New Store Development (Update Tuesday May 23rd) WE ARE OPEN

New Store Development (Update Tuesday May 23rd) WE ARE OPEN

Hello everyone,

We are thrilled to announce that after 5 successful years in Ellisville, we are expanding our Clothes Mentor store! Our new location will be just across the road, offering safer car park entry and exits, more parking spots, and a larger space of 6,300 sq-ft, doubling the size of our current store. We are excited about this expansion and are eager to share the process with you as we build out our new store over the next few months.

At Clothes Mentor Ellisville, we are committed to providing high-quality, gently used clothing at affordable prices. Our mission is to help our customers look and feel their best while also promoting sustainable fashion practices. With the expansion of our store, we will be able to offer an even greater selection of clothing and accessories to meet the needs of our growing customer base.

The new location will feature an updated and modern design, providing a comfortable and inviting shopping experience for all. We are excited to offer more space for our customers to browse our selection and find the perfect addition to their wardrobe. Our new store will also have improved car park entry and exits, making it easier and safer for our customers to come and shop with us.

As we build out our new store, we will be sharing updates and progress on our social media platforms and website. We want to take you along with us on this exciting journey, and we cannot wait to welcome you to our new location once it is complete.

We would like to take this opportunity to thank our loyal customers for their support over the past 5 years. We wouldn't be here without you, and we are excited to continue providing you with the best possible shopping experience at our new location.

In conclusion, follow us on social media and our website for updates on the buildout process, and we look forward to welcoming you to our new location soon!

Until then we are open as normal at our current location so pop in and say hello if you are passing and dont forget our Spring Reveal Saturday March 18th 10am start.

Thank you for your continued support.

Best regards,

The Clothes Mentor Team.

So here we go.

Tuesday March 6th:

The New Store Front.

Located right across the street from where we are now.

Our 3D Plan of the layout will add so much more space.

 

Double/Double Entry Doors.

The current view from the counter location

View back to where the rest rooms will be.

View to where the dressing rooms will be.

March 28th Update

We have officially started, over the next few weeks we will share the developments of putting our new store together, meanwhile business as usual at the old location with Spring & Summer Items out on the shop floor.

View left from the entry

View left from the entry door

HVAC being updated.

Electrician busy installing the latest flat panel LED Light units.

Ceiling Tiles delivered all 680 of them

More 2 x 4 LED Light panels, there will be over 80 installed

Close up of the new LED light fixture, so nice compared to the old style fluorescent light tubes and the light output is adjustable.

April 4th Update

Framing for the staff breakroom, which will have a kitchen in it as well.

Framing for the storage room, no more offsite storage for us!

More light panels, this time in the Storage & E Commerce room.

Roughed in plumbing for customer restrooms and staff breakroom.

Plumbing the staff restroom.

We thought people would like to know whos moving in :) Don't you just hate it when there is activity in the neighborhood but you don't know who it is? We have already had new customers coming over to the current store to see what we are about!!

APRIL 12TH UPDATE:

A lot going on this week at the new store. We have walls and rooms added to the space plus this week we feature a walk through video of the space coming together.

Looking to the right and what will eventually be the near 40ft handbag wall.

Looking back to the right corner where the dressing rooms will be located, we are adding another dressing room to the four we currently have.

Looking at the back room entrance to where the E Commerce area will be located and overflow storage is.

The trench in the floor to the sales counter, work station and and buying area, to give some prospective this trench is 21ft long.

Finally below the quick video of the store walk through in its roughed out state. We are getting exited to start to show you what we have planned and the ideas we have put into place to make your shopping experience even better.

 

April 21st Update

So today the sign was removed from the current store to be cleaned overhauled and painted before its installed at the new location, despite no sign we are still open for business and dont forget our Earth Day Sale this Saturday instore and online its 25% off everything.

All inspections were passed this past week and drywall & doorframes are in place ready for paint.

 

Below the furring strips for our new handbag wall are fitted and it will be over 34 ft long. Over twice the length of our current wall, this will enable us to keep our back stock on display.

 

Even more furring strips to allow us to show more products on a feature wall.

Update April 28th 2023

Starting to come together now, sign was installed this morning and we are very close to making a decision on our actual move date so stay tuned.

Facing the soon to be 50ft Handbag Wall 

Storage Room 

Office

Entrance to the break room

Bathroom nearly ready.

View from the back of the store that will be our new clearance section. As you can see the ceiling is completed and the floor is ready for the new floor being put down next week.

New flooring being installed next week.

So a lot was done this past week with the majority of the painting finished, electrical and mechanical all done, ceiling finished and the floor levelled for the new floor install that starts next week, all that and the sign being installed gets us very close to decision time on when to move from our current location. We have some decisions to make and we are very exited. Stay tuned for the most important info of when we will move.

May 5th New Store Update

This week was all about the NEW FLOOR  this was bay far the single biggest expense we had planned for the move and below you can see the pictures of the work in progress. It should be completed by the weekend and then its all about the furnishings for next week.

Will update Monday 8th as the floor should be complete and the baseboard fitted.

Tuesday May 9th Update

The floor has been completed! A few picks below.

Installation of the restroom fixtures and doors tomorrow. Big announcement coming soon!

Well what a week, inspections, approvals, permits and we finally got the all clear to move mid day Tuesday giving us just over 3 days to move, WHAT A CHALLENGE!

This has been a monumental task and today Thursday @ 6pm we are finally seeing the store coming together, here is a picture dump of the last two days that we have been working 6am to 1am and we are all walking around like zombies, we hope you will think its worth it.

Tuesday May 23rd (WE ARE OPEN)

We still have lots of final touch ups to do and will be busy with those over the next few weeks, but we managed to open on time, it was a massive undertaking and took a lot of help from many people to make it happen. We want to thank all of you from the bottom of our hearts. As we add new things we will add to this blog and we hope to see many of our old and new customers as we look forward to the future. 

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