Media Alert: IT’SUGAR Opens at Navy Pier in Downtown Chicago
October 10 2018 - 12:34PM
Cheeky, Indulgent, and Humorous Specialty Candy
Retailer Opened Beacon of Sweetness at Iconic City
Landmark
IT’SUGAR, one of the largest specialty candy retailers in the
world, consisting of over 100 retail locations, announced today
that it recently opened a new store in Chicago’s iconic Navy Pier.
Customers visiting the Navy Pier store will be immersed in an
environment that draws inspiration from the historic Chicago
location. Vintage candy advertisements throughout the store pays
homage to Chicago’s cherished candy history.
“We are thrilled to finally bring our brand to
Navy Pier, a centerpiece for Chicago’s diverse arts and cultural
treasures, which is synonymous with old-world Chicago,” said Jeff
Rubin, CEO and Founder of IT’SUGAR. “We look forward to sharing the
IT’SUGAR experience with the community. This one-of-a-kind store is
a truly unique destination filled with candy, gag gifts, and fun
novelty items for people of all ages.”
IT’SUGAR’s 2,000 square-foot Navy Pier location
in Chicago, the “Candy Capital of the World,” offers the unique
candy and novelty products for which the brand is known.
Among hundreds of confections, customers will find everything from
over-the-top indulgences to ridiculously funny specialty items—like
an all-marshmallow cereal box, IT’SUGAR’s exclusive line of
Saturday Night Live Candy, the World’s Largest boxes of Nerds and
Sour Patch Kids, and giant boxes of All Pink Starbursts. The store
will also feature IT’SUGAR’s newly created, “Taste of Chicago Box”,
an exclusive collection of candies featuring products that
originated in Chicago, such as: Tootsie Rolls®, Razzles®, Baby
Ruth®, Juicy Fruit®, Charleston Chew®, Sugar Daddy®, Chuckles®, and
more.
Located at 600 E. Grand Avenue, IT’SUGAR at the
Navy Pier is opened Monday through Thursday from 10:00 a.m. to
10:00 p.m., Friday and Saturday 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m., and
Sunday from 1:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. For more information, please
visit www.itsugar.com.
IT’SUGAR is a member of BBX Capital
Corporation’s (NYSE: BBX) family of companies and a subsidiary of
BBX Sweet Holdings, LLC.
About IT’SUGARFounded by candy
veteran Jeff Rubin in 2006, this sweet experiential retail
environment has become the largest specialty candy retailer in the
world. The IT’SUGAR Empire consists of over 100 retail locations in
U.S. hotspots such as New York, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, San
Francisco, Miami, and Chicago. Known for their absurdly wonderful
sugar innovations that celebrate lighthearted rebellion, IT’SUGAR
aspires to a future where everyone has access to the pure joy that
comes from indulging in a world with fewer rules and more
sugar.
About BBX Capital
Corporation:BBX Capital Corporation (NYSE: BBX) (OTCQX:
BBXTB), is a Florida-based diversified holding company whose
activities include its 90 percent ownership interest in Bluegreen
Vacations Corporation (NYSE: BXG) as well as its real estate and
middle market divisions which includes its ownership interest in
IT’SUGAR. For additional information, please visit
www.BBXCapital.com.
BBX Capital Corporation
Contact:Investor Relations: Leo Hinkley, Managing
Director/Investor Relations Officer954-940-5300, Email:
LHinkley@BBXCapital.com
Media Relations Contacts: Kip
Hunter Marketing, 954-765-1329, Nicole Lewis / Shannon O’Malley
Email: nicole@kiphuntermarketing.com,
shannon@kiphuntermarketing.com
This press release contains forward-looking
statements that involve a number of risks and uncertainties. All
opinions, forecasts, projections, future plans or other statements,
other than statements of historical fact, are forward-looking
statements. The forward-looking statements in this press release
are also forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section
27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities
Act”), and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended (the “Exchange Act”), and involve substantial risks and
uncertainties. We can give no assurance that such expectations will
prove to be correct. Future results could differ materially as a
result of a variety of risks and uncertainties, many of which are
outside of the control of management. Risks and uncertainties
include, without limitation, the risks and uncertainties affecting
the specialty candy retail industry in which IT’SUGAR operates; and
the risks that IT’SUGAR’s growth strategies or its newly opened
Navy Pier Chicago store may not achieve the returns anticipated or
may not be profitable. In addition to the risks and factors
identified above, reference is also made to other risks and factors
detailed in reports filed by the Company with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, which are available in the Company’s Quarterly
Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2018, and its
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2017,
which may be viewed on the SEC's website, www.sec.gov, or on BBX
Capital’s website, www.BBXCapital.com. BBX Capital cautions that
the foregoing factors are not exclusive.
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