Relios a 33-year-old southwestern jewelry company that has gained recognition on the TV shopping network QVC, will be opening its first retail store at ABQ Uptown on Nov. 14. The store is owned by Relios’ husband-wife team Carolyn and Bill Pollack.
“This is the perfect time for Relios to be expanding its reach into the local retail arena,” says Carolyn Pollack, the firm’s designer.
“Lots of people ask us where to go in Albuquerque to see all the great designs they love from our Sincerely Southwest on QVC or www.Relios Jewelry.com, and now we have a place where we can direct them. It’s very exciting!” says Pollack. “We can’t show everything we carry on QVC, so in the new store you will discover of hundreds of unexpected finds.”
Relios outgrew its 11,000-square-foot factory and moved into a new 25,000-square-foot factory in northeast Albuquerque, earlier this year, allowing the company to double its production capacity and expand services to customers. It now serves customers from all over the U.S. with made-in-U.S.A. designer styles and contemporary southwestern looks.
The company started in Bill Pollack’s Albuquerque garage in the 1970s and has steadily grown, landing its first national account in 1978 with JC Penney.
ABQ Uptown is the Duke City’s upscale lifestyle shopping center and since opening in 2006 has sought to introduce new retail names to Albquuerque. Few of its tenants, such as Pottery Barn or Coldwater Creek, are locally based.
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