Marina del Rey

Better known as an electronics and appliance retailer, Minneapolis-based Best Buy entered kitchenware retailing when it joined forces with Cooking.com to launch the Best Buy Kitchen Shop microsite. The Best Buy Kitchen Shop is operated by the online kitchenware retailer and adds more than 3,000 kitchenware products to the Best Buy site. "We're always looking for ways to enhance our customers’ online shopping experience, and this partnership delivers more ways to shop when and where they want," said Liz Haesler, vice president of Home Business Group for Best Buy. 

Los Angeles -- Lorna Jane, the premier Australian activewear brand for women, will open its second U.S. location, in Marina del Rey, Calif., this month. The company’s other U.S. location opened in March 2012, in Malibu, Calif. A third flagship store is scheduled to open in June in Santa Monica, and an online retail store will launch later this year. “Bill, my husband and Lorna Jane CEO, and I have visited Marina del Rey many times on our trips to the US and have always enjoyed the active lifestyle there,” said founder and chief creative officer Lorna Jane Clarkson.