SEATTLE, March 11, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Leading fashion
specialty retailer Nordstrom, Inc. opened the doors to its new,
relocated store today at Ala Moana Center in Honolulu. The
three-level, 186,000 square-foot store features new interior and
exterior design concepts, a full-service restaurant and bar,
cocktail lounge, new departments and an enhanced beauty shopping
experience. The store is a relocation from its previous home at the
other end of the mall, which opened in 2008.
"We are proud to have been a part of the community for 50 years
and we owe our Hawaii customers a
lot for helping us build our business," said Brian Tatsumura, Nordstrom Ala Moana Center
store manager. "We want to provide locals and visitors with the
best shopping experience we can and we look forward to serving them
even better in our beautiful brand new store."
The store offers customers five shoe departments, expansive
cosmetics and accessories areas, new At Home and Trend Accessories
departments and a comprehensive offering of popular brand names for
men, women and children. Customers can expect to find shoes and
handbags from popular brands including Kate Spade New York,
Rebecca Minkoff and Tory Burch. The women's apparel offering
features fashion from designers, including Elizabeth & James,
Alexander Wang, A.L.C., Rag &
Bone and Frame Denim. The Madewell brand recently launched in the
previous Ala Moana location and will be carried in the new store.
Nordstrom is the exclusive retailer in the U.S. to carry the brand
outside of Madewell stores. New beauty brands include Tom Ford Private Blend, Hourglass, Sulwhasoo,
Sisley, Burberry Beauty. Celebrity make-up artist Charlotte Tilbury's namesake brand is also
debuting and is only available locally at Nordstrom in Honolulu.
An expanded offering of Hawaii-based designers and brands can be found
throughout the store, including Jana
Lam, Tula, Workshop 28, Alola Maui, Michal Abramovitz and Simply Sisters.
Nordstrom Ala Moana Center provides a number of services to
create a more convenient shopping experience. These amenities
include Personal Stylists – a complimentary wardrobe and shopping
service – free Wi-Fi throughout the store, a new Service Bar with
seating and a free mobile phone charging station, in-store
alterations and tailor shop, certified bra and prosthesis fitters
and complimentary gift boxes. The store has four food offerings:
Ruscello, a full-service restaurant and bar featuring Italian and
Mediterranean-inspired cuisine; Habitant, a casual lounge and bar
where customers can enjoy cocktails and pupus; Gelato Bar, offering
19 flavors from an authentic Italian recipe; and Ebar, which offers
customers handcrafted coffee drinks and grab-and-go food
options.
Opening day kicked off at 8 a.m.
with a Nordstrom Beauty Bash just outside the store's Diamond Head entrance in the Ewa Wing. Customers
enjoyed an opportunity to get the inside scoop on new products and
trends from the top names in cosmetics from the store's team of
beauty experts. Kahu Kordell led the
store blessing just before more than 600 employees welcomed the
first customers through the door at 9:30
a.m.
Earlier in the week, Nordstrom underwrote and held a sold-out
opening gala with more than 1,200 guests and raised more than
$120,000 for Aloha United Way. Funds
are supporting Boys and Girls Club of Hawaii and Big Brothers Big Sisters
Hawaii.
The new store opens on the five-year anniversary of the tsunami
that struck Japan on March 11, 2011. To honor those customers and
employees affected and lost in the tragedy, Nordstrom is making a
donation of $10,000 to the American
Red Cross in Hawaii in support of
their disaster relief efforts.
MEDIA CONTACT
Chelsey
Allodi
Nordstrom, Inc.
(206) 849-2851
chelsey.allodi@nordstrom.com
ABOUT NORDSTROM
Nordstrom, Inc. is a
leading fashion specialty retailer based in the U.S. Founded in
1901 as a shoe store in Seattle,
today Nordstrom operates 326 stores in 39 states, including 121
full-line stores in the United
States, Canada and
Puerto Rico; 197 Nordstrom Rack
stores; two Jeffrey boutiques; and one clearance store.
Additionally, customers are served online through Nordstrom.com,
Nordstromrack.com and HauteLook. The company also owns Trunk Club,
a personalized clothing service serving customers online at
TrunkClub.com and its five clubhouses. Nordstrom, Inc.'s common
stock is publicly traded on the NYSE under the symbol JWN.
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