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Re: LEGO Stores
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lugnet.lego
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Sat, 17 May 2008 16:38:12 GMT
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In lugnet.lego, Jake McKee wrote:
> In lugnet.lego, Scott Lyttle wrote:
> > In lugnet.lego, George Edward Godwin wrote:
> > > Does anyone know if the LEGO stores are "company" stores or franchises? I assume
> > > they are "company" stores (owned and operated by TLG) but was curious.
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> > > Ted
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> > The LEGO stores are owned and operated via LEGO Brand Retail (LBR), a subgroub
> > in TLG. The US stores are headquartered in Enfield.
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> > There is only one franchise, and that's in Dubai. There are 23 (soon to be 26--stores in MA, CA and OR coming) LEGO stores in the US, (3 imagination centers, 3 outlets (soon to be 4), and 16 "yellow" stores (soon to be 18). I can't recall how many there are in Europe, but you can find out by going to www.lego.com, there is a store locator link on the main page.
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> Ha, yeah, forgot about Dubai. That's pretty new. I've been trying to figure out
> how to get down there... you know, for research. Yeah, that's it... yeah yeah.
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> And to the point about size of city - the stores are placed based on the largest
> potential for success, which doesn't always correlate to size of the metro area.
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> Of course, if you're without a store, like I am here in Texas, that logic
> doesn't help much, does it? :)
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> Jake
> ---
> Jake McKee
> Community Liaison
> LEGO Community Team
In case anybody was wondering about the LEGO® Store in Dubai; it no longer
exists! I was just at the Ibn Battuta Mall and sadly enough 29A (a.k.a. the LEGO
Store) was boarded up!
I almost cried...
-Eric Hunter
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