Caldor to open new store in West Brockton.NORWALK, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 12, 1995--Caldor, the Northeast's leading discount retailer, will open the doors to its newest Massachusetts store, located at 700 Oak St., in West Brockton, on Thursday, July 27, 1995. This is Caldor's twenty-fifth store in Massachusetts, and the twentieth store in the Boston area. The 113,275 square foot West Brockton store has a 89,083 square foot sales floor. The store employs approximately 120 full and part-time associates. This brings the Caldor statewide employment total to 2,472. Caldor carries a wide variety of merchandise including domestics, apparel, housewares house·wares pl.n. Cooking utensils, dishes, and other small articles used in a household, especially in the kitchen. and hardware--all at discount prices. Offering the latest retail trends, this store will provide the community with a place to find everything for the family and home. The West Brockton Caldor is a single-level all new construction, built to Caldor prototype specifications. The store entranceway is spacious with park-like benches for customers and a free-of-charge carousel for children. The latest video releases air on television monitors in the entrance atrium atrium (ā`trēəm), term for an interior court in Roman domestic architecture and also for a type of entrance court in early Christian churches. The Roman atrium was an unroofed or partially roofed area with rooms opening from it. , and customers, as always, are greeted by the giant Caldor gumball machine A gumball machine is a toy or commercial device, a specific type of vending machine, which dispenses gumballs, usually for a small fee paid in coins. Originally one penny, the current standard cost of one gumball in the United States is one quarter. . The jewelry jewelry, personal adornments worn for ornament or utility, to show rank or wealth, or to follow superstitious custom or fashion. The most universal forms of jewelry are the necklace, bracelet, ring, pin, and earring. , cosmetic and accessory accessory, in criminal law, a person who, though not present at the commission of a crime, becomes a participator in the crime either before or after the fact of commission. departments feature high fashion photography and triangular cases with focal lighting to enhance the merchandise. Caldor's thrust in up-to-date fashion is apparent in the ladies', mens' and children's ready-to-wear departments. The men's Sport Locker Things commonly known as lockers include:
The West Brockton Caldor will be open for business Monday through Saturday, from 9:00 am to 9:30 pm, Sunday, from 9:00 am to 8:30 pm. The Caldor Corporation is the fourth largest discount department store chain in the U.S., with 166 stores on the East Coast, and sales of over 2.7 billion during 1994. Two additional new stores are opening concurrent with the West Brockton store, and six new stores will open in the fall of 1995. With a strong consumer franchise in high-density urban/suburban markets, Caldor offers diverse merchandise selection including both softline and hard-line products. The company's continued growth includes an expansion program, a unique merchandising strategy and the ability to provide a friendly, customer driven shopping experience. Caldor's common stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) World's largest marketplace for securities. The exchange began as an informal meeting of 24 men in 1792 on what is now Wall Street in New York City. under the symbol "CLD CLD Called CLD Cloud CLD Cleared CLD Chronic Lung Disease CLD Council for Learning Disabilities CLD Cooled CLD Chronic Liver Disease CLD Clear Direction Flag CLD Certified LabVIEW Developer CLD Causal Loop Diagram ". CONTACT: Caldor Gary Vasques, 203/849-2368 Allison Dunn, 203/840-6315 |
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