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Sam Moon finds a perfect blend of fashionable and
inexpensive
For the past 21 years, Sam Moon Trading Co. has used a simple formula to keep
its customers coming back for more: fashionable merchandise and low costs. Sam
Moon Group was established in 1984 as a wholesale/importer of general
merchandise. The company adjusted its business model over the years to address
the constantly changing fashion industry. In 1991, the company set out to become
a leader in providing its consumers with the latest fashion trends while at the
same time maintain its wholesale pricing. Sam Moon Group met its goal and is now
one of the premier sources of high fashion for not a lot of dollars.
While Sam Moon Group offers a lot of jewelry and accessories; the company also
offers travel gear and home furnishing items in its stores. Sam Moon Luggage &
Gifts carries every brand name imaginable all for less than anywhere else. It
also provides a large selection of travel accessories along with brand name
perfumes, watches and sunglasses. The company’s Home Decor Store offers products
for the home at reasonable prices. The stores also offer an array of distinctive
merchandise like accent furniture, framed art, mirrors, lamps and candles. For
anyone who would want to take advantage of the company’s wholesale prices but
doesn’t live in the Dallas or Frisco area, most of Sam Moon’s items are
available online at www.sammoon.com. The company currently operates locations in
Dallas and Frisco, TX. The Dallas store is located at 11635 Harry Hines
Boulevard and boasts wide aisles and ample parking. Both of these amenities have
proven necessary for a store that’s developed into a standing room only hot
spot. The Frisco store is located at the intersection of Highway 121 and Preston
and is situated in front of the Stonebriar Center. The company plans to open two
more locations in San Antonio and Houston during the spring. Sam Moon stores
occupy spaces of 40,500 sq.ft. in freestanding buildings and strip and lifestyle
centers. Growth opportunities are sought throughout TX during the coming 18
months. The company prefers to acquire sites, but will consider leasing.
Sam Moon Group has also diversified its company and currently owns, operates,
and develops its own restaurants and real estate. Its other retail divisions
trade as Dave’s Deli, which serves snack items like hot dogs, pizza and subs
with a Moonlite Coffee cafe located inside of the deli. Its portfolio includes
Sam Moon Center Dallas, the125,000 sq.ft. center was completed in December 2003.
The project is tenanted by independently owned boutiques to corporate outlets
like Haggars Clothing Co., Jones New York and Nine West. Sam Moon Center Frisco,
a 40,000 sq. ft. center, located in Frisco, TX and connected to the Stonebriar
Mall ring road, was completed in May of 2003; Moon Plaza Dallas, a 50,000 sq.ft.
center was completed in January of 2001 and is one of the most accessible and
visible centers in the Dallas Asian Trade District. The Sam Moon Group acquired
Gilbert Plaza, in the Garden Grove, CA during December of 1999. The Garden Grove
center includes 13 national and local retail/restaurant tenants. The company
purchased land in February 2005 to develop the Sam Moon Center near The
Woodlands, TX. The 157,580 sq.ft. center will be located on the front 16 acres,
adjacent to Interstate 45. The remaining acreage will include a par three golf
course with a driving range. The look of the center will combine the feel of an
Italian village with the fixtures of a modern lifestyle center. Sam Moon Center
Woodlands is slated to open in the summer of 2006. Last month, Sam Moon Group
purchased land in the north Ft. Worth area to open Sam Moon Center Ft. Worth.
Sam Moon Center Ft. Worth in the Alliance area is slated to open in the spring
of 2007 tentatively. The privately-held Sam Moon Group plans to build 150,000
sq.ft. of retail space along the east side of Interstate 35W between Heritage
Trace Parkway and North Tarrant Parkway.
For more information, contact Sam Moon, President, Sam Moon Trading Co., 11826
Harry Hines Boulevard, Dallas, TX 75234; 972-484-3084; Web site:
www.sammoongroup.com.
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