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American Girl, the popular doll retailer owned by toy giant Mattel, is opening its first Hawaii store at Ala Moana Center next month, a temporary boutique designed to test the waters in the Honolulu market, a company spokeswoman confirmed to PBN on Thursday.
The 3,000-square-foot temporary specialty boutique, which will be located on the second level of the mall’s Ewa Wing between Kate Spade New York and Ben Bridge Timeworks, will be open from Oct. 4 through April 2015.
"We'll be using this as a test and learn opportunity to determine if the Hawaiian market could support a permanent American Girl store," American Girl spokeswoman Stephanie Spanos told PBN in an email. "[We] will have a selection of our bestselling dolls, books, accessories and girl clothing."
An Ala Moana Center spokesman did not immediately respond to a message left by PBN.
American Girl, according to an advertisement on Craigslist, is looking to hire people for various positions, including assistant store manager, sales lead and sales department clerks.
The Wisconsin-based company opened stores in Arizona and Tennessee this year, and expanded into Canada in October 2013.
In 2011, American Girl debuted “Kanani Akina,” who hails from Kauai, as its “Girl of the Year” doll, books and accessories line.
The company has sold more than 147 million American Girl books and more than 25 million dolls since its inception in 1986, according to its website.
The American Girl catalog is one of the largest consumer toy catalogs in the United States, and ranks as one of the top 30 consumer catalogs in the country.
American Girl, the popular doll retailer owned by toy giant Mattel, is opening its first Hawaii store at Ala Moana Center next month, a temporary boutique designed to test the waters in the Honolulu market, a company spokeswoman confirmed to PBN on Thursday.
The 3,000-square-foot temporary specialty boutique, which will be located on the second level of the mall’s Ewa Wing between Kate Spade New York and Ben Bridge Timeworks, will be open from Oct. 4 through April 2015.
"We'll be using this as a test and learn opportunity to determine if the Hawaiian market could support a permanent American Girl store," American Girl spokeswoman Stephanie Spanos told PBN in an email. "[We] will have a selection of our bestselling dolls, books, accessories and girl clothing."
An Ala Moana Center spokesman did not immediately respond to a message left by PBN.
American Girl, according to an advertisement on Craigslist, is looking to hire people for various positions, including assistant store manager, sales lead and sales department clerks.
The Wisconsin-based company opened stores in Arizona and Tennessee this year, and expanded into Canada in October 2013.
In 2011, American Girl debuted “Kanani Akina,” who hails from Kauai, as its “Girl of the Year” doll, books and accessories line.
The company has sold more than 147 million American Girl books and more than 25 million dolls since its inception in 1986, according to its website.
The American Girl catalog is one of the largest consumer toy catalogs in the United States, and ranks as one of the top 30 consumer catalogs in the country.
American Girl opens October 3, 2014 at
Ala Moana Shopping Center Honolulu, Hawaii.
The blue dress is really pretty.
ReplyDeleteOh yay, you took notice! I love the blue dress as I said before, it's SOOO pretty! I am totally going to get it when it comes out. I can only hope for that horse drawn carriage. I don't care if I can't afford it, it'll look pretty. :)
ReplyDeleteCute! Now that I see this, I think I remember seeing someone mention somewhere that AG would have a lot of blue and silver this year for the holidays.
ReplyDeletehttp://livingadollslife.blogspot.com/2014/09/rumors-2014-winter-holiday-releases.html
DeleteHey look the hawaii AG store is nearly as big as the palo alto one lol! Hey look no red or pink this year. :D
ReplyDeleteand also yay samantha this means they will have historicals.
Look at the BBs in the dress...oh the cuteness!!!!
ReplyDeleteHey Rhonda, I was wondering when we will start hearing rumors about the GOTY 2015?
ReplyDeleteAll the info I have so far will be listed here GOTY 2015: http://livingadollslife.blogspot.com/search/label/GOTY%202015
DeleteGreat to see navy blue. Or is that more of a royal blue? Much s I love the pastels, it's good to see something like that. I am so excited about what else they'll be coming out with for the holidays. Even if I can't afford it, I will still enjoy looking! (I'm saving for Samantha's bed. Trying to save, I should say).
ReplyDeleteAlso doesn't this mean that the holiday stuff will be released tomorrow? Since it would make sense because american girl likes to release stuff on Thursdays, and the Hawaii store launches on Friday, so.... Yay holiday release tomorrow!
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