Ames Announces Planned Store Openings for Spring 2001; Ames Will Open Five New Stores Across Four States on March 29.Business Editors ROCKY HILL Rocky Hill, town (1990 pop. 16,554), Hartford co., central Conn., a suburb of Hartford, on the Connecticut River; settled c.1650, inc. 1843. Chemical coatings and synthetic textiles are made there. Rocky Hill was an important river port from 1700 to 1820. , Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 15, 2001 Ames Department Stores This is a list of department stores. In the case of department store groups the location of the flagship store is given. This list does not include large specialist stores, which sometimes resemble department stores. , Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : AMES) announced today the planned opening of five new stores for later this month. Located in Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and New Jersey, the five new Ames stores will help solidify so·lid·i·fy v. so·lid·i·fied, so·lid·i·fy·ing, so·lid·i·fies v.tr. 1. To make solid, compact, or hard. 2. To make strong or united. v.intr. the retailers market presence in Mid-West and Mid-Atlantic regions. Ames Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Joseph R. Ettore said, "We're pleased to be opening stores in these communities. The 26 stores we opened in 2000 have been strong performers for the Company, and we're confident these new locations will further solidify our position as the nation's leading regional discount department store." The new Ames stores will celebrate their Grand Openings in the following locations. In Illinois and Indiana The Scottsdale Shopping Center shopping center, a concentration of retail, service, and entertainment enterprises designed to serve the surrounding region. The modern shopping center differs from its antecedents—bazaars and marketplaces—in that the shops are usually amalgamated into , 7975 South Cicero Avenue in Chicago, and North Park Mall, 250 West North Avenue in the city's northwest suburb suburb, a community in an outlying section of a city or, more commonly, a nearby, politically separate municipality with social and economic ties to the central city. In the 20th cent. of Villa Park Villa Park, village (1990 pop. 22,253), Du Page co., NE Ill.; inc. 1914. It is a residential suburb W of Chicago. , will welcome new Ames stores, as will the northeast suburb of Gary, Indiana, at Village Shopping Center, 3440 Village Court. Together, these locations increase the greater-Chicago area Ames store count to thirteen openings since September 2000. In Ohio An additional location in Columbus, at Southwest Square Shopping Center, 2189 Eakin Road, will be Ames' third entry into that growing market in less than a year. All three were new construction projects. In New Jersey Brunswick Shopping Center, at 536 Milltown Road in North Brunswick will be home to that town's first Ames store, expanding the discount retail shopping options to consumers in north-central New Jersey. "We believe these stores are important, necessary steps for ensuring controlled growth in 2001," Ettore continued. "We are looking forward to great openings and anticipate good performance from these stores." Ames Department Stores, Inc., a Fortune-500(R) company, is the nation's largest regional, full-line discount retailer with annual sales of approximately $4 billion. With 447 stores in the Northeast, Mid-Atlantic and Mid-West, Ames offers value-conscious shoppers quality, name-brand products across a broad range of merchandise categories. For more information about Ames, visit www.AmesStores.com or www.espanol.AmesStores.com. Ames Department Stores press releases and financial news releases are available on-line through the Investor Relations Investor relations The process by which the corporation communicates with its investors. page of the Company web-site at www.AmesStores.com. To find the location of the Ames store nearest you, dial 1-800-SHOP-AMES. |
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