update: midtown atlanta

What: CB2 Midtown Atlanta
Where: 1080 Peachtree NE
When: Friday, August 13, 2010

Come Friday, August 13th—yes, lucky Friday the 13th!—these Midtown Atlanta doors will become signature CB2 orange and open for business.

Store manager Jake and his team are getting everything taken care of on our end—sign up for twitter or facebook so you’re good to go!

hint: anyone in Atlanta can snap a photo of a specific item in several pop-up windows strategically positioned around town, and present it at our new Midtown location to receive $10 off a purchase of $50 or more—valid August 13-30.

terms and conditions. This offer is valid August 13, 2010 through August 30, 2010 for $10 off a single purchase of $50 or more, in person only at the CB2 Midtown store. Limit one photo per transaction. This offer is not valid toward purchases at Crate and Barrel, Crate and Barrel Outlet, Land of Nod, Crate and Barrel Canada, crateandbarrel.com, cb2.com or phone orders. Cannot be redeemed for cash or the purchase of CB2 Gift Cards. No cash back. Not applicable toward past purchases, Gift Card purchases, employee purchases or purchases at store charity shopping events.

update: santa monica

What: CB2 Santa Monica
Where: 395 Santa Monica Place
When: Friday, August 6, 2010  

We’ve been hard at work getting our newest store ready to open its orange doors tomorrow in Santa Monica. Check out the 10 essentials of the new store manager, Ashley, then get out and watch for our ground team.

hint: anyone in the LA area can snap a photo of our food truck, on the road August 5-8th, and present it at our Santa Monica Place location to receive $10 off a purchase of $50 or more from August 6-30. Follow us on Facebook and Twitter @CB2 santa monica for breaking news and its current location!

terms and conditions. This offer is valid August 6, 2010 through August 31, 2010 for up to $10.00 off a single purchase of $50 or more. In person only at the CB2 Santa Monica Place store. Limit one photo per transaction. This offer is not valid toward purchases at Crate and Barrel, Crate and Barrel Outlet, Land of Nod, Crate and Barrel Canada, crateandbarrel.com, CB2.com or phone orders. Cannot be redeemed for cash or the purchase of CB2 gift cards. No cash back. Not applicable toward past purchases, gift card purchases, employee purchases or purchases at store charity shopping events. See store for details.

pre-construction: toronto

Most of us south of the border have never been but from the blogs and tweets we’ve read, boy did we miss out.

This past weekend, after more than 20 years of supporting Toronto’s goth, alternative, techno and heavy metal fans and local musicians with all-age shows, final acts performed then closed the legendary Big Bop.

photo courtesy of Aaron Miller, CityNews.ca

Soon, work will begin to renovate the building in preparation for its next life, our first store in Canada.

We look forward to being part of the local fabric and we’re honoured to have the Big Bop stage. We sincerely acknowledge its youthful energy and spirit and we’ll do our best to carry it on.

Stay tuned for construction status and the opening date!

opening day: miami

Hola Miami!

We’re extremely proud to announce the opening of our 7th store earlier today.

Do you know how many people it takes to open a CB2 store that was built from the ground up? Neither do we—exactly—but we have a pretty good idea.

It takes many hands and a lot of passion. It starts with the architects and construction crew. Inventory control, floor stockers and sales associates not only unload the trucks, they unpack the merchandise and display it. Buyers and store designers make everything look good from product to display details. And finally a PR team gets the word out so we can greet our first and last customer—and everyone in between.

Welcome—we’re thrilled to see you!

update: miami

Foundation? Check.
Roof and walls? Next.

We’re 3 weeks closer to opening the orange doors in January at Lincoln Road Mall, 1661 Jefferson Avenue, and we’re amazed by the process and progress.

We’ll continue to share photos of the build so if you happen to pass by, upload them to Flickr, tag them as “CB2” and drop us a note!

Thanks to amy, product manager assistant, for snapping the photos while on vacation with jimmy, her husband/CB2 architect.