Cost Plus World Market Opens Store in Colorado Springs; Colorado Springs Attracts Successful Retailer Chain Expansion as Local Market Demand Increases.Business Editors COLORADO SPRINGS Colorado Springs, city (1990 pop. 281,140), seat of El Paso co., central Colo., on Monument and Fountain creeks, at the foot of Pikes Peak; inc. 1886. It is a year-round resort and a booming military, technological, and commercial city. , Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 10, 2003 Cost Plus World Market opened its new store in Colorado Springs today, Thursday, April 10. Grand Opening celebrations will be held at the new store located at 2985 New Center Point and continue through the weekend. "Colorado Springs was the natural choice for our 181st store. With five stores already in the Denver area, Colorado Springs residents convinced us that the Cost Plus World Market shopping experience is right for them. Our customers come to us knowing they will find great values and great quality, as well as originality and authenticity that will allow them to express their own style," comments 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 national chain, with over 180 stores in 23 states, combines home decorating and home entertaining products with gourmet and wine selections imported from over 50 countries. The effect is a modern day bazaar where shoppers will find a unique mix of home furnishings furnishings the extra type or quantity of hair on the head, tail, ears or legs, specified for a particular breed. For example, the feathers in setters, the beard in Bearded collies, the eyebrows in Schnauzers. , kitchenware, collectibles, bed and bath items, garden products and gifts plus a large selection of gourmet foods, coffees and teas. Staying true to its roots, the Colorado Springs Cost Plus World Market offers an ever-changing shopping adventure through 17,000 square feet of merchandise, be it a hand carved giraffe giraffe, African ruminant mammal, Giraffa camelopardalis, living in open savanna S of the Sahara. The tallest of animals, giraffes browse in treetops at heights inaccessible to other leaf-eaters. A male may be 18 ft (5.5 m) from hoof to crown. from Namibia, hundreds of 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 baskets from the Indonesia or a box of chocolates from Belgium. Nowhere else will customers discover furniture, decorative accessories and garden products sold side-by-side with kitchenware, tableware, and gourmet foods -- a unique retail approach that is sure to continue its success in the new Colorado Springs store. 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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