News
March 2010
Stark & Whyte is featured in the March edition of Ricardo
Magazine (French Only).
Stark & Whyte is featured in the March edition of Homestyles
Magazine.
January 2010
Stark & Whyte is featured in the January 2010 edition of the Homestyles
Magazine.
“Less than two years after opening its doors in Montreal, Stark & Whyte has captured the attention of the retail world with its chic, trend-setting design. Located in the DIX30 lifestyle centre, the kitchen shop has been selected as this year’s recipient of the Global Innovator Award and is well-poised to be selected as one of the top five housewares retailers in the world at the Chicago housewares show in March.”
Now celebrating its 10th anniversary, the annual gia awards are sponsored by the International Housewares Association to recognize global merchandising excellence. Home Style Magazine has been the proud Canadian sponsor since its inception.
November 2009
Stark & Whyte
has partnered with Les Glaceurs Cupcakes of Montreal to bring fresh cupcakes
to the South Shore. The cupcakes are available on Saturdays and Sundays
and are baked fresh by Les
Glaceurs.
September 2009
Stark & Whyte received a Silver award at the International
Council of Shopping Centre conference. Winners were announced on September 23 at the 2009 ICSC Canadian
Convention in Toronto. The ICSC Canadian Shopping Centre Awards honor outstanding
achievement in marketing, design/development of retail properties and retail
store design.
The store was described as follows: “The design aesthetic
for cookware store Stark & Whyte in Quartier DIX30 was a clean slate,
one that Ruscio Studio interpreted in a design style that fused warehouse
aesthetics with a specialty boutique feel. The space plays off the store
name and delivers a metaphorical turn-of-the-century British Trading
Company feel married to an experiential space for cooks to explore and
enjoy.”
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Stark & Whyte has been selected to receive the
Global Innovator Award for Canada for 2009. The award is presented annually
by the International Housewares Association and goes to the top housewares
retailers in over 20 countries around the world.
The event will take place on March 14th to March 16th, 2010 in Chicago,
U.S.A.
June 2009
Stark & Whyte is featured in the June/July edition of plaisirsdevivre/livingwithstyle
magazine.
May 2009
Stark & Whyte will be featured on Television
this summer.
The company has supplied all kitchen accessories and chef’s tools, cookware, bakeware and tabletop items for Steven Raichlen’s 2009 TV Show, “Le Maitre du Gril”. The show will launch on June 8th, 2009 on Canal Evasion and will run for thirteen weeks. Steven Raichlen is a well known writer and outdoor BBQ chef. His BBQ recipe books are available in-store and include his latest book, The BBQ Bible.
March 2009
The Association for Retail Environments (A.R.E.) celebrated the 38th
anniversary of its awards presentation on Monday, March 23, during
an awards ceremony in the Venetian Hotel. The presentation, held at
the end of the first day of GlobalShop, presented 62 awards to 46 projects
for the innovation and quality of their retail environment designs.
The A.R.E. Design Awards embodies the best in overall retail design,
store fixtures AND visual presentation.
Stark & Whyte won awards in two categories: “Outstanding Merit Award for Store Design” and “Visual Presentation for Vestibule Graphics”.
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A.R.E. described Stark & Whyte as a “space that blends typical boutique elements with what you might find in a typical Old World chef’s kitchen, including the cash area, the kitchen island, industrial and custom wood shelving, lighting valances, and antique and modern display tables. Pilasters feature brand names, graphics and logos reinforce brands and serve as wayfinders, and ceramic arc halogen lighting highlights key merchandise. An open ceiling with industrial bay lights is treated with a series of staggered canvas banners to welcome customers into the store”. |
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Regarding the Vestibule Graphic, A.R.E. stated that “creating a store that had history and appeared to be an imported concept from the Old World, designers meshed a turn-of-the-century British trading concept with typical boutique elements. Fonts and logos in vanilla white over chocolate brown combined antique and modern styles, as witnessed in the oversized 12-ft. by 8-ft. vestibule graphic of acrylic and self-adhesive vinyl printed with a shadowed chef, recognizable kitchen utensils, and a French quote on the joys of cooking”. |
The store was designed by Ruscio
Studio,
Montreal, PQ, Canada
Fixtures Agenco
Millwork,
Montreal, PQ, Canada
Fixtures Pedlex
Storage Products Ltd.,
Montreal, PQ, Canada
General Contracting Dama Construction, Dorval, PQ, Canada
Photography Leeza Studio, Longueuil, PQ, Canada
Visual Elements Hyegrafix,
St. Laurent, PQ, Canada
February 2009
Stark & Whyte was chosen as Retail
Store of the Year in North America:
Stark & Whyte has won first place for best store design in North America
in the category of "Hardlines 5,000 to 15,000 sq.ft." The store
was designed by Ruscio Studio of Montreal, Canada.
November 2008
Stark & Whyte is featured in the November issue of Homestyle
Magazine: Canada's Houseware Magazine.
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