Cost Plus World Market Opens Store in Champaign.Business Editors CHAMPAIGN, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 15, 2002 Cost Plus World Market celebrated the grand opening of its new Champaign store Thursday, August 15 at 9am. The new store is located at 722 Town Center Blvd. in the Town Center Mall Town Center Mall may refer to:
Cost Plus World Market offers a uniquely different shopping experience featuring an ever-changing array of home decor, tabletop accessories, decorative gifts, gourmet foods and beverages, imported from 50 countries around the world. "The exciting combination of competitively priced international home furnishings with gourmet food and wine has proven a great recipe for success," said Murray Dashe, Cost Plus World Market's Chairman, President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. . The new Champaign store has approximately 18,000 square feet filled with international treasures including: handcrafted hand·craft n. Variant of handicraft. tr.v. hand·craft·ed, hand·craft·ing, hand·crafts To fashion or make by hand. hand·craft iron candlesticks from India, 18 varieties of olive oil olive oil, pale yellow to greenish oil obtained from the pulp of olives by separating the liquids from solids. Olive oil was used in the ancient world for lighting, in the preparation of food, and as an anointing oil for both ritual and cosmetic purposes. , 500 different wines, handcarved masks from Ghana, recycled wood furniture from Indonesia, handmade hand·made adj. Made or prepared by hand rather than by machine. handmade Adjective made by hand, not by machine Adj. 1. birdhouses, unique kitchen utensils, handpainted ceramics from Italy, and much more. "Cost Plus World Market's buyers have a heightened sense of adventure and curiosity. They travel the world visiting remote villages, centuries old factories and covered bazaars searching for unusual and unique products to bring home to our customers," said Dashe. "Baskets from Indonesia, chocolates from Belgium, and pottery from Italy are just a few of the items that take our customers on an adventure through the store where they will find special treasures to fit their homes and personalities." Cost Plus World Market was founded in 1958 when a San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden businessman blended his passion for travel and retailing by selling shiploads of imported wicker he discovered during his travels through Asia. |
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