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Southridge Boston Store Grand Re-opening

 will celebrate completion of its renovated store at  with a Grand Re-opening.

Guest speakers will feature John Hermes, Greendale Village President, and Steve Byers, Executive Vice President of Stores for The Bon-Ton Stores, who will kick off the festivities. The Grand Opening celebration will continue through Tuesday, August 28, 2012.

The store renovation began in October 2011 and has been remodeled and redesigned. 

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The new store provides a shopper-friendly environment with an open-floor plan, updated lighting with newest energy-saving technology, spacious fitting rooms, wide aisles and customer seating areas. Two self-serve kiosks will be located in the store with complete web access to bostonestore.com for customers to browse or shop online with complimentary standard shipping.

The store will offer new brands in Ladies’ Sportswear such as Anne Klein, Jessica Simpson, Kensie and Romeo & Juliet and in Men’s Sportswear, Tommy Bahama, Nautica, Polo and Kenneth Cole to name a few. The Shoe Salon is double in size, showcasing many new styles and brands, including Vince Camuto, Coach, Michael Kors, Steve Madden, and Fergalicious.

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In addition to the ribbon-cutting ceremony, festivities will include live music and the first 1000 customers that day will receive a complimentary gift.  All cosmetics brands, including the newly added Clarins brand, will offer complimentary make-overs and special gifts for the grand opening. Guests may enter to win exciting prizes; a pair of Packers tickets, diamond earrings and a $1,000 shopping spree. 

 on Saturday, August 25 at 12:00 p.m. in a runway fashion show at Boston Store. 

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