Intel: Ted Baker London will launch its third store in Nevada
British lifestyle brand Ted Baker London will open its third Las Vegas store on Aug. 15 at Fashion Show mall.
At the Ted Baker opening weekend, shoppers will receive free refreshments and a special gift with a purchase along with games and giveaways. Also, an in-store enter-to-win competition will run through opening month. The grand prize is a $1,000 shopping spree.
The store will open with Ted’s Autumn Winter 2014 womenswear, menswear and accessories collections.
Ted Baker has stores at the Forum Shops at Caesars and at Las Vegas Premium Outlets North.
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SWEETNESS: JinJu Chocolates debuted at Downtown Container Park on July 1.
Though JinJu Chocolates began business in September 2011, this is owner Jin Caldwell’s first shop. The store focuses on creating the highest quality, exceptional chocolates, handcrafted with traditional flavors and modern twists.
JinJu Chocolates carries different types of European-style confections, American-style chocolates, chocolate-related pastries, toffee, and specialty items such as chocolate jewelry. JinJu Chocolates can also be ordered online, or bought at the JinJu Chocolates kitchen.
Caldwell, a Korean, came to the United States to attend college intending to go into medicine. But she eventually enrolled at Le Cordon Bleu and earned a degree in culinary arts. She moved to Las Vegas after graduating for a job as a baker at Green Valley Ranch Resort.
She later became a chocolatier at Bellagio and then Wynn Las Vegas before leading the research and development team at Mars Inc., based out of Las Vegas, before leaving to launch JinJu Chocolates.
JinJu Chocolates at Downtown Container Park is located at 707 Fremont St., Suite 2280, and is open 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday-Thursday, 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Sunday.
For more information on the business, visit jinjuchocolates.com.
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THE FAR EAST CONNECTION: A delegation from Nevada’s Tourism Commission has returned from China after observing the 10th anniversary of the establishment of the first licensed state tourism office there.
Since 2006, when tourism statistics on Chinese travelers were first tallied, Nevada has seen a 300 percent increase in visitation with 263,000 people arriving in 2012, the most recent complete year of data.
During the weeklong trip, Lt. Gov. Brian Krolicki, who heads the Tourism Commission, re-enacted a ceremony for the signing of a memorandum of understanding that established the Nevada office in Beijing.
The group met with Chinese tourism industry leaders in Beijing, Chengdu and Guangzhou.
Nevada’s foray into China began in the late 1990s under Gov. Kenny Guinn and Lt. Gov. Lorraine Hunt-Bono. She viewed Chinese tourism as an economic driver for the state and shaped the state’s presence there with a series of tourism and trade missions.
The U.S. Commerce Department’s Office of Travel and Tourism Industries ranks China seventh in the number of visitors to the United States and sixth in the amount of money spent, averaging $6,000 per person, per trip.
Ten years after the signing of the deal with the Chinese, the Tourism Commission is looking to duplicate the effort in India, which has a similar economic profile to China in the early 2000s.
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DRINK UP: Las Vegas-based Lion Fight Promotions, which stages Muay Thai fights, has signed a deal to make Singha Beer as Lion Fight’s official beer.
Singha Beer is the biggest and oldest brewery in Thailand, where Muay Thai is the national sport.
Michael Pine, recently hired by Lion Fight to find new sponsors and partnerships, brokered the beer deal. And one of the region’s top beer distributors, Nevada Beverage, reports that it’s now distributing Golden Road Brewing, a fast-growing craft brewery from Los Angeles. Golden Road produced 15,000 barrels last year and is expected to double that output this year.
Golden Road just finished filming an episode of “Brew Dog” on the Esquire Network. Meanwhile, Las Vegas-based Tenaya Creek, which is building a new production facility on Bonanza Road, is now being distributed by Wirtz instead of Nevada Beverage. And the region’s newest craft brewery, Bad Beat in the “Booze District” warehouse near Valley Auto Mall in Henderson, debuted July 11.
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‘THE PERFECT FIT’: A lightweight champion for Las Vegas-based Ultimate Fighting Championship has signed a partnership deal with fitness company Reebok. Anthony “Showtime” Pettis will help promote Reebok’s newest running shoe, ZJet.
“Reebok wanted to partner with an athlete who had explosive speed, and bold, confident style,” said John Lynch, Reebok global vice president of fitness marketing. “With his lightning-fast kicks, quick double-leg takedowns, and flashy fighting technique, we knew Anthony would be the perfect fit.”
