Vancouver’s retail climate continues to heat up and swell. As Nordstrom begins hiring for its fall opening, Holt Renfrew recently announced plans to enhance and expand its Vancouver flagship location, adding close to 40,000 square feet of retail space. The store will be updated throughout, increasing in size by 30 per cent. Construction at Holt Renfrew Vancouver will begin in August. The store will remain open throughout renovations, with the expansion to be completed by the end of 2016, according to a Holts spokesperson. The expansion will include a new storefront along Howe Street, updates to its street front and façade along Dunsmuir Street, and renovations throughout the store, which has had a Vancouver location since 1975.
AllSaints comes to Vancouver
AllSaints, the British high-street fashion retailer, will be opening its first BC location at Pacific Centre. The 2,237-square-foot retail unit in the newly expanded mall is scheduled to open on June 17. This will be AllSaints’ first Canadian store outside of Toronto and will feature the women's and men’s fall collection as well as the new women's and men’s bag collection that launches this autumn. AllSaints will join retailers Ted Baker London, TUMI, Weekend Max Mara, B2, BOSS Store, Kate Spade, Microsoft, PANDORA, and Rockport in the extended mall. Abercrombie & Fitch will also be opening its first store in the province at Pacific Centre later this summer.
Chucks kick it with Missoni
Converse Chuck Taylor All Star meets European fashion giant Missoni for a new collection this spring. The line, Converse Chuck Taylor All Star Missoni, embraces two different graphical and executional elements that run through the collection. Also, in addition to offering hi and ox versions, the Missoni print is available on a new silhouette, the Chuck Taylor All Star Lux. Converse Chuck Taylor All Star Missoni collection is available at Hudson’s Bay, Brown’s Shoes, Little Burgundy, Town Shoes, Gravity Pope, Groovy, and Boutique X2O.
Jewelry trunk sale
Anne Carson has been selling her handcrafted commissioned pieces to a small clientele from Vancouver to Toronto for more than a decade, but due to growing demand, she is doing two public trunk shows a year. Her next show is being held on Friday, May 1, from 2 to 7pm at the Granville Island Hotel, 1253 Johnston.
