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For the Week of December 6th

Kent Wells forms design firm; Callison designing prototype for White House | Black Market; MOVK relocates

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20 years ago

December 6, 2004

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Management Changes
Wells Design Group (WDG, Bartlett, Ill.) has been formed by Kent Wells, a veteran retail designer. Wells was most recently director, retail planning and design, at Robert G. Lyon & Associates Inc. (RGLA, Schiller Park, Ill.).

Real Digital Media (RDM, Sarasota, Fla., digital signage company) has named Martin Hespeler vp, sales.

Benchmark (Cincinnati brand consultancy) has hired Joshua Dye as director, strategy.

Relocation
MOVK (architecture and design firm) to 45 Main St., Ste. 838, Brooklyn, NY 11201.

Store Openings/Contracts
White House | Black Market (Fort Myers, Fla., subsidiary of Chico's FAS) has hired Callison Architecture (Seattle) to create a new prototype concept for the women's fashion retailer. The 2400-square-foot prototype, in the Bell Tower Center in Fort Myers, is scheduled to open in January 2005.

Pharmaca Integrative Pharmacy (Boulder, Colo.) has opened a store in Pacific Palisades, Calif.

Business Brief
Reebok (Canton, Mass.) has hired BCM Architectural (Mount Vernon, N.Y.) to install its ShimmerScreen displays at the Reebok boutiques within the City Sports and GK Tops & Bottoms stores in Chicago.

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