M&M's World#London location
{{Short description|Retail store in Mall of America}}
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London: {{Start date|2011|06|13}}
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Bloomington, Mall of America: {{Start date|2021|05|01}}
Berlin: {{Start date|2021|10|02}}
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M&M's World (also M&M's or M&M's store) is a retail store that specializes in M&M's candy and merchandise. The first location was on the Las Vegas Strip in 1997, with others in Orlando, Florida,Houck, Jeff. "It's like candy", The Tampa Tribune, 2008-03-12, p. 2.Chediak, Mark. "Retail exec offers tasty morsels about M&M's", Orlando Sentinel, 2006-11-21, p. 1. New York City, London, Henderson, Nevada, Shanghai, Bloomington, Minnesota and Berlin.
Locations
=Las Vegas=
The first location opened on the Las Vegas Strip in 1997, in the Showcase Mall next to the MGM Grand.Will]], 1998-02-08, p. 7. The four-storyAllen, Tina. "Chocolate lovers get Showcase store", Las Vegas Review-Journal, 1997-06-04, p. A4. M&M's World includes a gift shop on the first floor. The shop leads to a 3D movie theater that shows the short subject I Lost My M In Vegas''. Also on display are M&M's in nearly every color, and a NASCAR Cup Series show car with M&M's branding; the car was previously designed to resemble Kyle Busch's No. 18 M&M's car until Mars, Incorporated ended its sponsorship. M&M's clothing is sold on the second floor and on the stairs that go up to the second floor are pictures showing how the M&M's characters have evolved over the years painted on the wall.
The Las Vegas location received eight million visitors in 2007.
=Orlando=
Located in The Florida Mall, the 17,500-square-foot Orlando store was named "international store of the year" for 2005 by the Institute of Store Planners and VM+SD magazine (which covers store design and visual merchandising).Pramik, Mike. "Eye candy: Columbus retail-design firm's latest award-winner a treat for M&M's", The Columbus Dispatch, 2007-02-01, p. E1.
In late 2019, Mars Retail Group announced that they would be moving its Florida Mall location to Disney Springs, with an opening set for 2020.{{Cite web|url=https://www.mynews13.com/fl/orlando/news/2019/12/26/mms-store-set-to-open-at-disney-springs-in-2020|title=M&M's Store Set to Open at Disney Springs in 2020|website=www.mynews13.com|language=en|access-date=2019-12-26}} The Florida Mall location closed on August 21, 2020, with the opening of the Disney Springs location scheduled for the end of 2020.{{Cite web|url=https://www.laughingplace.com/w/news/2020/05/27/mms-world-still-on-schedule-to-open-at-disney-springs-later-this-year/
|title=M&M's World Still On Schedule to Open at Disney Springs Later This Year|website=www.laughingplace.com|date=27 May 2020|language=en|access-date=2020-09-02}}
The Disney Springs location officially opened on January 30, 2021.
=New York City=
File:M&M World (51495254440).jpg
The New York City store is within a {{convert|24000|sqft|m2|adj=on}}, three-level glass box, in Times Square. It includes a {{convert|50|ft|m|adj=on}}-wide, two-story-high, "wall of chocolate", made up of 72 continuous candy-filled tubes.
=London=
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On 13 June 2011, M&M's World shop in London opened to the public, in Leicester Square. The site was formerly occupied by the Swiss Centre.{{cite web |last=Gormley |first=Paul |url=http://www.mcaleer-rushe.co.uk/swiss-centre-let-mandmworld/ |title=100% of redeveloped Swiss Centre on London's Leicester Square let with signing of 'M&M'S World' store |publisher=McAleer & Rushe |date=2010-09-10 |access-date=2016-07-26 |archive-date=2016-08-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160818182647/http://www.mcaleer-rushe.co.uk/swiss-centre-let-mandmworld/ |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=http://www.londonandpartners.com/media-centre/press-releases/2011/europes-first-ever-mms-world-store-opens-in-londons-leicester-square |title=Europe's First Ever M&M'S World Store Opens in London's Leicester Square |publisher=London & Partners |date=2011-07-06 |access-date=2016-07-26 |archive-date=2018-08-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180823141939/http://www.londonandpartners.com/media-centre/press-releases/2011/europes-first-ever-mms-world-store-opens-in-londons-leicester-square |url-status=dead }}
It is the world's largest candy store, at 35,000 sq ft (3,250 sq metres).{{cite web|url=http://worldchocolateguide.com/shop/mms-world/london/|title=M&M's World (London)|publisher=Worldchocolateguide.com|date=|access-date=November 1, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180409134806/http://worldchocolateguide.com/shop/mms-world/london/|archive-date=April 9, 2018|url-status=dead}} The retail space was built as part of Westminster City Council's regeneration of the local area, to create a "world class destination", based on the similar remodelling of Times Square New York.{{cite web|url=http://postwarbuildings.com/buildings/the-swiss-centre |title=The Swiss Centre|publisher=Postwarbuildings.com|date= |access-date=November 28, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111127060812/http://postwarbuildings.com/buildings/the-swiss-centre |archive-date=November 27, 2011}}
=Henderson=
Mars Incorporated has a store close to its Ethel M Chocolate Factory in Henderson, Nevada. It is situated near to the plant's Ethel M Botanical Cactus Garden, which is one of the world's largest collections of its kind, and is based on the naturalistic English landscape garden model.{{Cite web|url=https://www.mms.com/en-us/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130429184753/http://www.mymms.com/merchandise/locations.aspx|url-status=dead|title=Personalized Gifts, Favors and More | M&M'S|archive-date=April 29, 2013|website=www.mms.com}}
=Shanghai=
File:M&M'S Shanghai Entrance.jpg
First opened on August 8, 2014,{{Cite press release|url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/mms-world-celebrates-grand-opening-in-shanghai-270782771.html|title=M&M'S World® Celebrates Grand Opening in Shanghai}} it is the only branch of M&M's World in Asia. The 1,600-square-meter store is located in the busy Shanghai Shimao International Plaza. The store re-opened in December 2018 after a remodel.{{Cite web|url=https://www.candyindustry.com/articles/88453-remodeled-mms-world-shanghai-to-reopen-dec-5|title=Remodeled M&M'S World Shanghai to reopen Dec. 5|website=www.candyindustry.com/|language=en|access-date=2020-01-31}}
=Bloomington=
In 2020, it was announced that Mall of America in Bloomington, Minnesota would be the first M&M's retail store to open in the Midwest, and fourth location in the United States with others in Las Vegas, Orlando and New York City.{{Cite web|last=Uren|first=Adam|title=M&M's to open 'experiential store' at Mall of America|url=https://bringmethenews.com/minnesota-lifestyle/m-ms-to-open-experiential-store-at-mall-of-america|access-date=2021-03-25|website=Bring Me The News|date=23 January 2020 |language=en}} The store officially opened to the public on May 1, 2021.{{Cite web|last=Stridsberg|first=Shelley|title=The M&M's Experience opening at the Mall of America May 1|url=https://www.kare11.com/article/news/local/kare11-sunrise/mms-experience-mall-of-america-sunrisers-60/89-5f957e30-47ab-4315-bf4a-5f57b56cafd0#:~:text=It%20opens%20Saturday%2C%20May%201st,the%20store's%20design%20and%20experiences|access-date=2021-09-01|website=KARE 11|date=30 April 2021|language=en}}
=Berlin=
The M&M's Store in Berlin opened on the Kurfürstendamm on October 2, 2021.{{Cite web|url=https://www.mms.com/berlin|title = M&M'S Berlin | M&M'S}}
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20180409134806/http://worldchocolateguide.com/shop/mms-world/london/ || M&M's World London Information]
- [http://www.mymms.com/merchandise/ Official M&M'S World Site]
- [https://chainstoreage.com/mars-retail-group-expanding-mms-store-footprint-home-and-abroad Mars Retail Group expanding M&M’s store footprint — at home and abroad]
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