Tiffany & Co. - Stores

Stores

Since 1940, Tiffany's flagship store has been located at the corner of Fifth Avenue and 57th Street in Manhattan, New York City. The polished granite exterior is well known for its window displays. The store has been the location for a number of films including Breakfast at Tiffany's, starring Audrey Hepburn; and Sweet Home Alabama, starring Reese Witherspoon. The former Tiffany and Company Building on 37th Street is on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.

As of January 31, 2007, the Company operated 64 Tiffany & Co. stores in the US, which totaled approximately 486,000 gross square feet; and 103 Tiffany & Co. international stores, which totaled approximately 306,000 gross square feet.

When it opened in 1990, the Tiffany & Co. store at Fairfax Square in Tysons Corner, VA became the largest outside of New York with 14,500 sq ft (1,350 m2) of retail space.

Tiffany & Co. reported in 2006 that its location at South Coast Plaza in Costa Mesa, CA was its most profitable location followed by its New York City flagship, Boston Copley Place, and Ala Moana Shopping Center in Honolulu.

Tiffany & Co. has announced its second store opening in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia at Pavilion Kuala Lumpur in September 2007, coinciding with the shopping mall opening. The store has 1,700 sq ft (160 m2) retail space and features the same decor elements as its New York flagship. Recently opened stores in the United States include the Natick Collection in Natick, MA, which opened in September 2007; Mohegan Sun casino in Connecticut and the Providence Place mall in Providence, R.I., which both opened in November 2007. There is a Tiffany store in Columbus, OH at the Easton Mall. There are several other stores in Connecticut, including New York City suburbs of Greenwich and Westport, and the affluent Hartford suburbs at Farmington (Westfarms Mall).

In the United Kingdom there is a Tiffany store in Terminal 5 at London's Heathrow airport, which opened at the end of March 2008 and a store in the Westfield London shopping centre in Shepherd's Bush. Also a store is situated on the intersection of Burlington Gardens & New Bond Street.

Tiffany & Co. opened its flagship Irish store, a concession in Brown Thomas on Dublin's Grafton Street in October 2008. It is the biggest of the group's European outlets. In October 2008, Tiffany's opened a store in Madrid, Spain, and brought the Tiffany Yellow Diamond (pictured at right) to the opening.

In Australia, Tiffany & Co. have a flagship store located on Collins Street in Melbourne. Other stores include Melbourne (Chadstone Shopping Centre), Sydney (Castlereagh Street, DFS Galleria - George Street), Brisbane (Queens Plaza) and Perth (King Street).

On March 8, 2001, Tiffany's launched the first Latin American store in São Paulo, Brazil, located in the Iguatemi São Paulo shopping center. The company opened a second store in the city on October 20, 2003, near the famous Oscar Freire Street.

In January 2010, Tiffany's opened their first store in Bogotá, Colombia in Hayuelos Shopping Mall.

During 2011 Tiffany's opened a store in MultiplazaEscazu.

Also, on September 9, 2011, Tiffany's opened their newest store in Richmond, VA in Stony Point Fashion Park.

Tiffany's also has locations in large Southern Cities like Atlanta, Georgia and Charlotte, North Carolina.

In 2004, Tiffany & Co. created another chain of stores, Iridesse, dedicated to pearl-only jewelry. The company operated 16 stores in Florida, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, California, Illinois, Massachusetts, and Virginia. The chain operated at a loss since its founding, and the company announced in early 2009 that it would discontinue Iridesse due to the economic climate of the time, despite reportedly still believing in the concept.