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Escada Comes To Town

Galleria special occasion boutique dugo is bringing in the Escada spring/summer 2013 main line collection for the month of May. The Miami-inspired collection includes curve-hugging sheaths and modern suits, in crisp neutrals and bold brights, like canary yellow and kelly green. Dugo is the only…

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Farewell to StyledLife


Galleria designer accessories boutique StyledLife—a standout among Twin Cities’ retailers— is closing at the end of May. Effective today, all merchandise, including spring arrivals from Alexis Bittar and MZ Wallace, is 50 to 80 percent off.

The decision to close was a personal one for owner Kevin Quinn—not driven by store…

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Bluemercury Coming to Galleria

Bluemercury, the fast-growing luxury beauty chain with nearly 40 locations nationwide, will open its first Twin Cities store this summer at Galleria in Edina. Bluemercury offers cosmetics and skincare from more than 100 upscale brands including Laura Mercier, La Mer, La Prairie, Darphin, and T. LeClerc. Products are sold in an open format,…

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New Leadership at the Galleria

The Galleria in Edina has appointed a new leader who is a familiar face to Twin Cities luxury shoppers: Luis Serrat is the former vice president and general manager of the Neiman Marcus store that recently closed in Minneapolis.

Serrat brings 25 years of luxury retail experience to his new post as vice president of retail for the Galleria. He moved to the Twin Cities…

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Mark Your Calendar: Store Openings

Now, the fun part. After months of talking about stores planning to open in the Twin Cities, they’re actually opening! Everybody wants the lights on and the doors open before the critical holiday shopping season. Here are some upcoming openings. Check back—I’ll be adding to this list.

Friday, Oct. 26: Lush, known for its bath bombs and other cleverly packaged natural bath and beauty…

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PBteen Popping Up at Galleria

PBteen—Pottery Barn for the teenage bedroom—is opening a holiday pop-up store at the Galleria in Edina in November. It’s one of five markets throughout the country where Williams-Sonoma Inc., parent company to Pottery Barn and West Elm stores, is testing the concept this season. PBteen launched in 2003 as a catalog and website, and has grown to include six permanent stores,…

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Arhaus Galleria Opening

I did not envy the cleaning crew at Arhaus Furniture yesterday, with its overwhelming number of shiny surfaces, hanging glass objects and gilded frames in need of a pre-open dusting. But every last detail was being tended to with a smile in…

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Fashion’s Night Out 2012

The question is not whether to shop tonight on Fashion’s Night Out, but how to hit downtown Minneapolis, Rosedale Center, Galleria and a bunch of local boutiques in the span of three hours. I believe it can be done, with some careful planning.

There was talk last year that Fashion’s Night Out might die—it’s gotten so big, so commercial, so celebrity driven in New…

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Now Open: Marmi

I know a classy woman who marched her extremely narrow feet straight to the Galleria in Edina on Wednesday when she heard shoe store Marmi had opened. This upscale specialty chain, with 23 stores nationwide and a robust online following, offers a wide range of sizes—4 to 13, as well as…

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