A Few pictures from our Grand Opening

Vendor and staff meeting inside the store. We allowed the suppliers to preview the new layout before we opened the doors to the public. We were finished finalizing all the last details the night/morning before at 2am.

A few words of appreciation and encouragement from our VP or Operations.

And then then the speeches begin.

The infamous photo opp with the giant scissors

We had our Grand Opening on June 20, 2009. Here are a few pictures from that day. We started off with a meeting with our vendors and staff before we went outside for our Ribbon Cutting Ceremony. I was pretty amazed that we were able to get our suppliers our here at 7:30 in the morning.

Once we were outside, it was gloomy and even a little bit of drizzle was falling, pretty much June gloom, lol. It all went well, speeches from city officials, the corporate head honchos, a greeting from the owners of the store, a blessing and the finalized with the traditional ribbon cutting with a giant pair of scissors.