Retail Rap

Houston Retail News for August

Kate Allen Stukenberg
Posted:
July 26, 2010

Florida-based fashion designer Linda Cunningham opens a second boutique in Houston later this month in River Oaks Shopping Center. The 3,017-square-foot space will stock women’s contemporary collections including Parameter, Laundry, Catherine Malandrino, Robbi & Nikke, Ali-Ro, Liquid, Phoebe, Carmen Marc Valvo Line, Robert Rodriguez and Leifsdotttir, and given the name — Haut Chocolat Delicious Clothes with Sweet Aplomb — we bet it’ll be highly addictive … Also at River Oaks Shopping Center, decorator Jann Wisdom has opened her home decor boutique, Jann Wisdom Designs Home Accents … Venerable florist Empty Vase has opened in its new River Oaks Boulevard space in Lamar – River Oaks Community Center, which is a little cozier than its last address. Swing in to order a bouquet or leave with a handful of freshly cut buds … Tile and stone retailer Casalinea will open a second location mid-month, this one in Highland Village Shopping Center next door to Pierre Deux. The new, larger showroom will showcase more of their fabulous mosaic-tile designs, Boffi bathroom furniture and contemporary lighting by Viabizzuno … Guess Accessories opens in Galleria I this month, across from Victoria’s Secret … Trellis The Spa at The Houstonian Hotel has a new spa director: Renae Cassam, who previously served as spa director at the Ritz-Carlton Golf Club and Spa in Jupiter Island, Florida, and The Mansion on Peachtree in Atlanta … Local accessories designer Elaine Turner’s fall collection hits the shelves at her namesake boutique on August 1… Hank Richardson opens his second Define: Body & Mind fitness studio next month at 1945 West Grey. The two-story, 3,800-square-foot space — which was a dance studio circa the 1940s — will feature three separate studios for classes, a large retail space and health counseling to take your health and wellness even further.

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