Events

Del Mar, Calif. — Van De Vort opened a new women’s fashion boutique in the Flower Hill Promenade in Del Mar, Calif., near San Diego, with a grand opening celebration last Saturday.

San Diego – Jack in the Box is launching a new summer promotional campaign utilizing the mobile video platform Vine. Developed by digital agency Struck, the campaign consists of 101 videos showing Jack in the Box customers how to "Go Big," a promotional theme the retailer is using in its menu.

SAN DIEGO — Petco is leveraging social media to engage existing customers, entice new ones and, as part of its mission statement, help out shelters in need with its “Be a Great One” contest. 

President Bill Clinton and Chelsea Clinton visited Kanombe school in Kigali, Rwanda, to see the P&G Purifier of Water packets at work as part of Procter and Gamble’s Clinton Global Initiative Commitment to Action to provide clean drinking water to those who need it most. 

Chesterfield, Mo. -- Taubman Centers announced the opening of Taubman Prestige Oulets, a new fashion outlet center, located in the western-St. Louis suburb of Chesterfield. The opening coincides with Missouri’s Tax-Free Weekend.

New York -- H&M has launched online shopping in the United States, effective Aug. 1. In addition to offering the same merchandise as in-store and some exclusive “online only” items, the site marks the debut of the H&M Home collection, available exclusively online.

New York – American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. is launching “Rock Your Walk,” a series of consumer-created videos showing them wearing American Eagle jeans the retailer says will create a “virtual denim runway” stretching across the U.S. Consumers can upload videos via Instagram or Vine on PC or mobile device and have them added to the virtual runway displayed online.

Berlin, N.J. — A.C. Moore Arts & Crafts will mark the opening of its new store at The Town Center at St. Lucie West with a week long grand opening celebration starting Aug. 4.

The 21,000-sq.-ft. store carries an arts and crafts merchandise assortment with more than 40,000 items.

A.C. Moore operates about 140 arts and craft stores along the East Coast.
 

City of Commerce, Calif. — Celebrating the grand opening of its newest Houston store — 11,490 sq. ft. — 99Cents Only Stores will sell Westinghouse 40-in. flat-screen TVs for just 99 cents to the first nine customers in line.

There will be additional prizes for the next 198 customers in line.

Los Angeles — Hakkasan Ltd. has announced the opening of Hakkasan Beverly Hills, a 10,000-sq.-ft. restaurant in the most exclusive neighborhood in Los Angeles.

The international restaurant group’s newest offering will open in early fall.