Sephora, Hollister to open in Halifax
By JOANN ALBERSTAT Business Reporter
Thu, May 5 - 4:54 AM
A pair of high-end retailers are poised to enter the Nova Scotia market this summer.
The Halifax Shopping Centre announced Wednesday that it has landed cosmetics chain Sephora and youth clothing retailer Hollister.
"It’s definitely a positive direction for us," Linda Townsend, the mall’s marketing manager, said in an interview.
"These retailers will be exclusive in the market. They’re first stores in Atlantic Canada."
Hollister Co., which is part of the American chain Abercrombie & Finch, will be opening its first location east of Ontario. The company has nine stores in Canada.
Sephora, a French company, has 25 stores in Canada, according to its website, from British Columbia to Quebec.
Both stores are scheduled to open in mid-August on the mall’s lower level. The Sephora location will be about 3,100 square feet and Hollister, 4,800 square feet.
The marketing manager said landing the chic retailers isn’t part of an overall plan to make the mall more high-end.
"I don’t think it’s necessarily that. But what we are trying to do is to deliver to our customers the retailers that are in demand elsewhere in Canada and in the United States."
Townsend said the mall hopes to attract more retailers of a similar calibre but she wouldn’t name any.
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jalberstat@herald.ca)