphic. The surfaces are defined by a sequence of alternating stripes in contrasting colors, while a neon sign provides new interpretations of the Prada triangle logo.

July 18, 2022: Maceoo will open a new outpost on Level 2 of the Boulevard Tower inside the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas resort later this month. The 1,500 square foot space showcases the menswear brand’s range of men’s footwear, T-shirts, hoodies, joggers, sweaters, shorts, sportscoats and assorted accessories. The interiors feature the brand’s signature royal blue motif and lion’s head logo, custom-created displays made of wood from Brazil, black matte leather chairs, elegant fitting rooms, murals, pop art décor and a spectacular 20-foot chandelier. Maceoo CEO and designer Maceoo Mehdi Raad said that following the uncertainty of pandemic lockdown, the company has rebounded with tremendous growth as it opens new stores in Dubai, Florence, Paris, Monaco, Seoul, and major hubs in the U.S. in the next twelve months.

July 15, 2022: John Elliott has opened the doors to his fourth store – this time in Aspen, Colo. The 974-square-foot boutique at 535 East Cooper Avenue features the brand’s men’s and women’s collections, showcasing artisanal leather pieces, Japanese denim, core Los Angeles made sportswear, a complete Italian-made footwear program, and Italian tailoring. Taking elements from Elliott’s existing retail locations, the store expands off design language architect Stephan Wiemer developed and helped define in Los Angeles, Miami, and SoHo. Japanese matte white tile lines an organically curved back wall, framed by floor to ceiling mirrors for added depth. A continuous fixture display, first developed in New York, allows for an open, piazza-style framework to browse garments. A new lighting grid is the first exploration of a design that will be rolled out in future stores. “This store is important because of its location,” said Elliott in a statement. “It’s in a highly visible area of a town that has a true luxury network. The by-product is that we’ll have the ability to tell stories with new and exclusive products that’s directly influenced by the climate and unique surroundings that can only be found in Aspen.”

July 15, 2022: Ross Dress for Less is expanding its footprint in North Carolina with a new store opening in Clemmons on July 16. The store, which spans 18,500 square feet, is located in Village Square at the corner of Interstate 40 and Lewisville Clemmons Road. The new store will bring the retailer’s total in North Carolina to 49, and 1,668 throughout the country.

July 14, 2022: Thom Browne has opened its first retail footprint in France at private members club EPI in Saint-Tropez. Located at 1128 Route de L’Epi along the beach, the 500 square-foot space features the brand’s signature ready-to-wear, tailoring and accessories alongside limited-edition EPI branded goods. Designed by architect Flavio Albanese of ASA Studioalbanese, the shop mimics the brand’s Miami flagship in lighter tones to compliment the EPI’s minimalist wellness and sport inspired retreat aesthetic. The Thom Browne Tennis Pro Shop is now open by appointment only.

July 14, 2022: Sergio Rossi has opened its new flagship store in the Milan fashion district. Located at Via Spiga 26, the 150-square-meters store (approximately 1,600 square feet) spans two floors and was designed by Cristina Celestino Studio, where architecture and art meet fashion. Inside, shoppers can find a single-tone material box where the display furniture and seats are portrayed against a black carpet and glazed ceramic tiles. The shoes, meanwhile, are featured through a glass and mirror exhibition structure with black metal profiles. “For Sergio Rossi this opening represents a new and important step in its history that, as part of Lanvin Group, it is consolidating important growth results and new openings around the World,” CEO Riccardo Sciutto, said in a statement.

July 12, 2022: Amiri has opened a new flagship store in Shanghai. This marks the Los Angeles-based brand’s first international standalone store as Amiri kickstarts an ambition global retail roll-out. Located at 1225 West Nanjing Road inside the JC Plaza, formally the home of the JC Mandarin Hotel, the new two-level store spans 580 square meters (approximately 6,200 square feet). Realized by CEO and creative director Mike Amiri in collaboration with Parisian design studio NOCOD, the location features a minimalist limestone and geometric glass façade. Inside, the space features suspended stainless-steel rails, marble touches and solid wood shelving. Lounge areas are curated spaces defined by modernist furniture, Californian plants and plush rugs. Elsewhere, a custom-made, Amiri pool table is unique to the store and available for purchase. Stocking the full range of men’s and women’s ready-to-wear collections, accessories, footwear and leather goods, the store also offers an exclusive Shanghai capsule consisting of signature Amiri pieces reimagined in a deep navy hue.

July 6, 2022: Mango has inked a new agreement with Fox Group to open six stores in Toronto during 2022-2023, marking the Spanish brand’s official entry into Canada. These openings are just the beginning for the two companies. In total, Mango plans to open at least 20 stores with Fox Group in Canada over the next 10 years. (Fox Group is Mango’s partner in Israel, where it manages 47 of the group’s stores.) Mango’s expansion plan in Canada is part of the company’s commitment to grow in North America. In May, the company started an ambitious expansion plan in the United States with the opening of a flagship store located at 711 Fifth Avenue in New York. Mango plans to open more than 30 new stores in the next three years in the United States, especially in the southern portion of the country, to bring the total to approximately 40 stores by 2024, combining its physical presence in shopping centers with standalone stores.

July 6, 2022: Australian luxury footwear and streetwear chain Sneakerboy was placed into administration—an equivalent to filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the U.S.—amid mass complaints from consumers and claims of unpaid debts by various creditors. Sneakerboy, which sells sneakers and boots from luxury brands like Alexander McQueen, Balenciaga, Margiela and Moncler as well as Nike, Asics and Canada Goose, currently operates four retail stores in Australia and an online store. The retailer recently closed its Brisbane store in April. The move was confirmed in a notice of appointment released by the Australian Securities and Investments (ASIC) on Saturday. “Sneakerboy today announced that Stephen Dixon of Hamilton Murphy Advisory has been appointed as voluntary administrator,” Hamilton Murphy Advisory said in a statement. “The voluntary administration appointment has been made due to short term financing difficulties being experienced by the company. The difficult but prudent decision has been made to initiate the voluntary administration process. The administrator will now assess the ongoing viability of the business as he assesses the ability of the companies to continue to operate as a going concern.”

July 6, 2022: Yoox is hosting a pop-up store for its 8 by Yoox label at The Surf Lodge in Montauk, N.Y. from July 12-18. The shop will coincide with the resort’s popular Sunshine Sessions event, a Saturday pool party featuring Los Angeles-based “daytime disco” band Poolside. According to the e-commerce company, a selection of exclusive pieces from 8 by Yoox’s spring/summer ‘22 collection will be on sale at the shop. This pop-up marks the first time consumers can touch and try-on the e-commerce company’s private brand in-person. The collection will be available in an exclusive display directly on location where consumers can purchase their favorite looks through a dedicated online portal with guaranteed express shipping.

July 5, 2022: Dior has opened a new summer pop-up at the popular Gurney’s Montauk Resort & Seawater Spa on Long Island, N.Y. Dubbed “Dioriviera,” the shop celebrates this year’s Dioriviera capsule collection, designed by Maria Grazia Chiuri. This location is one in a series of exclusive Dioriviera global activations, including seven Dior boutiques as well as ten pop-up boutiques worldwide. Upon entering the pop-up, guests are welcomed into a vibrant Dior oasis. The space is brought to life by fluorescent orange and blue foliage, which cover the ceilings.  Outside of the pop-up guests can relax and enjoy a special Dior hangout haven finished with Dioriviera umbrellas and lounge chairs all available for purchase on location. The pop-up is now open through Sept. 5.

July 5, 2022: Less than a week after announcing it would open another Nashville store, Ross Dress for Less revealed it will expand its presence in Illinois. The retailer announced it will open a new store in Hodgkins, a 25,000-square-foot door, on July 16. The new addition will open in The Quarry shopping center, which is located at the corner of South La Grange Road and Joliet Road. Ross stated it will operate 82 stores in Illinois with this new opening.

June 30, 2022: Ross Dress for Less has announced it will open a new store in Nashville. The door, which is slated to open on July 16, consumes 25,000 square feet of real estate in the Northside Festival shopping center at the corner of Gallatin Pike North and Northside Drive. Ross stated it will operate 37 stores in Tennessee with this new door, and a total of 1,660 locations in the U.S.

June 29, 2022: Burberry has taken over Neiman Marcus Atlanta with the launch of its TB Summer Monogram collection. The installation features a large-scale exterior takeover – a first in Neiman Marcus history – where the logo print wraps the store facade. Inside the store, the spirit of the collection is brought to life through a graphic, sculptural space where visitors are immersed in the Burberry Check and TB Monogram. The new TB Summer Monogram sees the classic Burberry Check merge with the TB Monogram – a motif introduced by chief creative officer Riccardo Tisci. Exclusively available in the USA at Neiman Marcus and selected Burberry stores and online at Burberry.com, the TB Summer Monogram collection features a range of pieces for both men and women, including gabardine trench coats, silk-blend bomber jackets, silk dresses, cotton shirts, swimwear and sunglasses. Burberry’s TB Summer Monogram installation at Neiman Marcus Atlanta is now live through Wednesday, July 6.

June 29, 2022: Saks Fifth Avenue is betting on the Hamptons this summer. The luxury retailer announced on Wednesday that it will host a series of intimate dinners with celebrities, influencers, designers and media; offer same-day delivery from the Saks Fifth Avenue New York flagship to the Hamptons; and partner with Blade for transportation services. To kick off summer, Saks is throwing a celebratory dinner at a new restaurant in Southampton, co-hosted by Saks CEO Marc Metrick, and Emmy-winning actress Keke Palmer. Following the dinner, three more summer events will take place including an afternoon with designer Joseph Altuzarra at his home. And during three select weekends (July 15-16, August 5-6 and September 2-3), Blade fliers will receive a gift from Saks upon check in, including exclusive beauty products from U Beauty. In addition, Blade fliers will enjoy cocktails from L’Avenue at Saks in all of its lounges. Plus, for the third year in a row, Saks is offering same day delivery to the Hamptons. Weekdays through Labor Day, customers can receive same-day deliveries when they place an order before 10 am for a $25 fee. The service is available for Amagansett, Bridgehampton, East Hampton, Montauk, Sag Harbor, Sagaponack, Southampton, Wainscott, Water Mill and Westhampton.

June 28, 2022: Skechers has opened its biggest East Coast retail destination in New Jersey this week. The nearly 22,000 square foot superstore at The Mills at Jersey Gardens, located in Elizabeth, N.J., showcases the brand’s full range of styles for men, women and children. According to a statement by Michael Greenberg, president of Skechers, the new store is significantly larger than its previous 2,900 square foot shop at the same mall, and is located on the second floor of the Simon Property Group-owned building. The new store features dedicated performance and work shop-in-shop areas, a 4,000 square foot dedicated apparel shop, as well as a large offering of its casual and athletic footwear styles.

June 27, 2022: Wilson Sporting Goods Co. has opened its third retail store in New York and fourth location in the U.S. The two-story retail space is located in The Shops at Columbus Circle and will stock equipment for a range of sports, including basketball, football, baseball and tennis. It also will feature the brand’s athletic-inspired apparel collection, Wilson Sportswear, for men and women. And along with its stores in New York and Chicago, Wilson will open pop-ups in key locations throughout the summer, including its annual pop-up shop at the US Open.

June 27, 2022: Footwear brand Floafers has debuted its first concept shop in Bell Works in Holmdel, N.J. The 900-square-foot space shares an address with Floafers’ new corporate headquarters, which opened in 2021. The store, which was designed by Floafers in partnership with Wisconsin-based design firm 5 Axis Innovations, will double as a lab and retail experience, according to CEO Larry Paparo. “We will be able to learn first-hand what products and what new styles they would like to see from the brand,” he said. Floafers’ full collection of casual EVA shoes will be available at the store, including its new Crayola Silly Scents kids’ line, which was introduced this spring.

June 24, 2022: Next month, Ross Dress for Less will open a new Cincinnati store in Colerain Township. The door, which will span 22,500 square feet at the corner of Colerain Avenue and Springdale Road, is slated to open on July 16. Ross stated it will operate 16 stores in Ohio with this new Cincinnati store.

June 23, 2022: Valentino has opened an exclusive pop-up at Neiman Marcus’ Dallas NorthPark location to highlight the brand’s new Escape 2022 collection. The attention-grabbing exhibition space and window displays are transformed with the collection’s heritage print covering the walls and sisal flooring. There is a 360-degree selfie room featuring LED light frames and a graphic print background with the VLogo that enables customers to take photos inside the space. Valentino’s Escape 2022 showcases a colorful, buy-now-wear-now collection featuring men’s and women’s styles, Valentino Garavani handbags, women’s Valentino Garavani shoes and Valentino Garavani accessories. The prints — Round Rain, Giraffa re-edition, and Valentino Waves multicolor– are archival motifs from the ‘60s and ‘70s, reimagined on relaxed silhouettes, including kaftans, swimwear, flowy dresses, and kimonos. Men’s looks include Bermuda shorts, shirts, and t-shirts in light fabrics. The Valentino Escape 2022 exhibition space and collection is available at Neiman Marcus NorthPark from now through July 4.

June 22, 2022: Two days after announcing it will open a new store in Amarillo, Texas, Ross Dress for Less revealed it will debut another store next month in the state. The retailer will open a new store in Stephenville on July 16, a location that consumes 18,000 square feet of real estate in the Washington Commons Shopping Center at the corner of West Washington Street and North Reta Avenue. This new store will bring the Ross footprint in the state to 217 stores.

June 21, 2022: Palm Angels has opened its first “home” in Milan. Located at ia Verri 4, in the heart of the city’s “Quadrilatero della moda” (fashion square), is the site of the new flagship store for the brand founded by Francesco Ragazzi. The 150 square meter (approximately 1,600 square foot) store is the brand’s first European store – its third worldwide, after Miami and Las Vegas. This location presents a new creative concept conceived by Ragazzi and the Parisian architecture firm Gilles & Boissier. The two-level flagship plays on the harmony of contrasts like walnut wainscoting and rough concrete walls, and oak ceiling beams and granite floor tiles. In addition to the men’s, women’s and children’s lines, the flagship store is hosting the first drop from the home collection designed by Ragazzi – cushions, bedspreads, notebooks, candles and other objects that lend a touch of Palm’s “art de vivre” to the home. “This space aims to tell the whole Palm Angels story – the emotions, talents, inspirations and travels that have led us here,” Ragazzi said.

June 21, 2022: Athleta has opened a new store in the Mapleview Centre in Burlington, Ontario, which is part of the performance lifestyle brand’s plan to open five in Canada before year’s end. The company’s latest door — its third in Canada — spans 4,260 square feet. Athleta confirmed the remaining four Canada stores will arrive this fall, which includes one in the Chinook Centre in Calgary, the Sherway Gardens in Etobicoke, the West Edmonton Mall in Edmonton and one at 1035 Robson Street in Vancouver.

June 21, 2022: Ross Dress for Less will soon open a new store in Pico Rivera, Calif. The door, which will consume 25,500 square feet of real estate, will debut on July 16. It will be located in the Crossroads Plaza shopping center at the corner of Whittier Boulevard and Rosemead Boulevard. Ross said it will operate 331 stores in California with the opening of this store.

June 20, 2022: Ross Dress for Less is set to open a new store in Amarillo, Texas. The new door, which is scheduled to open on July 16, spans 26,000 square feet in the Grand Plaza shopping center. The new store will bring the retailer’s total to 216 in Texas, and 1,652 locations overall.

June 20, 2022: eBay Inc. revealed it is in the process of closing GittiGidiyor, its marketplace business in Turkey. According to eBay, it has operated GittiGidiyor as an independent platform since acquiring a majority stake in 2011. eBay said via statement that it will work with GittiGidiyor buyers and sellers to assist in the migration off of the platform. Also, sellers will no longer be able to list new items, and as of July 18, buyers will no longer be able to make new purchases. Buyers and sellers, according to eBay, will be able to access their My Account page until Sept. 5. eBay also said the closure of the GittiGidiyor business is not anticipated to have a material impact on its Q2 or full-year results.

June 15, 2022: Forever 21 is opening a new store in China later this month, marking the retailer’s third attempt to break into the market there. According to Reuters, the fast-fashion retailer plans to open a new store at the Jingjiang Impression City shopping centre in Taizhou, a city that neighbors Shanghai. Forever 21 currently sells online in China.

June 10, 2022: Marni has opened the doors to its new flagship store in Milan. Located at via Montenapoleone 26, the new store was developed by creative director Francesco Risso together with the in-house architecture team at Marni. Marking the introduction of the brand’s new approach to store design, the boutique features all-over carpeted floors juxtaposed with reflective walls clad in beveled silver mirror ceramic tiles. In a departure from past projects, an emblematic shade of ultra-marine blue is introduced as the only chromatic accent. The brand has also installed a “vessel for creativity” in the store. Designed by The Wilson Brothers and Brinkworth in close dialogue with Risso, the vessel looks like a mobile home from the outside. It will periodically host different talents and will serve as a creative studio.

June 9, 2022: Direct-to-consumer luxury shoe brand Mia Becar has opened a new pop-up inside the PERI.A shop located on Aspen’s East Durant Street. The pop-up will carry a curated assortment of Mia Becar footwear designs, including newly released styles from the summer 2022 collection; colorful strappy sandals, woven raffia flatforms and mules, and jelly thong sandals with Swarovski strass embellishments. Also stocked are Mia Becar’s signature styles and best-sellers including the iconic Marilyn collection, with designs featuring Mary-Jane style straps, the sultry lace-up Allie collection, and the Alessandra pump collection, featuring strass-embellished bows. Betzabe Gonzalez, founder of Mia Becar, and Peri Arenas, owner of PERI.A, will be hosting an exclusive meet and greet for customers in July. The PERI.A x Mia Becar pop-up will be open through Aug. 15.

June 9, 2022: Brazilian footwear and accessory brand Melissa has expertly transformed a small space in the luxury department store Galeries Lafayette Paris into an immersive art installment highlighting their latest international collabs and recent shoe launches. The installment — available for public consumption from May 31 to June 21 — will feature the brand’s latest international collabs, such as Simon Miller, Viktor & Rolf and Y/Project, alongside their recently launched jelly shoe line. The varicolored space, designed by Kleber Matheus, pays tribute to the brand’s quasi-vegan jelly shoe universe launched in February of this year. The jelly collection, which spans across the 3-D installment, is focused on celebrating Melissa as the initial trailblazer of the popular jelly shoe.

June 8, 2022: The Good Feet Store has opened its 200th location in partnership with one of its veteran franchisees, Bridget Kelley. Located at 219 Daniel Webster Hwy Suite C1 in Nashua, N.H., the new store marks a celebratory milestone as the health and wellness brand and franchise gears up to largely increase its national retail footprint over the next five years. “Coming out of the pandemic, The Good Feet Store is on track to deliver one of our biggest years ever in terms of growth, sales and expansion, and our business is well-positioned for the future,” Richard Moore, CEO of The Good Feet Store, said in a statement. The brick-and-mortar retailer has seen positive growth over the past few years and agreements are in place with franchisees to expand into most major U.S. markets, including New York City, Philadelphia, Miami, San Francisco, and Chicago by 2023.

June 6, 2022: This fall, REI Co-op will open a store in Mount Pleasant, S.C., which will be its third in the state. Located in the Indigo Square retail and dining destination at 1720 Shoremeade Road, the store spans 21,500 square feet and features a full-service bike shop, gear rentals, virtual outfitting and more. It will stock apparel and gear for camping, cycling, running, fitness, hiking, paddling, climbing and more. In a statement, the specialty outdoor retailer said there are more than 167,000 REI Co-op members in South Carolina, and upward of 28,000 members in the region.

June 6, 2022: Informa Markets Fashion announced on Monday that its Project New York men’s show will open a retail concept store during its July 18 and 19 trade event. Located at 14 West 24th Street next to the show at Iron 23, the shop will be curated by industry veteran Maurizio Donadi. Titled “Art, Artists, and Artisans: Project NY Retail Concept Store,” the shop will sell one-of-a-kind, “made in Japan” vintage denim from Donadi’s archive at Transnomadica, including fade-from-raw, selvedge and made-in-Japan denim, while presenting a provocative sustainable denim story. In addition to the Donadi archive, the retail space will include eight-to-ten hand-selected brands that feature exclusive drops for the pop-up, artisanal, and up-cycled/responsibly made apparel, accessories, and footwear from around the world. The store will be open to the public for the duration of the event.

June 3, 2022: J. Press is celebrating its 120th anniversary with the reopening of its New Haven store. Located at 262 Elm Street, the new store draws a direct link to the past as it adjoins the previous J. Press location on York Street. Measuring 1,780 square feet, the building has been restored to its original charm and an austere exterior featuring classic J. Press blue awnings. The shop has been decorated with vintage furniture from the original store and Ivy-themed bric-a-brac. This new store will offer a colorful collection of sportswear and the classic tailored clothing that J. Press has sold in New Haven for more than a century. This New Haven location will again play a large role in the operations of the business, re-connecting J. Press to its original hometown and providing a foundation for the next chapter of the business. J. Press has long occupied the space at 262 York Street spending over a century at that location until the building was badly damaged and had to be demolished in early 2013. The J. Press New Haven store was moved into several temporary locations, most recently at 206 College Street which has closed now that a permanent home has been established at 262 Elm Street.

June 3, 2022: Wolf & Badger has made its way to the West Coast with the opening of its first Los Angeles store, and second U.S. location. Situated at 8500 Melrose Avenue, the new single-level West Hollywood store occupies 1,600 square feet and will offer the platform’s array of sustainably and ethically-produced jewelry, fashion, accessories, homeware and beauty products. The space will also play host to a series of ongoing activations including workshops, product launches and styling events. The store’s design is of balanced restraint, drawing inspiration from Wolf & Badger’s London and NYC flagship stores while reflecting the uplifting mood of L.A. Greenery fills the space, offering a sense of calm, while the store’s open layout and minimalistic design lends full attention to their selection of brands that showcase the finest talent from around the world. This opening follows a year of tremendous online growth in the U.S., with sales surpassing $100 million. What’s more, Wolf & Badger has delivered a 100%+ compound annual growth rate from 2017-2021 and continues to see YoY sales growth in the high double digits.

June 1, 2022: Maguire, a sister-owned footwear and accessories brand, is opening its first NYC boutique. The store, which will open June 9, will be the brand’s first international storefront as it is based in Canada. The new store will be located at 198 Elizabeth Street and the opening will coincide with the arrival of the brand’s summer collection, which is full of strappy sandals, fun heels, mules and more.

May 31, 2022: Rag & Bone has opened its latest retail location in East Hampton, New York. The 3,000-square foot space at 46 Newtown Lane, features a twist on Rag & Bone’s signature retail aesthetic. Designed to highlight the store’s open plan, the gallery style presentation of apparel and accessories are displayed on bespoke fixtures such as modular pedestal sets, brass rails suspended by industrial straps along the ceiling’s wood beams, and custom hanging rigs to hero key looks in the collection. Wood stumps by local artisans, sculpture stands, and a variety of wall art along the front of the store are subtle references to artist communities in the Hamptons. In the back area of the store, a lounge area and a denim bar have been specifically designed for customers to have an elevated and easy shopping experience. Handcrafted walnut tables, live edge wood shelving, and a custom powder coated finished cash wrap have all been made in-house by rag & bone’s Custom Fabrication Shop. Digital display screens throughout the store showcasing the brand’s creative content complete the space. The East Hampton store houses the men’s & women’s ready-to-wear, denim, footwear, and accessories collections.

May 31, 2022:  By Far, founded by by sisters Valentina Ignatova, Sabina Gyosheva and Denitsa Bumbarova, has opened its first retail location in Los Angeles. The boutique, which spans over one floor and occupies more than 2,000 square feet, is the brand’s first physical retail space. Featuring its handbags, footwear and accessories, the store also includes a curated mix of eclectic furniture, bright orange fitting rooms and was developed in a collaboration with Bumbarova, the brand’s creative director, and New York-based multidisciplinary design studio De-yan and production by Bureau Betak Paris. Located at 8408 Melrose Place, the flagship is open Monday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. PT and on Sunday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. PT.

May 31, 2022: Wilson Sporting Goods has opened its second store in New York, located at 1517 3rd Ave. in Manhattan’s Upper East Side. The brand said the location, which spans two floors and consumes more than 8,000 square feet, is focused on its continued commitment to sport, and features an expansive product offering across several categories. Equipment sold will include official NBA and WNBA basketballs, the official NFL football, the Pro Staff and the Clash tennis rackets and more. Also, it will stock the brand’s athletic-lifestyle sportswear collection for both men and women. Services in the store include full-time racket stringing, glove personalization, a golf simulator and more. Also inside, Wilson will debut its “Equipment Room” that will allow shoppers to rent select product to test before purchasing. The products available will be for sports including baseball, tennis, basketball and more, and rental fees will range from $5-$10 per day based on product, which will be taken off the final price of the product, if purchased. Store hours are 10 a.m. ET to 7 p.m. ET Monday through Saturday, and 11 a.m. ET to 7 p.m. ET on Sunday. Looking ahead, Wilson confirmed via statement that it will open a third store in NYC next month in Columbus Circle, as well as pop-ups in key locations this summer throughout the Big Apple. Also, the company will open its annual pop-up at the US Open.

May 25, 2022: For the second consecutive year, Marni is taking over the Sunset Beach Hotel on the sands of Shelter Island, New York from Memorial Day weekend through Labor Day weekend. The Italian luxury brand will “Marni-fy” the hotel’s outdoor and indoor areas via its “Marni Marine” summer concept. And, just like last summer, the ground floor spaces of the hotel’s store will be re-imagined through fabrics hailing from the Marni archives, giving a new and vibrant guise to the rooms, embellished with the signature colors, furnishings, and design objects of Marni Markets. The selection of Marni Market design objects and accessories for sale will also include a series of baskets, vases, magazine racks and sculptures, as well as necklaces, hats, bags – and fans conceived exclusively for the hotel. The pop-up, envisioned in collaboration with Sunset Beach, will allow guests to immerse into the creative philosophy of Marni. In this experiential place overlooking the ocean, guests can relax and enjoy sun-kissed long days absorbed in summer dreams.

May 25, 2022: A-Cold-Wall* has opened its new six-week residency in the famed Doha Festival City Mall in Qatar. The store-in-store will be located within the three-level 80,000 square-foot Harvey Nichols flagship, which plays home to a carefully curated roster of luxury brands. Part of an exciting brick-and-mortar expansion across multiple regions including APAC and the Middle East, the pop-up will play home to the spring/summer 2022 collection, allowing consumers in Qatar direct access to current product in a dedicated A-Cold-Wall* space. Conceived in-house by the brand’s creative team, the space reflects established A-Cold-Wall* design codes, an evolving architectural program tying global retail spaces together. Alongside consistent visual elements echoing modernist and industrial principles, each individual location receives a set of custom aesthetic tones. The Harvey Nichols Doha store is defined by a series of powder coated volt yellow x-frames, lending the 7.2 square meter (approximately 77.5 square feet) space an open feel while signaling a note of bold optimism. Brushed stainless steel plating plays with light and reflection, a nod to seasonal garment detailing, as still and moving editorial imagery bring the spring/summer 2022 narrative to life.

May 20, 2022: Ebay is setting up shop in Los Angeles with a store that rewards sneakerheads for actually wearing their new kicks out of the store. Open Memorial Day weekend on Fairfax Avenue, the “Wear ‘Em Out Store” will feature some of the most exclusive and coveted sneaker styles for up to 70% off today’s market price, with lower prices for shoppers who literally wear their purchases out the door, the online resale site said in a statement. What’s more, eBay has enlisted Migos’ Offset to help curate the Wear ‘Em Out Store’s offering – using his years of sneaker collecting to determine what collectible kicks enthusiasts would most want to un-deadstock. Ebay will also give attendees to this weekend’s Sneaker Con Anaheim an exclusive preview of the Wear ‘Em Out Store – including several of the styles that will be unveiled on Fairfax, like the Jordan 1 Retro High OG Patent Bred or Yeezy Boost 700 Wave Runner. The store will feature a selection of the season’s most coveted styles, including new releases that would normally only be available at deadstock prices.

May 18, 2022: Fendi has opened a new boutique in the Greek island of Mykonos inside the Nammos Village, one of the most important summer and shopping destinations located in the south of the island. Inspired by the Mediterranean culture and the Mykonian flair combined with the signature Fendi codes, the 90 square meter (approximately 969 square feet) store has been designed with a special and exclusive concept. The two-floor store, realized in the traditional white Cycladic architecture, welcomes the entire Fendi universe, with all categories from the womenswear and menswear lines. A dual-gender ground floor is dedicated to leathergoods, accessories and shoes, exposed on turquoise oxidized copper displays that recall the colors of the seabed. Walking up the softly shaped staircase with ivory resin steps, the first floor opens to an area dedicated to women’s and men’s ready-to-wear. The fitting room surprises with a precious raffia wallpaper with inserts that recall marine atmosphere. Two terraces are designed to give continuity to the indoor feel: light blue resin at floor and raffia and bamboo furnishings. Handcrafted colored ceramic vases, enrich the space.

May 17, 2022: Italian luxury brands Fendi and Versace are continuing the celebration of their new Fendace collab with the opening of two pop-ups in New York City and Los Angeles. The New York Fendace store, located at 90 Prince Street in the SoHo neighborhood of Manhattan, offers the capsule’s full men’s and women’s range. Likewise, the L.A. store also offers the capsule and is located at 323 N Rodeo Drive. Both stores will remain open through June 19. In September, Donatella Versace characterized the Fendace show as “a milestone moment,” a full-on creative swap presented on the runway. As reported, Donatella Versace, designed a Fendi collection and Kim Jones, Fendi’s artistic director of couture and womenswear, created a Versace lineup. The swapping went as far as Fendi producing the Versace collection and vice versa and the project meant each designer dived into the other brand’s archives. The ‘Versace by Fendi’ women’s and men’s collection designed by Kim Jones and Silvia Venturini Fendi launched in Fendi boutiques and on Fendi.com Thursday, May 12.

May 17, 2022: Off-White has launched its beauty collection with the brand’s first ever retail pop-up at the Saks Fifth Avenue‘s New York City flagship and on Saks.com. Off-White Beauty’s debut collection, titled “Paperwork,” launched last month with fragrances, makeup, and nail polish that are positioned as ageless and genderless by the brand. Off-White founder Virgil Abloh, who conceptualized “Paperwork” prior to his passing, defined the collection as “another canvas, another surface for human expression.” The pop-up at Saks marks Off-White Beauty’s first brick-and-mortar retail partnership. To kick off the pop-up, Saks and Off-White Beauty are hosting a consumer-facing event on May 25, where customers can interact with the products and receive complimentary stenciling and engraving. The collection additionally has a dedicated landing page on Saks.com.

May 16, 2022: Allbirds has opened its first store in Nashville. Located in the Green Hills neighborhood at 2126 Abbott Martin Rd., the 3,259 square foot store includes nods to the local Nashville community including a Tennessee Iris flower tote bag; Purple Martin laces; and a Music Row-inspired pin. In addition to this store, Allbirds has also opened its third Chicago-area store on Monday. Located at 833 W. Randolph St. in the Fulton Market, the new 3,975 square foot shop marks the brand’s 43rd store globally. The new location includes nods to the local Fulton Market community like custom mosaic tile artwork Service Bar created by local artist Jim Bachor; a Chicago Fulton Market wooden pin; and White Tail Deer laces.

May 12, 2022: Milan-based women’s footwear brand Michele Lopriore has opened a new store in Boston’s Copley Place, making it the company’s seventh U.S. location. Located in the historic Back Bay neighborhood at 100 Huntington Ave., the new 1,500 square-foot shop speaks to the brands’ Italian heritage and craftsmanship. Displays around the shop call attention to the brand’s new designs with a touch of Italian flair. Inspired by the first Michele Lopriore stores opened in Milan in the 1990s, the design of the store aims to evoke the brand’s new contemporary look. According to the company, it aims to expand its retail presence in the U.S. after experiencing a growth of 200% in 2021 with projections of a 50% growth for 2022. Established in 1986 by Michele Lopriore, the brand is family owned and operated and today already includes the next generation – son Mike as company CEO – as part of the team.

May 11, 2022: SoleSavy is set to launch Collect, a new marketplace that allows for showcasing, buying, selling and trading their sneaker collections while connecting with others. According to SoleSavy, Collect was created to allow app users to “interact and transact peer-to-peer within a trusted community, reversing a trend of seller-first marketplaces, anonymous transactions and excessive aftermarket pricing.” What’s more, SoleSavy said it has removed itself from the transaction equation by “empowering users to buy, sell and trade both new and used sneakers with more flexibility and no extra processing fees.” SoleSavy identified its identity verification process as a key feature that employs “Know Your Customer” technology — which it said is the same process used by banks and financial institutions to prevent attempted scams — which allows for a safe and fair environment for transactions. SoleSavy said Collect has been in private beta testing mode with a select group of members since March, and is now open beta on iOS and the Google Play Store for all SoleSavy members. What’s more, SoleSavy said NBA players Mikal Bridges and Immanuel Quickley have joined the open beta and members can check out their personal collections.

May 10, 2022: Neiman Marcus has opened a new Loewe pop-up featuring the brand’s collaboration with Paula’s Ibiza at the retailer’s Beverly Hills flagship. The pop-up experience, aptly named “La Playa,” features the latest capsule collection of Balearic staples alongside activations such as a complimentary nail art station and specially curated cocktails. The La Playa experience at Neiman Marcus Beverly Hills nods to Loewe x Paula’s Ibiza’s signature fun and lively culture by featuring a curated selection of vinyl records with 100% of the proceeds benefitting The Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts. The experience at Neiman Marcus Beverly Hills runs May 5 – 23, and the pop-up runs at Neiman Marcus Atlanta from May 16 – 31. The collection is available now at Neiman Marcus Beverly Hills, select stores and on Neimanmarcus.com.

May 10, 2022: Sabah, best known for its handmade shoes inspired by traditional Turkish slippers, has opened its first-ever flagship store in New York. Located at 56 Bleecker Street, the 1,600 square foot store is inspired by the caravanserai found along the ancient Silk Road. In addition to Sabah’s full collection of leather shoes, goods and accessories, the brand’s new store also carries a large assortment of third-party products. The store also features the colorful ‘Where To Next Bar,’ serving complimentary tea, coffee and cocktails. Situated near the Crosby Street entrance, which is flanked by outdoor seating, the bar invites passersby in for respite. To celebrate the store opening, the brand collaborated with Bellocq Tea on a custom-blend inspired by the Silk Road and ceramicist Casa Mari Cruz on an exclusive assortment of tea service accessories that is served and sold in-store. The opening of Sabah House New York marks a big moment for the brand as it approaches its 10-year anniversary. The store beneath Mickey’s apartment in New York City’s East Village remained Sabah’s only retail location in the city until 2018, when it opened a creative space on the fourth floor of a discrete building nearby. Sabah House New York will be the brand’s fifth permanent store, complementing the Sabah Houses in Amagansett, Dallas, San Francisco, and London.

May 4, 2022: Boon Barn has inked a new lease for a 14,354-square-foot store at Union Lake Crossing, a 393,000-square-foot shopping center serving the greater Millville-Vineland market in southern New Jersey. The Union Lake Crossing store will be among two initial locations that Boot Barn is opening in New Jersey later this year, as the 303-unit chain pushes northward along the East Coast from existing locations in Delaware and Pennsylvania. The other New Jersey store will be in Cherry Hill. Boot Barn’s Union Lake Crossing store is expected to debut this fall, occupying a space between Party City and Xfinity. The chain will join a mix led anchor Target, along with Shop-Rite, Kohl’s, Ross Dress For Less, Staples, and PetSmart. Other notable tenants include Famous Footwear, Party City, and Five Below.

May 4, 2022: Pacsun‘s SoHo flagship in New York City has dawned a whole new look as the space was embellished in the brand’s newly released Etoile Monogram Capsule pattern in celebration of the summer 2022 collection. Announced last month, Pacsun’s Etoile Monogram Capsule is a fully gender fluid collection, inspired by the sand and sea of California’s coastline, consisting of not only apparel, but lifestyle items and summer essentials. To kick off IRL activities for consumers and guests, Pacsun hosted a livestream with runway model and content creator, Mathieu Simoneau, who gave a preview into the collection, store displays and decor. Simoneau also stars in the campaign, alongside Emma Chamberlain. Throughout the month of May, store-goers can enjoy boardwalk-like entertainment, including branded claw machines, and more.

May 2, 2022: To mark the Dior fall 2022 fashion show by women’s artistic director Maria Grazia Chiuri, which took place in Seoul on April 30, the French luxury brand has opened a new concept store in the heart of the South Korean city’s Seongsu-dong neighborhood. The new store welcomes visitors in a spectacular structure reminiscent of the legendary façade of 30 Montaigne. Within this fabulous open-air construction, a stunning garden is revealed, inspired by both Korean nature and jardins à la française; a celebration of Monsieur Dior’s love of flowers, according to the brand. Resembling a luminous glass conservatory, the Dior boutique reveals – in a decor punctuated by original pieces by Korean designers – the different domains of the brand, from women’s ready-to-wear to sneakers and bags, along with a Café Dior. Further, Dior has joined forces with the digital design company d’strict in order to recreate the atmosphere of Christian Dior’s childhood villa in Granville.

April 29, 2022: Gucci has opened its newly relocated store in Las Vegas in The Shops at Crystals. The two-floor boutique spans almost 12,000 square feet and features both casino and street level entrances, showcasing a wide collection of men’s and women’s shoes and ready-to-wear, handbags, luggage, small leather goods, fashion and fine jewelry and watches, eyewear, and Gucci Beauty and fragrances. The space also features a large hand-painted mural designed by Ignasi Monreal. It’s a continuation of a long-standing relationship between Gucci and Monreal, whose work is characterized by the blending of his classical art background with digital dexterity. Monreal has previously collaborated with Gucci on the spring/summer 2018 advertising campaign and the Gucci Hallucination campaign and collection. Monreal’s mural at Gucci Crystals will highlight the creative intersection of classic Italian frescos with the playfulness of Las Vegas, in Monreal’s whimsical and spirited style. The newly renovated Gucci at The Shops at Crystals joins Gucci’s other Las Vegas locations.

April 28, 2022: Carhartt has opened a new store in Nashville. Located at 5019 Broadway Place, the 4,000-square-foot store carries the brand’s full range of styles including fear, footwear and accessories for the whole family. While this is the first Carhartt-branded retail store in Tennessee, the company has had a presence in Camden, Tenn. since it began sewing operations there in 1993. This opening marks the 35th company retail store across 20 states in the U.S. “We are excited to add the state of Tennessee to our retail footprint and to make Carhartt gear easily accessible to local consumers,” said Mark Kastner, director of retail store operations at Carhartt. “With skilled trades opportunities on the rise, DIYers rediscovering their passions, and a growing number of people who simply enjoy working with their hands, there is an increased demand for our Carhartt gear. We look forward to providing products to support our consumers’ lifestyle on and off the job site.”

April 26, 2022: Vince has officially reopened its flagship store on Fifth Avenue in New York City. Now encompassing the contemporary brand’s full product offerings, the label has introduced extended sizing for women’s sizes 18-24 — as well as its Vince x Nu Swim summer capsule, available up to size 2X — in-store for the first time. The 2,800-square foot store now includes a brand new shoe salon as well, which will showcase its full women’s shoe range and exclusive styles for the midtown location. Aside from its new remodel, the brand will also utilize the location as a method to spotlight artists and galleries like Claude Home, Morgan Peck, Simone Bodmer-Turner and Jessalyn Brooks. The boutique will also host a series of in-store programs for customers each month, ranging from panels to workshops, wellness sessions and demonstrations.

April 25, 2022: Meta has announced that it will open a 1,550 square-foot retail store in Burlingame, California on May 9. The store will allow shoppers to experience products such as Portal, Ray-Ban Stories and Quest 2 and reveal what a future in the metaverse could look like. “We’re not selling the metaverse in our store, but hopefully people will come in and walk out knowing a little bit more about how our products will help connect them to it,” said Martin Gilliard, head of Meta Store, in a statement.

April 22, 2022: Stride Rite has expanded its international footprint with the opening of its first Latin America pop-up in Guatemala. The kiosk, which opened in January at Oakland Mall in Guatemala City, expands the brand’s global reach. The Stride Rite pop-up features Fit Zone by Stride Rite, the brand’s digital fitting technology that allows parents to determine their children’s shoe size quickly. “We are thrilled to be bringing the Fit Zone by Stride Rite into a new international partner and market for our brand,” said Brian Strauss, marketplace & customer experience manager at Stride Rite. “The success of our Fit Zone by Stride Rite in helping to educate parents on the importance of ‘fit’ for their children has been tremendous for both sales and customer experience.”

April 19, 2022: Louis Vuitton has opened a new store at Westfield UTC in La Jolla, Calif. The location offers a selection of the French maison’s women’s range including accessories, fragrance, jewelry, leather goods, ready-to-wear, shoes, travel, and watches. The Westfield UTC space features locally sourced petrified wood stools that accent the women’s shoes area, alongside a vibrant linear color field painting by artist Cristine Ruksenas-Burton. Seating from the Los Angeles-based, French-founded design studio Atelier de Troupe enlivens the women’s leather goods section. Further, Louis Vuitton’s historic tradition of hand-crafted customization is prevalent through an on-site hot-stamping service, giving clients the opportunity to personalize a variety of leather goods. In addition, the fragrance counter offers custom engraving on the maison’s perfumes and colognes by Louis Vuitton’s master perfumer Jacques Cavallier Belletrud. The opening of the Westfield UTC store comes on the heels of the announcement that Louis Vuitton’s 2023 Cruise show will take place on May 12 at the Salk Institute, also in La Jolla.

April 19, 2022: Foot Locker continues to expand its localized Power Store concept in North America. On April 29, the company will host the grand opening of a new door in Markham, Ontario — marking its third Power Store in Canada. Located at 179 Enterprise Blvd., the location spans 5,600 square feet, where consumers have access to top brands like Nike, Adidas and Under Armour, as well as local brands such as Crane Apparel. Other features include a Call ‘N Collect curbside pickup window, and a digital screen will be added to display “menu items” that shoppers can order. In keeping with the community focus of the Power Stores, the Markham shop will regularly host events, starting with a customization session for the soft opening, led by artist Sarah Skrlj.

April 15, 2022: After the recent openings of three stores in China, Italian fashion brand GCDS is continuing its retail expansion with a new location in Capri, Italy. Located in Piazza Umberto I, the 40 square meter (approximately 430 square foot) store features walls covered in yellow lucid eco leather, a blue logo carpet on the floor, and steel clothes hangers and displays. At the entrance, there is a meter-high amphora painted with lemons, as well as a maxi-installation featuring bougainvilleas and lemons inside the store. For the new opening, GCDS has launched a special unisex capsule available exclusively for the Capri store. The streetwear-inspired selection is characterized by ready-to-wear, baseball caps and towels, with beachwear defined by a new majolica pattern that features a GCDS logo print in a watercolor Capri version. In addition to this, thanks to the collaboration with small artisans close to Vietri sul Mare, the store will also offer decorated terracotta ceramics from the ‘Baci from Capri’ collection including plates and trays. The new store opens to the public on Saturday, April 16 and will feature ready-to-wear and accessories from the brand’s spring/summer 2022 collection as well as the special Capri capsule collection.

April 13, 2022: Fendi launched its first Fendi Casa flagship store in Milan today. Located in Piazza della Scala, the boutique covers 7,560-square-foot and is an expansion of its partnership with Design Holding. Last year, they formed Fashion Furniture Design (FF Design), a joint venture to develop the Fendi Casa business. Inside the store is a succession of living, dining, sleeping and outdoor areas on two different floors, filled with sofas, armchairs, dining tables, as well as a wide selection of accessories and complementary items for each room. In addition, Fendi Casa’s art collaboration with Botswana-based design studio Peter Mabeo can be seen in the entrance and windows of the store. Following the Milan opening, Fendi Casa will debut flagship stores in Miami and Shanghai.

April 12, 2022: Ambush has opened six pop-up stores around the world. The Japanese brand opened its first four pop-ups on March 21 at KaDeWe in Berlin, Selfridges in London, Saks Fifth Avenue in New York, and Harvey Nichols in Dubai. The openings at Boon The Shop in Seoul and Beymen Galataport in Istanbul will follow in the coming weeks. The shops will highlight the brand’s spring/summer 2022 collection, with floor-to-ceiling carpet in this season’s “Solar Power” yellow color in all six pop-ups. Semi-gloss racks display a selection of Ambush’s ready-to-wear, jewelry, and leather goods. Ambush’s global pop-ups will be open for six weeks.

April 7, 2022: Saks Fifth Avenue unveiled its new Flipper’s Roller Boogie Palace-themed windows at its Manhattan flagship store on Thursday. The new windows are in anticipation of the April 15 opening of the Flipper’s Roller Boogie Palace at The Rink at Rockefeller Center, which is just across the street from the iconic retailer. Taking inspiration from the original Flipper’s, open for just a short time from 1979 to 1981, the visual team at Saks delved into the rink’s photo archives, compiling exclusive collages of the destination’s storied history alongside current season looks — each styled with Flipper’s roller skates, naturally. A portion of proceeds from skate rentals at the newly opened Flipper’s location will benefit the Saks Fifth Avenue Foundation, which aims to make mental health a priority in every community through targeted nonprofit partnerships.

April 6, 2022: Saks has teamed up with Zero Bond to host the members-only club’s first-ever invite-only pop-up shopping event on Wednesday, April 6 and Thursday, April 7. For two days only, Saks is inviting its top clients to shop from an assortment of Saks.com-exclusive designer merchandise – from brands like Bottega Veneta, Versace, Dries Van Noten, Christopher John Rogers, Brandon Maxwell, and Khaite – inside of a private suite at the exclusive members-only club. Located in the heart of NoHo, the Saks x Zero Bond pop-up event will offer an intimate, ultra-luxe shopping experience for every guest. This event echoes a similar pop-up that Saks hosted at Casa Cipriani this past December with an exclusive holiday edit. “With the Zero Bond pop-up this week, the company is excited to continue to create unique, ultra luxe-pop up experiences for its top customers,” a Saks representative told FN.

April 1, 2022: Oliver Cabell has opened its first-ever retail store this weekend, located in New York City at 285 Lafayette Street. The luxury shoe brand sells mostly via direct-to-consumer channels to avoid cost markups. The retail store location was launched in part with Leap, a company that helps emerging brands develop physical retail stores.

April 5, 2022: Fiorucci has taken over Fred Segal’s pop-up space at the Los Angeles retailer’s Sunset Boulevard flagship location. Open from now through April 30, the pop-up is in celebration of the comeback of Coachella and the start of the festival season. The pop-up will feature the Italian brand’s spring/summer 2022 “Desert Oasis” collection, which blends archive imagery with new styles and prints. This free-spirited collection also features an assortment of accessories such as matching bucket hats in various prints, classic baseball caps, a range of handbags, and a drawstring canvas bag embellished with the blazing Fiorucci sun dial. Other offerings available at the store include embroidered denim and seasonal jersey, in addition to the ready-to-wear and core Angels styles. Fiorucci will also launch an exclusive t-shirt for the pop-up, sold for $95 exclusively through Fred Segal. “There’s a long history between Fiorucci and L.A. and I’m really glad to be able to celebrate that with the opening of our Fred Segal pop-up and for the original Angels brand to be back in the City Of Angels,” said Daniel Fletcher, artistic director of Fiorucci, in a statement.

April 1, 2022: There are a lot of firsts happening in Virginia. Bloomingdale’s unveiled its debut Bloomie’othy’s small-format concept store in the Mosaic District shopping complex in Fairfax, Va., and for its first pop-up, the retailer chose Birkenstock. The comfort shoe favorite is presented in a 500-sq.-ft. shop-in-shop that showcases a special selection of seasonal styles for women, men and kids. The sleek space design references Birkenstock’s core materials of cork and leather, illustrated in way that speaks to the contemporary fashion consumer at Bloomie’s. The pop-up is open now through April 24.

April 1, 2022: Rebecca Minkoff is fronting a live-stream e-sports event on Roblox. The designer teamed up with the platform to launch a virtual pop-up in the shoe-wearing game High Heel Obby. Users can enter the store to try on digital versions of Minkoff’s collections, including handbags and high-heel boots. Also, at 4pm EST today, fans can compete in a live Rebecca Minkoff Obby event for a share of $5,000 worth of Robux, Roblox’s in-game currency. And collectors of Minkoff’s new NFT collection, which launched last month, can face off in a VIP section of the game for the chance to win a pair of the brand’s Siena flame black leather boots, worth $1,098. The live event is available via Twitch.

March 29, 2022: Justin Bieber and Ryan Good’s Drew House brand is expanding its distribution. Drew House is teaming up with Ssense on a long-term partnership, which includes a pop-up installation opening today at Ssense’s Montreal flagship. Through April 3 the location will exclusively offer a preview of the expansive assortment launching at Ssense in May. Inside the installation visitors will find various opportunities for interaction throughout the entire space including street-level graphics artfully splattered on the façade and a living room recreation. This marks Drew House’s first in-person activation in North America.

March 25, 2022: Lacoste travels to Miami to bring its annual presence to the Miami Open as the official outfitter of the tournament.

The festivities kick off with a three-story experiential retail store at the Hard Rock Stadium. The first floor is devoted to a Lacoste boutique, which features exclusive Lacoste Miami Open apparel as well as the looks seen at the Open on your favorite stars, available to purchase at the shop. The second floor debuts Atelier Lacoste, a customization station offering a collection of limited-edition patches and vinyl graphics that consumers can have heat-pressed on select Lacoste apparel purchased on-site. The multi-level experience tops off on the third floor with Chez René Lounge — an ode to the brand’s founder and famed tennis star, René Lacoste, featuring refreshing cocktails and bites to relax, get out of the heat and watch the matches on the big screen.

For those unable to attend the Miami Open, but who still want to get in on the action, Lacoste has teamed up with Miami-based brand and retailer UNKNWN to take over its Wynwood boutique by transforming its on-site basketball court into two touch tennis courts for guests to enjoy. At night, the courts become glow courts, with black lights and UV-activated fluorescent paint, for a fresh and immersive tennis play experience. Customers can stop by to play a few rounds, or check out the limited-edition LCSTE UNKNWN capsule.

March 24, 2022: Balenciaga has opened its first standalone store in Boston.

Located at 100 Huntington Avenue inside the mixed-use Copley Square development, the new store showcases Balenciaga’s raw architecture concept, which reacts and responds to a building’s existing structural elements. According to the brand, chipped, raw concrete façade affixed with Balenciaga’s logo in glowing white lights aims to announce the stark contrast between this space and its polished surroundings. Exposed inner workings, like cables hanging from a gridded ceiling, are visible from outside the large, aluminum-framed windows.

Over 306 square meters (approximately 3,293 square feet) of poured concrete floor underline a greyscale of deliberately unfinished and deconstructed displays, stained wall panels and columns, tarnished metal tables, industrial-style lighting and racks, and distressed fabric benches.

The space acts as a backdrop for the collections—a selection of men’s and women’s ready-to-wear, shoes, bags, accessories, jewelry, and eyewear—and for a large, window-facing digital screen that showcases updated Balenciaga content.

March 21, 2022: Giorgio Armani is reopening its Beverly Hills boutique after a complete makeover.

Located at 436 North Rodeo Drive, the 854 square meter (approximately 9,192 square feet) location first opened in August 1988. Today, it remains one of the brand’s largest retail spaces.

For the store refresh, the designer worked with his in-house team of architects to redesign the retail space, drawing inspiration from some of his flagship boutiques around the world, particularly those in Milan and Tokyo. The store front, with a central entrance and two large side windows, now features a decorative motif on the upper part of the iconic glass façade inspired by the palm trees. The entrance, with its double height, is dominated by the imposing staircase, a pre-existing element that connects the various floors.

The ground floor is dedicated to the women’s accessories and eyewear collections, Armani beauty, and Armani Privé fragrances. The next level houses a VIP room, the women’s jewelry collection, evening dresses and accessories, and men’s accessories and eyewear, as well as the area reserved for the formal and Made to Measure collections. For the first time in an Armani boutique, also on this first floor, there is a room dedicated entirely to Made to Order for women. Between the two main floors, a mezzanine offers men’s seasonal collections. The furniture, carpets and lamps come from the Armani/Casa collection.

March 21, 2022: Fendi has opened a new pop-up in the Aventura Mall, just outside Miami, to celebrate its women’s spring/summer 2022 collection.

The 576 square foot pop-up features the brand’s spring collection done in collaboration with The Estate and Archive of Antonio Lopez and Juan Ramos and the brand’s artistic director of couture and womenswear Kim Jones.

Open from now through April 20, the space draws from the vibrant inspiration of the collection, with Lopez’s graphics emblazoned across the exterior of the metal structure. The pop-up conceptualizes vintage billboard displays, with ‘Lopez Girls’ showcased in 3D across the structure. The concept comes to life as the illustrations of ‘Lopez Girls’ represent Lopez’s innovative vision on femininity, diversity, inclusivity, and unconventional beauty. Neutral tones pulled from the art works create a clean palette, juxtaposed against the splashes of colorful red, oranges, and yellow hues of the collection. An all-pink fitting room for clients is also included inside the new space.

March 21, 2022: Fendi has announced the return of the Fendi Caffe at OTL Restaurant in the heart of Miami’s vibrant Design District.

Located across from the Fendi boutique at 160 NE 40th St., the café is now open through May 1. In a celebration of the spring season, the new creative concept for the Fendi Caffe draws creative cues from the Fendi women’s spring/summer 2022 collection, and its inspiration from the figurative drawings of fashion illustrator Antonio Lopez.

With a bold sunset graphic in hues of red, orange, and yellow, the Fendi Caffe takes over the outdoor corridors of the restaurant and Fendi boutique. The space is adorned with rainbow graphics, and the sketches of ‘Lopez Girls’ come to life in 3D billboard sculptures. The tables embrace the ‘70s aesthetic, with the colorful sunset graphics topping each surface. The theme is continued throughout with custom Fendi table settings and takeaway elements, as well as decorative details for the menu’s food and beverage. The hand-sketched version of the FENDI logo inspired by Lopez’s original work for the brand appears throughout elements of the café.

The Fendi Caffe menu includes a fusion of local and Italian favorite breakfast and lunch items, as well as beverages including a signature FF logo cappuccino served in porcelain cups decorated with Fendi’s signature Pequin striped motif.  An evening aperitivo menu will also be offered. Sweet and savory bites will include special FF logo toast and paninis, as well as a variety of pastries and baked goods in special Fendi packaging.

March 18, 2022: Allbirds has opened a new store and community center in New York City’s Flatiron District.

This is the brand’s third store in New York and 41st globally, with locations across North America, Asia, and Europe.

The new 7,100 square foot store, located at 120 Fifth Avenue, speaks to the brands’ sustainable focus. Displays around the shop call attention to the merino wool, sugarcane, tree, and other materials that its products use. The design of the store itself also evokes the natural world, with custom wood try-on chairs and displays, and uniquely shaped mirrors. Customers can see the carbon footprint of each product clearly displayed – a first for the fashion and footwear industry, and a hallmark of Allbirds’s approach to sustainability.

The new location includes nods to the local New York community like laces inspired by the squirrels of Madison Square Park; a store-specific pin that pays tribute to the iconic Flatiron building; a service bar made from Hempcrete and Douglas Fir.

March 15, 2022: Minnesota-based Red Wing Shoe Co. is going high-tech. The 117-year-old company is introducing an AI-driven Ultimate Fit Experience to its more than 500 retail stores. The service consists of a 3D foot scanning technology powered by Volumental, which is enhanced by the personalized service of Red Wing’s Certified Fit Specialists, who will help customers select the perfect boot, insole and sock by assessing their work environment conditions and safety requirements. Volumental’s 3D scanner takes 16 foot measurements in less than 5 seconds to create a dynamic foot scan, which provides a visualization of gait and pressure points. The foot scan is then combined with retail purchase data and custom AI-driven technology to provide tailored recommendations for future purchases across the Red Wing portfolio. Customers can also use the foot scan information to get insole recommendations from Superfeet and or purchase customized 3D printed footbeds.

March 8, 2022: Prada has taken over the windows at Bergdorf Goodman’s Fifth Avenue flagship with a new colorful display. According to the Italian luxury brand, the backlit surfaces in the windows feature a sequence of bright alternating stripes in contrasting colors, while a neon sign provides a new interpretation of the iconic Prada triangle logo. Plus, the brand’s interior spaces within the store have a similar look. The special design, dubbed “Prada Tropico,” is a nod to the brand’s special collection of the same name which includes silk blouses, mini, calf-length and full skirts, vibrant pajama inspired looks and casual men’s shirts and shorts. The same hues are repeated in the accessories: striped hats constructed with raffia, nylon, and cotton drill materials. Leather, Saffiano, and raffia bags are also included. Prada’s new Bergdorf Goodman windows are now live now through March 22.

Feb. 28, 2022: REI Co-op is set to open its first store in Nebraska in the fall, which will be located at 21209 Nebraska Crossing Dr. in Gretna. The door will span 22,000 square feet and feature a full-service bike shop, gear rentals, its buy online-pick up in store service, curbside pickup and virtual outfitting. According to REI, there are 21,000 co-op members in Nebraska, and there are more than 14,000 members in Gretna, Lincoln and Omaha. With the opening, REI stated it expects to hire roughly 50 employees for the store, and the retailer is accepting applications online.

Feb. 24, 2022: British streetwear brand A-Cold-Wall* has made its entry into the Korean retail landscape with two concept shop-in-shops to be unveiled across the first quarter of 2022. The first shop will open inside the Hyundai Coex department store in Seoul.

Located on the third floor of the department store, the new 60 square meter (approximately 645 square feet) shop is part of Hyundai Coex’s international designer boutique division.

A-Cold-Wall* designer and founder Samuel Ross’ background in industrial design informs the shop’s aesthetic, drawing on the brand’s established visual codes to create a space which offers an expansive selection of clothing, accessories, and exclusive product. Inspired by CAD frameworks, the display’s linear forms and graphic lines intersect with softly rounded signage, branding rendered in both bracket logo and uncondensed type.

Unique to the shop, artist and designer Lee Kwang-ho has been commissioned to create a series of bespoke pieces for the Hyundai shop-in-shop. Reimagining everyday objects with a playful approach, Kwang-ho juxtaposes traditional handcrafts with 3D printing techniques.

This expansion is powered by the brand’s partnership with fashion consultancy and importer Modern Work. The partnership, inked in 2021, will also see the label open a second Seoul shop-in-shop this March in Lotte Department Store, Jamsil.

Feb. 22, 2022: Allbirds has opened a new store and community center in Carlsbad, Calif.

Located at 1923 Calle Barcelona, the 2,810 square foot space is the footwear brand’s second store in the San Diego area and 37th globally.

According to Allbirds, the new store speaks to the brand’s sustainable focus, which has driven its development and use of natural materials in replacement of petroleum-based synthetic fiber. Displays around the shop call attention to the Merino wool, sugarcane, tree, and other materials the brand utilizes.

The design of the store itself also aims to evoke the natural world, with custom wood try-on chairs and displays, and uniquely shaped mirrors. Customers can also see the carbon footprint of each product clearly displayed.

The new location includes nods to the local community including a store-specific pin featuring the Yellowthroat Warbler bird, a special Bird of Paradise shopping bag, and a service desk made of FSC-certified wood.

Feb. 18, 2022: John Lobb has popped up in Courchevel, France.

True to its outdoor origins, the footwear brand is taking the slopes of Courchevel 1850 from now through Feb. 23 with an outdoor pop-up hosted by the Hôtel Barrière Les Neiges. According to the brand, the new pop-up celebrates the hotel’s recent partnership with John Lobb in offering specialized shoe care services to its guests.

Located at the foot of the Bellecôte slope leading to the hotel, John Lobb has constructed an illuminated wooden refuge with a selection of styles from the ready-to-wear and homewear collections. For this pop-up, two exclusive models are available, a shearling-lined version of the iconic ‘Alder’ walking boot and the ‘Sommet’ snow boot inspired by an archival style from the 1940s, handmade in five copies in the John Lobb Made-to-Measure Atelier in Paris.

Hotel guests and vacationers will be able to enjoy demonstrations of John Lobb’s bespoke expertise by its Master Bootmakers on their way out of the slopes, or simply enjoy a hot English cocktail provided by the brand.

Feb. 15, 2022: Diesel has opened the doors to its new flagship store in the SoHo neighborhood of NYC.

The two-level shop, located at 122 Spring Street features a new design crafted by the brand’s creative director Glenn Martens. Exposed brick and a stripped back design is key to Martens’ concept.

The ground floor boasts a sprawling, bright space with bone-white and signature red walls, which recall Diesel’s red logo. Furthermore, factory-like galvanized metal racks line the perimeter of the store, while lucite shelving, modern-industrial modules and ample seating can be found throughout the open shopping area. Sculptural elements are interspersed throughout the space, adding depth and texture to the openness of the room and its timeless appeal, representing a slice of life that captures scenes of the everyday.

At the ground level, there is a space dedicated exclusively to Diesel Library, the brand’s responsible denim collection that takes a genderless design approach and offers a wide range of evergreen and longer-lasting denim items. The Library is surrounded by an oversized LED wall, which features a CGI landscape that gently morphs in color and form.

Diesel’s new SoHo store features Martens’ spring/summer 2022 runway collection, along with spring’s pre- and main collections. New York City will be followed by refreshed store openings in major cities worldwide. This year’s rollouts include new flagships in Tokyo Ginza, Shanghai Grand Gateway and Paris Saint Honoré.

Feb. 14, 2022: Tyler, The Creator made an appearance at Neiman Marcus Beverly Hills on Friday to open the new pop-up shop of his label Golf le Fleur*.

The pop-up, dubbed “Café le Fleur*,” showcases the label’s “French Waltz” fragrance, nail polishes, and accessories collection. The installation reimagines the now-iconic blue house that served as the store at the brand’s December launch in Malibu.

“As we continue to bring new, innovative, and entertaining retail experiences to our customers, we’re energized by this partnership with the remarkable Tyler, The Creator at our Beverly Hills store,” said Lana Todorovich, president and chief merchant officer at Neiman Marcus. “We believe our customers will fall in love with both Tyler, The Creator and the Golf le Fleur* collection the moment they step into this engaging, immersive installation.”

The pop-up is now open through Feb. 27.

Feb. 11, 2022: Moncler has moved its Chicago boutique.

The new shop, located at 59 East Oak Street, is now at home on the city’s famous Gold Coast shopping neighborhood. Designed by architects Gilles & Boissier, the 3,550 square foot boutique blends Moncler’s distinctive mountain-inspired heritage with modern references to American architecture by Frank Lloyd Wright.

The new boutique carries the latest from Moncler Collection, Moncler Grenoble, Moncler Genius and Moncler Enfant. It is characterized by a series of rooms that are defined using solid antique wood with rough painting, mural coffers in stone, wallpaper, and mirrors, while the façade is made of travertine stone and black veined marble.

Feb. 10, 2022: Burberry has unveiled an immersive spring/summer 2022 experience at its flagship store on Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills. According to the British heritage brand, the transformational takeover aims to create a journey through spaces that are unique and unexpected in their sound, texture, and experience.

The takeover is based on the brand’s chief creative officer Riccardo Tisci’s presentation ‘Animal Instinct’, inspired by the idea of shifting between infinite possibilities of fantasies and realities. The exterior facade of the building is enveloped by a kaleidoscopic abstract print, evoking forms of camouflage in bubble gum pink, black, and white – a reference to the vivid, curved prints that feature in the womenswear and menswear collections. A sculptural topography glistens through the window displays as a backdrop to runway looks, evoking fantasy.

The story continues inside, from sculptural topography to stacks of mirrored speakers climbing through the interior staircase. In the penthouse, there is an intimate viewing room where the presentation film plays on a floor-to-ceiling screen with surround sound audio pivoting between music, wind, and nature – illustrating Tisci’s vision for the collection.

An Instagram filter will also bring the flagship storefront to life in new ways. Vibrant patterns emerge referencing the abstract camouflage print immersing customers in the spring/summer 2022 Rodeo Drive takeover.

Feb. 2, 2022: Allbirds has opened its first store in Charlotte, N.C. in the city’s South End neighborhood. This is the footwear company’s 36th store globally.

Located at 100 West Worthington Avenue, the 2,964 square foot space focuses on the brand’s sustainable mindset with the use of natural materials instead of petroleum-based synthetic fibers. According to Allbirds, displays around the shop call attention to the merino wool, sugarcane, tree, and other materials that are used in its products. The design of the store itself also evokes the natural world, with custom wood try-on chairs and displays, and uniquely shaped mirrors. Customers can see the carbon footprint of each product clearly displayed – a first for the fashion and footwear industry, and a hallmark of Allbirds’s approach to sustainability.

The new location includes nods to the local Charlotte community including the Eastern Grey Squirrel Laces, Northern Cardinal Bird Wooden Pins, Carolina Lily Flower Tote Bags celebrating the North Carolina state wildflower, and the Refloated and Reclaimed Sinker Cypress Wood Service Bar.

Jan. 28, 2022: LoveShackFancy will open its first retail location in Greenwich, Conn. this weekend. This marks the twelfth store for the brand, which has other boutiques in California, Florida, New York, and Texas.

Located at 113 Greenwich Avenue, the jewel box-inspired shop opens to an ethereal arch of florals leading customers to a pink dreamworld interior. Greek-inspired fluted columns divide the silk-padded lined space while custom, hand-painted bows adorn the floor.

With hand-selected French and Swedish furniture and Garden of Versaille silk curtains, LoveShackFancy said it wants its customers to feel “as if you’ve stepped right into your favorite fairytale.” The space also features pastel pink ceilings and a floral embossed amorie showcasing a vintage ribbon and mini skirt bar.

“I’ve always loved Greenwich and am elated to have our very own LoveShackFancy boutique on Greenwich Avenue,” said Rebecca Hessel Cohen, founder and creative director. “We had this desire to bring a feminine and enchanting fantasy world to life through idyllic floral arches, vintage furniture, silk paneled walls and contrasting pinks from top to bottom. I am so excited to see the girls of Greenwich strutting around town in their minis and maxis.”

Jan. 18, 2022: Amiri has opened the doors to a new flagship store in Miami.

The two-story, 1,972-square-foot store at 106 NE 39th Street in the city’s Design District marks the designer brand’s fourth retail location in the U.S. and the third to open since last fall. The store was designed by CEO and and creative director Mike Amiri in partnership with Paris design studio NOCOD and architectural design firm TwoOneTwo. Its all-white facade and contemporary art and craft sensibility is intended to work well within the neighborhood.

The ground floor is devoted to men’s ready-to-wear, footwear and accessories, while the second level carries womenswear. In addition to the core collections, the Miami store also offers an exclusive capsule designed to speak to the Art Deco hues of the neighborhood and the city’s tropical feel. Inside a monolithic spiral staircase built in white concrete defines the architecture, drawing smooth curves that nod towards the city’s modernist character, while suspended brushed stainless-steel rails alongside solid wood details pair natural and industrial materials.

Jan. 13, 2022: San Antonio Shoemakers (SAS) has opened the doors to its new showroom at the World Trade Center building in Dallas, Texas. Located in Suite 13614 on the 13th floor, the showroom welcomes retailers to view the most recent collection from the Texas-made footwear brand. The showroom will be open during each apparel and accessory markets throughout the 2022 calendar year: March 22-25, June 14-17; Aug. 23-26; Oct. 25-28. In addition, SAS will show during the men’s show seasons: Jan. 29-31 and July 30-Aug. 1.

Jan. 12, 2022: REI Co-op will soon have a distribution center in Lebanon, Tenn., which is expected to open in fall 2023. The purpose of the center — which will sit on 41 acres at 1400 Murfreesboro Road and span 400,000 square feet — is to support its East Coast growth, as well as its growth in the Midwest and the South. REI said the location, which will house roughly 280 employees, will reduce shipping times for online purchases and support more than 70 of its stores. The retailer confirmed via statement that it has more than 267,000 lifetime members in Tennessee and approximately 5.6 million REI members in the service area of the distribution center. REI also stated the Lebanon distribution center is being built with leading sustainability and technology features, and the facility will address the life cycle of carbon impacts by using 100% renewable, 100% electric energy and will operate as a zero-waste facility.