Cost Plus World Market® to Open Eighth Colorado Store Location

Fort Collins Store to Open on Thursday, September 13

OAKLAND, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Cost Plus World Market® (www.worldmarket.com) is celebrating the opening of its eighth Colorado store location with a weekend of grand opening events beginning on Thursday, September 13, 2012. The new store will be located in Front Range Village at 4357 Corbett Drive, Fort Collins, Colorado. Throughout the weekend, the store will host raffle drawings, gourmet food and beverage sampling and live entertainment.

To start the celebration, a ribbon cutting with city officials and members of the local chamber of commerce on Thursday, September 13 at 9:30 am officially marks the opening of the store. In addition, the first 200 customers through the doors each day from Thursday, September 13 through Sunday, September 16, 2012 will receive a free reusable World Market tote bag.

The addition of the new World Market store in Fort Collins reinforces the specialty retailer’s commitment to the state of Colorado. The new store will continue to offer a wide selection of unique and affordable merchandise from around the world for which the retailer has become known. The stores will be filled with home furniture, tabletop textiles, dinnerware, food and beverages for home décor, home entertaining and gift giving.

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About Cost Plus World Market

Cost Plus World Market operates 258 stores in 30 states under the World Market® and Cost Plus World Market® trademarks. The store features an ever-changing selection of casual home furnishings, housewares, gifts, jewelry, decorative accessories, over 500 international wines, gourmet foods and beverages offered at affordable prices and imported from more than 50 countries. Many items are unique and exclusive to World Market and are regularly supplied by an international network of individual and regional artisans developed over the Company’s more than 50 years in the import business.