QuoteTiffany & Co. is scheduled to open its first Northeast Florida location at the St. Johns Town Center this winter, according to the company’s website.
Things looking up here in Jax.
Wow, Now that's fancy!
I hear good things about their breakfast.
They are the ones that make the Superbowl Trophy & NBA Champ Trophy.
good news
Quote from: Shwaz on May 10, 2010, 05:26:40 PM
I hear good things about their breakfast.
LoL.
I wonder how they'll do,considering the glut of jewelry stores already in that immediate vicinity.
Probably as well as the 5 Starbucks. :D
I wonder if Beard's knew that was gonna happen going in......
Quote from: Shwaz on May 10, 2010, 05:26:40 PM
I hear good things about their breakfast.
As I recall, I think we both kind of liked it.
Quote from: blizz01 on May 11, 2010, 11:43:35 AM
I wonder if Beard's knew that was gonna happen going in......
of note about them, their Hendricks Ave location is closing. I saw a sign that said
Moving Sale" on the front of the facade.
Quote from: Wacca Pilatka on May 11, 2010, 12:01:02 PM
Quote from: Shwaz on May 10, 2010, 05:26:40 PM
I hear good things about their breakfast.
As I recall, I think we both kind of liked it.
Well, that's one thing we've got.
Mmmm...Audrey Hepburn!
(http://wiueng500.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/audrey-hepburn-348.jpg)
Interesting, I wonder how the community will support this brand.
They cater to 2 demographics as they make a ton of their money on the brand - I.E. logo merchandise - not just diamonds & precious stones like they used to. While they are certainly a high end retailer/jeweler, if you check out their catalog, there are plenty of "trinkets" that are marketed toward 20 somethings & the price points are within the realm of reason. Lots of volume in overpriced silver offsets the random diamond ring I suppose.
That space between Mayors and Louis Vuitton was originally going to be Hugo Boss. I wonder what they will put in the empty building across the street. It was thought to be a Crate and Barrell.
If SJTC can support an Apple store, it can also support the store with the little blue boxes. Not everything in Tiffany's is high end. They will do well at SJTC.
Quote from: TheProfessor on May 11, 2010, 03:41:17 PM
That space between Mayors and Louis Vuitton was originally going to be Hugo Boss. I wonder what they will put in the empty building across the street. It was thought to be a Crate and Barrell.
Jax has a Louis V????? Ok! How long they have that?
Quote from: Coolyfett on May 11, 2010, 08:32:00 PM
Quote from: TheProfessor on May 11, 2010, 03:41:17 PM
That space between Mayors and Louis Vuitton was originally going to be Hugo Boss. I wonder what they will put in the empty building across the street. It was thought to be a Crate and Barrell.
Jax has a Louis V????? Ok! How long they have that?
About 2 years Id say.
Too rich for my blood - I can only afford the Gucci outlet in St. Augustine....... ;)
That'll be some descent competition for Mayor's.
Quote from: blizz01 on May 11, 2010, 03:06:36 PM
They cater to 2 demographics as they make a ton of their money on the brand - I.E. logo merchandise - not just diamonds & precious stones like they used to. While they are certainly a high end retailer/jeweler, if you check out their catalog, there are plenty of "trinkets" that are marketed toward 20 somethings & the price points are within the realm of reason. Lots of volume in overpriced silver offsets the random diamond ring I suppose.
Yeah, I remember reading a business case study about their decision to sell "affordable" bracelets despite fears that it would de-value their brand. Instead, it opened an entirely new market for the company without really upsetting any of their high-end customers. And spoiled little girls everywhere got to run around with authentic Tiffany's boxes. Ahh...yay for materialistic and unabashed american consumerism.
Tiffany’s another newcomer to First Coast
Retailer expects to be in St. Johns Town Center later this fall.
Posted: May 11, 2010
By Kevin Turner
When Tiffany & Co. opens its ninth Florida store by late fall, the jewelry chain will add to the luster of top-line retailers congregating in Jacksonville’s Southside.
“Tiffany & Co. is very happy to be part of St. Johns Town Center,†said Jeff Bateman, vice president of the 170-year-old chain’s Southeast region. But the company declined to elaborate on plans for the store.
“We look forward to offering our customers the added convenience of another Tiffany location in Florida and providing them with the quality, craftsmanship and outstanding service for which Tiffany is renowned,†Bateman said.
Other Tiffany stores are in Orlando, Tampa, Naples, Palm Beach, Palm Beach Gardens, Boca Raton, Bal Harbour and Coral Gables. Two Little Switzerland stores in Key West are authorized to carry Tiffany’s merchandise.
The keystone high-end retailer will join other such retail brands in the metropolitan area’s newest and fast-growing shopping mall. Some of those retailers have been familiar in areas elsewhere in Florida, but historically not in Jacksonville.
Mostly clustered near the south end of the outdoor mall’s main street corridor, those stores include Brooks Brothers, BCBGMAXAZRIA, Aldo Shoes, Arden B., Coach, Cole Haan, Juicy Couture, Lacoste, Louis Vuitton, Mayors, Tommy Bahama, True Religion, West Elm and White House / Black Market.
High-end pizzeria California Pizza Kitchen is set to open near the mall’s center in mid-July, said Kristin Balvin, St. Johns Town Center marketing director.
It will join other restaurants new to the area, such as Mitchell’s Fish Market, The Capital Grille, The Cheesecake Factory, Maggiano’s Little Italy, J. Alexander’s and P.F. Chang’s China Bistro.
kevin.turner@jacksonville.com, (904) 359-4609
http://jacksonville.com/business/2010-05-11/story/tiffany-co-coming-jacksonville
As much as people say negative things about the center, you have to admit it, it sure does pay for itself, many times over.
It's an encouraging measure about what high-end retailers think about Jacksonville!
I am just glad the tax money stays in Duval and does not go to St. Johns County.
Quote from: reednavy on May 11, 2010, 12:05:05 PM
Quote from: blizz01 on May 11, 2010, 11:43:35 AM
I wonder if Beard's knew that was gonna happen going in......
of note about them, their Hendricks Ave location is closing. I saw a sign that said
Moving Sale" on the front of the facade.
I was in that store a couple weeks ago... their prices are outrageous! The salesman was super pushy too.
Ah, I'm a fan of the Tiffany setting. ;)
Good news for Jax, especially in this economy. Ironically Marcus & Millichap gave Jax the 2nd worst rating (ahead of Detroit) for retail RE (rents, vacancies, construction, and economic fundamentals) for 2010. I cannot agree with their ratings.
Also, the space across from Mayors is way too small for a Crate and Barrel which is borderline department store size, but it may be large enough for CB2. There is a CB2 going in Atlanta a couple blocks from me and it will occupy somewhere in the 8-15K SF range.
Finally CPK is highly overrated, anything but upscale, and yes, we should probably have 2-3 of them by now, but it is nothing to wet your pants with excitement about. You can buy frozen CPK in Publix already and that is almost the same.
Looks like Forever XXI is moving in as well (in addition to the announced Avenues location???) - they have signage up directly across from where Tiffany & Co. will be.
Another restaurant to the Town Center. Blackfinn Saloon.
http://jacksonville.bizjournals.com/jacksonville/stories/2010/05/31/daily6.html?ed=2010-06-02&ana=e_du_pub
The Blackfinn Saloon sign seems to have been up for a while.
I guess now it's official, they will start construction.
Quote from: simms3 on May 31, 2010, 11:37:38 AM
Good news for Jax, especially in this economy. Ironically Marcus & Millichap gave Jax the 2nd worst rating (ahead of Detroit) for retail RE (rents, vacancies, construction, and economic fundamentals) for 2010. I cannot agree with their ratings.
Marcus & Millichap's Jacksonville office had an awful year, maybe they're just trying to get revenge. They dropped from 7th to 14th among local brokerages this year.
Quote from: Shwaz on May 12, 2010, 12:55:17 PM
Quote from: reednavy on May 11, 2010, 12:05:05 PM
Quote from: blizz01 on May 11, 2010, 11:43:35 AM
I wonder if Beard's knew that was gonna happen going in......
of note about them, their Hendricks Ave location is closing. I saw a sign that said
Moving Sale" on the front of the facade.
I was in that store a couple weeks ago... their prices are outrageous! The salesman was super pushy too.
Beards has always treated my family very well. They have replaced stones in our Jewelry for free (if they made the Jewelry themselves) and been very courteous. I'll be sad to see them move.
I agree. I also "heard" that something may be happening at the Fleming Island location.....
Has anyone been to Black Finn's? Does it have a small footprint or is it a Cheesecake Factory sized restaurant? The blurb from the business journal said they're modeled after New York saloons, which I doubt could be any more than 3-4,000 sq ft. I think that its an improvement that we're attracting at least smaller or more selective chains. Cheesecake Factory and PF Changs seem like the new Outback steakhouse and Applebees.
the blurb says it will be a 10,000 sf restaurant
I'm pretty sure that the exterior walls are up (if I'm not confusing it with Beard's) - it's adjacent to Whiskey River & comparable in size (stand alone building).
Did we ever pinpoint where in the TC they were going? The corner where Swoozies was at perhaps?
They're going in across from Mayor's.
Quote from: reednavy on July 01, 2010, 12:18:53 PM
They're going in across from Mayor's.
Thanks, Reed but that entire building across the street from Mayors is covered entirely w/signs for Forever 21. That's why I was curious because I thought it was going in over there too...
When you guys say Cartier is coming, then Ill be elated.
I wonder if any of their customers will ride the bus to get there?
Maybe, maybe not. I'll be walking.
Quote from: Duke on July 06, 2010, 04:43:52 PM
Thanks, Reed but that entire building across the street from Mayors is covered entirely w/signs for Forever 21. That's why I was curious because I thought it was going in over there too...
Hmm, that will be the Forever XXI brand, which is more upscale than the Forever 21 dept. store at the Avenues and I believe is women's clothing only.
Off topic from Tiffany & Co. but was at the TC for dinner tonight and noticed that Omega watches is opening one of their "boutiques" next to Juicy. Those are really well made watches, I have one that has been passed down from my great grandfather and it still works like new...
CompUSA is relocating their Southside Blvd. location to the SJTC according to their website. Matching up the addresses this appears to be the location of the closed American Backyard.
http://www.compusa.com/retailstores/compusaStores/jacksonville.asp (http://www.compusa.com/retailstores/compusaStores/jacksonville.asp)
another store lost for Sleiman's southside complex....nice!
Quote from: jaxdan3 on October 04, 2010, 09:05:08 PM
CompUSA is relocating their Southside Blvd. location to the SJTC according to their website. Matching up the addresses this appears to be the location of the closed American Backyard.
http://www.compusa.com/retailstores/compusaStores/jacksonville.asp (http://www.compusa.com/retailstores/compusaStores/jacksonville.asp)
That does not bode well for the Regency location. That strip mall just remodeled. I wonder if they are headed to the westside now.
Quote from: Duke on October 02, 2010, 11:37:42 PM
Off topic from Tiffany & Co. but was at the TC for dinner tonight and noticed that Omega watches is opening one of their "boutiques" next to Juicy. Those are really well made watches, I have one that has been passed down from my great grandfather and it still works like new...
Hell yea! I know about Omegas....Hell yea sexy.
Quote from: tufsu1 on October 04, 2010, 10:12:01 PM
another store lost for Sleiman's southside complex....nice!
Lol, why the hate on Sleiman?
well I meant "nice" in a sad kind of way....but let's be real, he got $3 million from City Counmcil months ago....the only progress I've seen at the Landing was the recent repainting of the bike racks!
^ What is his time-line for the parking lot purchase/ development?? Has the city actually given him the cash yet??
His southside stuff can rot. The Japanese Buffet in the target shopping center is great, but the rest of those strips are a waste.
That Japanese Buffet, Wasabi, is mediocre at best. The last time I ate there me and my ex-partner both got food poisoning.
Quote from: reednavy on October 05, 2010, 03:31:43 PM
That Japanese Buffet, Wasabi, is mediocre at best. The last time I ate there me and my ex-partner both got food poisoning.
For the price and the potential quantity of food, It's great. Does it come close to Sake House or Sumo Sushi? Of course not. You can't expect world class food from a place like that.
I never expected world class from there to begin with, but the quality on a lot of it was bad and they fail health inspections a few times each year.
Is Tiffany & Co doing well?
Quote from: Coolyfett on October 05, 2010, 10:34:18 PM
Is Tiffany & Co doing well?
Yep, looks like they'll be open in time for Christmas. They've already painted a coming soon sign on the boards that cover the entrance.
Anybody happen to know who is handling the PR for Tiffany's local opening?
Quote from: Duke on October 06, 2010, 10:38:45 AM
Quote from: Coolyfett on October 05, 2010, 10:34:18 PM
Is Tiffany & Co doing well?
Yep, looks like they'll be open in time for Christmas. They've already painted a coming soon sign on the boards that cover the entrance.
Oh ok I thought they were already open
You know, i was a St. John hater because of its location, but I was reading up on it today....they really have some international brands out there. And its not even complete. Im not a big consumer myself, BUT do look forward to when economy gets better, a real anchor like Niem Marcus or Nordstroms and the Navy drops those extra families in Jax with that Nuke boat. I know we bitch a lot on here concerning different topics, but Simon is doing a good thing over there....still hate the location, but its cool. Puma, Louis V, Omega Swatches, True Religion in Jacksonville. Sounds good.
Quote from: CS Foltz on July 06, 2010, 08:12:11 PM
I wonder if any of their customers will ride the bus to get there?
Whats that about?
I love how some of y'all go all gaga about a stupid retailer in a super strip mall..... ARGGGGG !!!!! At least their diamonds are conflict free but sheesh, more vapid consumer sprall for J-Ville!
Quote from: JC on October 08, 2010, 04:46:59 AM
I love how some of y'all go all gaga about a stupid retailer in a super strip mall..... ARGGGGG !!!!! At least their diamonds are conflict free but sheesh, more vapid consumer sprall for J-Ville!
It's great isn't it?!?
Thanks metrojacksonville.com for giving us a place to catch up and get different perspectives on the issues going on around town, for giving us a place to voice our thoughts, and of course, for giving us a place to go gaga about a super strip mall...
I personally think the SJTC is a good thing for our city. We just have to get it out of our heads none of this will be downtown in the forseeable future. I would love it to be, but it simply is not gonna happen. It is what it is. The town center area is attracting high end business in one concentrated area, albeit a very suburban design. It is like Orlando's Mall of Mellinia. I am happy to see more high end business open, and more restaurants and clubs opening in their entertainment area. I think it is a good thing. Lets get a trolley running through that thing to test it out. I wish the retailers would contribute to a private run trolley that at least runs down the main part. I think it would be good. Then it could be connected to Tapestry Park and areas around there in the future
Quote from: stephendare on October 08, 2010, 08:11:33 AM
http://www.youtube.com/v/qST5eVLudrQ
My favorite episode of South Park, and my favorite (the only one I like at all) version of that song ever. @%*# you DolphiN!!!
^PS- I think we've quoted that episode of South Park on at least 5 threads.
It's not Tiffany's related. but since Old Navy closed at Regency, there was an uptick in car break in's in the parking lot in front of Old Navy at SJTC.
It was so bad for awhile that SJTC rented an observation crane and staffed it to keep an eye on the lot from Old Navy to Target.
The crane is gone now, so it must be under control.
What is the correlation between the Regency Old Navy closing and crime at the SJTC?
Old Navy left a mall?? I wonder why that happed. I thought they were a good brand.
Quote from: JC on October 08, 2010, 04:46:59 AM
I love how some of y'all go all gaga about a stupid retailer in a super strip mall..... ARGGGGG !!!!! At least their diamonds are conflict free but sheesh, more vapid consumer sprall for J-Ville!
Its the Brands man...the Brands...raises QOL for women. Think Big City lol. Options are always good.
Quote from: Coolyfett on October 13, 2010, 11:45:09 AM
Old Navy left a mall?? I wonder why that happed. I thought they were a good brand.
They left a half empty bankrupt mall. Shocking.
Quote from: Coolyfett on October 13, 2010, 11:48:42 AM
Quote from: JC on October 08, 2010, 04:46:59 AM
I love how some of y'all go all gaga about a stupid retailer in a super strip mall..... ARGGGGG !!!!! At least their diamonds are conflict free but sheesh, more vapid consumer sprall for J-Ville!
Its the Brands man...the Brands...raises QOL for women. Think Big City lol. Options are always good.
Tiffany raises QOL??? What a profound look into the American mindset. Buy things, they make you happier!!!
Quote from: copperfiend on October 13, 2010, 10:34:57 AM
What is the correlation between the Regency Old Navy closing and crime at the SJTC?
I can't claim to know, but maybe some of the Old Navy shoppers at Regency were scoundrels, and now they have to shop at SJTC and hence brought their criminal tendencies with them?
Quote from: Coolyfett on October 13, 2010, 11:48:42 AM
Quote from: JC on October 08, 2010, 04:46:59 AM
I love how some of y'all go all gaga about a stupid retailer in a super strip mall..... ARGGGGG !!!!! At least their diamonds are conflict free but sheesh, more vapid consumer sprall for J-Ville!
Its the Brands man...the Brands...raises QOL for women. Think Big City lol. Options are always good.
Very nice! :)
Lol Im not a big spender myself but I know a few females who are major consumers....especially the stuff they read about & see in those gossip magazines. People want what they see I guess.
I was reading the comments on the TU article about this...Jax seems to resent Tiffanys coming to SJTC...Not everyone in Jax is poor. I wonder how much profits are enough to do well here in Jax.
Opens this Friday:
QuoteTiffany tidying up for Friday opening at Town Center
By Kevin Turner
As of this afternoon, the facade of Jacksonville's new Tiffany & Co. store at the St. Johns Town Center was still receiving its finishing touches. Its display windows were masked, workers stood on scaffolding and its twin steel doors etched with an Art Deco design hadn't yet admitted any customers.
But Thursday, the place will bustle for the first time with an invitation-only reception to introduce what is perhaps the nation's most-esteemed jeweler to Jacksonville.
Inside, hints of the jeweler's hallmark Tiffany Blue are everywhere.
There's Tiffany Blue tinting on the stores's display windows and colored lights inset into the ceiling. Decorations also have touches of the blue, complementing the original item to sport that color, the Tiffany gift box.
The store has opened in Jacksonville as it has done in dozens of other markets - with little fanfare. The retailer relies on its brand cache and clientele and has grown from a single fancy goods store in New York City in 1837 to 225 worldwide. Besides its reputation for quality in its jewelry, Tiffany & Co. brings a considerable amount of history with it. Past customers, for example, include Abraham Lincoln, Franklin Roosevelt, Jacqueline Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson, just to name a handful. The jeweler has discovered precious stones, invented the engagement ring setting used globally, designed the New York Yankees' logo, the seal on the dollar bill and the Super Bowl trophy.
The store's Tiffany Blue is even color trademarked. And with a quiet ribbon cutting Friday morning, a Tiffany & Co. store will be open in Jacksonville for the first time. Its staff of 20 includes sales associates trained in the company's culture of knowledgeable accessibility, store director Kyle Wilkinson said.
Don't expect any red tag clearances or flashing light sales, however. Tiffany does not discount its brand cache.
A Tiffany blue box containing two decks of playing cards is $30, the least expensive item the store carries. And at the other end of the spectrum is a 3.38 karat diamond set on a platinum ring band.
"It's remarkable," Wilkinson said of the diamond. "They're a rarity over three karats - it's very hard to find."
That ring will set you back $122,500.
In between those two price points, there's a good amount of variety. From one display case, a $2,800 diamond-studded and platinum charm shaped like a palm tree glints the store's halogen lighting alongside a diamond-speckled peace sign. The store also sells "Return to Tiffany's" collectable charms for around $100.
Roy Thomas, owner of Jacob's Jewelers, a Jacksonville jeweler since 1890, said there's enough room in Jacksonville for the local jewelers and the new store.
"I don't think it will affect us, actually," he said. "New competition in a market is healthy."
Thomas said Tiffany appears to do well in its current markets and that it is expanding aggressively.
The company's third quarter report bore that out. At the end of the third quarter, year-to-date sales in its stores in North and South America increased 12 percent over the year before to $997.5 million. The chain opened six new stores through the third quarter, and as of Oct. 31, operated 225 worldwide - 93 in the Americas, 56 in Japan, 49 in Asia and 27 in Europe. That's 10 more stores than this time last year.
The Jacksonville store is the chain's ninth in Florida since 1991 and is the 82nd in the United States.
Wilkinson said the secret to its success is a simple one.
"We're in the celebration business," he said. "Obviously, there have been a lot of economic climates since 1837. These things happen, but people are still celebrating milestones."
Tiffany & Co. Media Relations Manager Kerry Tropeano said the store carefully researches every market that it considers entering.
"We take our time with picking the right place and time to open a store," she said.
The store's inventory is representative of the items that can be purchased at its flagship store in Manhattan, Wilkinson said.
"I think there are going to be a lot of blue boxes under the tree this Christmas," he said.
http://jacksonville.com/business/2010-12-08/story/tiffany-tidying-friday-opening-town-center
Sounds SEXY!!! I need to get my girl a Tiffany box! Got a nice bonus from the job so....yea!
Cooly, congrats on the bonus!