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10 May

CB2 Launches First Design Studio in Malibu With Latest

CB2 Launches First Design Studio in Malibu With Latest
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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4 May

Fitness Studio Solidcore to Open 250 More Locations –

Fitness Studio Solidcore to Open 250 More Locations –
On the heels of opening its one centesimal studio space in Santa Monica, California, Solidcore has plans to expand to 250 locations and potentially internationally in the following three to 5 years, WWD has learned exclusively. “L.A. as a marketplace for a fitness company is some of the critical markets, definitely domestically, but I might argue on the earth,” said Solidcore’s chief executive officer, Bryan Myers. “As you recognize, health and wellness, culturally, are so central to the community here in Southern California.” News of expansion comes after the Washington, D.C.-based business secured funding from Kohlberg & Company. Last month it was announced that Solidcore’s founder Anne Mahlum, who launched the studio in 2013, sold her shares to the private equity firm....
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28 Jan

Joya Studio, Shantell Martin Make Dual-Scented Candles – WWD

Joya Studio, Shantell Martin Make Dual-Scented Candles – WWD
Joya Studio has kicked off a partnership with multihyphenate Shantell Martin, in the shape of two candles on the market on Joya’s website. Coming in an ordinary 6.5 oz. size and an additional large 46 oz.-sized artist’s edition with 22-karat white gold accents, the costs range from $48 for the previous to $700 for the latter. The votives of every size are adorned with Martin’s artwork.  Joya founder Frederick Bouchardy said his mandate for the collaboration was broad. “The thought was to make a scented product that inspires creatives,” he said. “I took that broadly. To encourage creatives may very well be the aesthetic or non-aesthetic appearance of it, after which, we are able to use fragrances that literally encourage people to...
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