At the same meeting, Jerri Reid, The Bon's regional vice president and store manager, acknowledged that the store's strategy was based in part on the opening of the new Nordstrom two blocks east. Expand the accessory and cosmetics departments, also on the main level, by about 50 percent and 40 percent, respectively. Customers would find high-profile designer collections displayed in key locations around the store. The Bon would even allow some major manufacturers to specially train some of its employees to better sell the designers' merchandise, Edelman said in an interview earlier this month. The downtown Bon is already bustling with a number of smaller improvements.
Flexibility is one of our great strengths.
We want to be the family store.