The first Accessorize store opened in London's Covent Garden Piazza in 1984 and the second in Carnaby Street in 1986. 1992 saw the first Accessorize store outside London with a store opening in Manchester. In the same year the first airport store was opened at Gatwick South terminal. Building on the company's initial success, a store opening programme began, averaging 16 new stores each year.
Today, there are more than 240 Accessorize stores in the UK an international operation of over 1000 stores (including some Monsoon/Accessorize dual stores). Accessorize focuses on jewelry which is displayed in colour bays. Under the Staff uniform policy there is a 'Strive for five rule' in which employees are required to wear five or more pieces of accessorize jewelry as part of their uniform to promote the brand. Also included in their range are bags, purses, belts, hats, scarves, flip flops, gloves, hair accessories and cosmetics. Monsoon set up its first store in USA in March 2010 and they plan to run another 50 stores in China in the coming 3 years.
The company has its own charity the Monsoon Accessorize Trust, founded in 1994, to mark the company's 21st birthday. The focus of the charity is the support of disadvantaged women and children in Asia. The charity is one of those supported by the Jodie Kidd Foundation, following her involvement with the trust.
The company is a full member of the Ethical Trading Initiative.
Select Citywalk is a premier shopping mall located in the Saket District Centre, in Saket, New Delhi. The 1,300,000 sq ft (120,000 m2). retail development is spread over 6 acres (24,000 m2) and includes a multiplex, serviced apartments, offices and public spaces. The mall was developed by Select Infrastructure, a joint venture between the Select group and the Aarone group. It opened to the public in October 2007.
Select Citywalk is located in the Saket District Centre, in one of the upcoming middle-class neighborhood of Saket in south Delhi. It is the first large-scale shopping mall to open in south Delhi and is the first of four major malls that are planned for the Saket District Centre. The other neighboring malls include the MGF Metropolitan Mall and the DLF Courtyard.
The mall has a 10,000 sq ft (930 m2). multi-cuisine food court, Food Talk, on the second floor, along with several restaurants including The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf, Pizza Hut, Chicago Pizza and KFC. It also has Pantaloon Retail's first Gourmet Food Bazaar, which stocks Indian and imported food products. The mall also houses a PVR Cinemas multiplex, which comprises six screens including 2 gold classes and has a total seating capacity of 1,235.
There is also a 100,000 sq ft (9,300 m2) outdoor open plaza, Sanskriti, for art festivals, fairs, exhibitions, performances, and al fresco dining. The plaza is landscaped extensively in timber, water, stone and steel and has an open--air amphitheater, along with trees and water features.
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