For years, CB2, sister brand to parent company Crate & Barrel, has embraced the retail concept that larger is best. Think stores which are nearly 10,000 square feet and span two floors.
Now the Chicago-based company believes small is gorgeous. On Thursday, it's opening its first Design Shop on the Malibu Country Mart. The outpost will probably be one-fourth the dimensions of its traditional furniture stores and staffed only with interior stylists consulting with customers who should want to remodel a complete home or simply need a latest piece of furniture to vary things up.
This smaller footprint makes it easier to suit into compact shopping centers just like the Malibu Country Mart where CB2’s fellow retail tenants include a number of...
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