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Home Bazaar Expands to Westchester Center

Strategic Insights

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High Point, North Carolina, has become the only town in the state with three Home Bazaar stores, as the newest location opens in Westchester Center. The 18,000-square-foot store, situated between the Food Lion and Westchester Cinema, offers a wider range of merchandise, including trendy furniture and layaway options. The store's expansion is a testament to the growing demand for the variety shop's services, with customers now able to special order items not in stock and take advantage of expanded garden, floral, decoration, and wedding sections.

Key Takeaways:

  • The new Home Bazaar store in Westchester Center is the chain's largest location, spanning 18,000 square feet, exceeding the combined size of the other two High Point stores.
  • The store will offer a range of new merchandise, including trendy furniture such as baker's racks and bar stools, not available in the other two High Point stores.
  • Customers will have the option to put items on layaway, a service not previously offered in High Point.
  • The new store will employ about a dozen new employees, increasing the total workforce of the company founded by Bill Hand Sr. to over 200 employees.
  • The company's founder, Bill Hand, Jr., attributes the growth to the popularity of the Home Bazaar brand in the High Point area, stating that the stores have consistently been among the top three or four in volume.
  • The Home Bazaar was interested in expanding due to concerns about losing its lease on North Main Street, but Lyles Co. Chevrolet Jeep Eagle Inc. has agreed to continue leasing the space to the company.

Statistics:

  • 18,000 square feet: The size of the new Home Bazaar store in Westchester Center.
  • 8,000 square feet: The size of the Home Bazaar store on North Main Street.
  • 6,000 square feet: The size of the Home Bazaar store on East Fairfield Road.
  • 200: The number of employees working for the Home Bazaar chain.
  • 40 years: The time since the company's founding as the Dollar Store in Elizabeth City.
  • 1971: The year the Home Bazaar chain came to High Point on English Road.
  • 20: The number of Home Bazaar stores currently operating in North Carolina.

Sources:

  • [Name of the Home Bazaar store owner], Bill Hand Jr.
  • [Name of High Point Economic Development Corp. president], Kevin Johnson.

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