GROWTH FACTOR POTTERY BARN JOINING TOWN CENTER TENANTS.Byline: Patricia Farrell Aidem Staff Writer VALENCIA - Pottery Barn Pottery Barn is an American-based chain of home furnishing stores with stores in the United States and Canada. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Williams-Sonoma, Inc. History has signed a lease to open a store at the Valencia Town Center, part of an ongoing expansion that will bring more upscale retail outlets, the mall's general manager said. Construction is scheduled to begin Dec. 1 on a 10,000-square-foot store for the popular furniture and housewares house·wares pl.n. Cooking utensils, dishes, and other small articles used in a household, especially in the kitchen. chain that will open April 1, said Charles Gill, general manager of the Town Center. Pottery Barn will be on Town Center Drive and Carousel Drive, across from T.G.I. Fridays. Inside the mall, several stores opened last week or are scheduled to open by Christmas, Gill said. Bombay Kids, a children's furniture store affiliated with The Bombay Company The Bombay Company is a furniture and home accessories retailer based in Fort Worth, Texas, United States. History It was founded in 1978 by Brad Harper in New Orleans as a mail-order company. Harper later opened two retail stores in New Orleans. already in the mall, opened Friday as did apparel stores Guess? and No Fear, sunglasses shop Sporting Eyes and Wetzel's Pretzels Wetzel's Pretzels is a chain of fast-food restaurants. The first Wetzel's Pretzels location opened in 1994 at the South Bay Galleria, in Redondo Beach, California. Today Wetzel's Pretzels has over 175 locations open in the U.S. . ``Bombay Kids is an exciting new complement to the Bombay store,'' Gill said. ``It's kids' furniture with vivid colored accents in the center of the new atrium.'' Other stores including Charlotte Russe charlotte russe n. A cold dessert of Bavarian cream set in a mold lined with ladyfingers. [French : charlotte, charlotte + russe, Russian.] Noun 1. women's clothes, Pink Ice for teens and the Red Persimmon persimmon: see ebony. persimmon Either of two trees of the genus Diospyros in the ebony family, and their globular, edible fruits. The native American persimmon (D. nail salon A nail salon is a beauty services establishment that offers nail care services such as manicures, pedicures, and nail enhancements primarily. Often, nail salons also offer skin care services. There are approximately 38,000 nail salons in the U.S. will open in two weeks, Gill said. Two high-end retailers - Ben Bridge Jewelers, touted as the nation's largest Rolex watch dealer, and J. Jill, a women's apparel shop - have opened in recent weeks. The Town Center's general manager said the additions will help serve a higher-income market than existed when the mall opened in 1991. Many of the new shops come in time for what experts say will be a good holiday season for retailers after two flat years. They say a number of factors indicate residents have money to spend, that local homes are selling for record amounts and at a record pace and that unemployment is low. Retailers are responding to the trend by increasing and broadening their inventories. ``I think that consumer spending Consumer demand or consumption is also known as personal consumption expenditure. It is the largest part of aggregate demand or effective demand at the macroeconomic level. is gaining steam and retailers are looking forward to a much improved season over last year,'' Gill said. ``One reason for that growth is the growth in (disposable household) income.'' Gill said retailers expect the tepid apparel and home-furnishings markets to heat up during the holidays. ``That's a trend you see when people are feeling better about things, about themselves,'' he said. ``We're not so worried this year about terrorism or wondering if we'll go to war.'' Helping the Town Center, he said, is the new Valencia Crossroads 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 to the south and the year-old Promenade to the west. ``I think they create synergy for us and add more reasons to come to the Town Center,'' he said. ``It's not competition, it's stores that complement one another.'' Another key section of the market that stands out is the money teens are spending. ``I'm continually amazed at the amount of disposal income teens have,'' Gill said. Patricia Farrell Aidem, (661) 257-5251 pat.aidem(at)dailynews.com |
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