- M&M's World
M&M's World is a store that specializes in everything from M&M's Candy to M&M's clothing. The most famous location is in the
Las Vegas Strip inParadise, Nevada but stores also opened inNew York City in 2006 andOrlando, Florida in 2005.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.]Las Vegas location
The Las Vegas location received eight million visitors in 2007.
New York City location
The New York City store is within a 24,000-square-foot, three-level glass box, in
Times Square . It includes a 50-foot-wide, two-storey-high, "wall of chocolate", made up of 72 continuous candy-filled tubes. M&M bills it as "the world's largest". [Wilson, Marianne (May 2007). "M&M's Taste for Color", "Chain Store Age", 83 (5): 180–181.]M&M World in Times Square is New York City's largest candy store, and offers merchandise such as themed clothing, dishware, watches, and piggy banks. Before it opened in 2006, nearly 13,000 people lined up for the 198 jobs, which were in demand because of a more generous health benefit package than is usually offered for an entry-level retail job in New York. [Kadushin, Peter. "Got a job? Sweet! Lucky few savor new gigs at M&M's World Times Square Store", "
New York Daily News ", 2006-12-07, p. 2.]Orlando location
Located in
The Florida Mall , the 17,500-square-foot Orlando store was named "international store of the year" for 2006 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", "The Columbus Dispatch ", 2007-02-01, p. E1.]References
External links
* [http://www.vegas.com/attractions/on_the_strip/mandmworld.html M&M World information at vegas.com]
* [http://www.mymms.com/merchandise/ Official M&M'S World Site]
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