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Crate and Barrel will open more than 20 Marimekko shops within its U.S. and Canadian stores over the next three years, the home furnishings retailers said Friday.
The rollout will begin with its stores in Chicago, New York, San Francisco and Los Angeles.
Crate and Barrel opened its first Marimekko store-within-a-store in its SoHo location in New York in October and it has been well received, Barbara Turf, Crate and Barrel’s chief executive, said in a statement. Get the full story »
Crate and Barrel is stepping up its relationship with Finnish textile house Marimekko, 40 years after the two first formed a business relationship.
Marimekko said Friday that as part of plans to expand its U.S. market presence, the company will form a U.S. subsidiary to extend its reach in the United States and one of the first extensions will be to open a 1,775-square-foot Marimekko shop within Crate and Barrel’s store in New York’s Soho neighborhood in October. Additional U.S. shop-in-shops and e-commerce opportunities also are being explored. Get the full story »
