Blu Dot, the Minneapolis-based home furnishings brand, has opened its first store in Dallas, Texas, marking the company’s 11th store within the U.S. Blu Dot’s brick-and-mortar footprint, has grown to 14 global locations since 2008, including outposts in Mexico and Australia, that each average 10,000 square feet.
The 9,600-square-foot store is located on Dallas’ McKinney Avenue in the Knox Henderson neighborhood, an upscale shopping and cultural destination for locals and visitors. Blu Dot worked with the architectural and design firm Far+Dang to build a brick-clad, warehouse-style building. Custom-built white oak structures act as floating screens to provide dimension and intimacy to the immense loft-life space. Inside these imagined spaces, a curated selection of pieces for both the home and office are creatively displayed in vignettes, allowing customers to envision their designs in real settings. The location also features two patios that showcase Blu Dot’s growing collection of outdoor furniture.
“Twenty-five years ago, we loaded up the van with Blu Dot’s first prototypes and drove to New York with a vision,” said John Christakos, CEO. “Since then, we’ve steadily grown over time attracting some loyal fans along the way, while most importantly, remaining true to our purpose of inspiring a more creative way of living through good design that’s good to everyone. We can’t wait to make new friends in Dallas!”
Over this year and next Blu Dot will open six new stores, growing its retail footprint by 40%. Locations to open in 2023 include Palo Alto, California; Boston, Massachusetts and a second store in New York City.
To sustain the brand’s continued growth, Blu Dot is building a new enhanced warehouse of over 400,000 square feet complete with technological guidance systems and robotics to improve efficiency and safety. Additionally, it nearly doubled its headquarters in Minneapolis, Minnesota with a recent renovation and expansion to encompass its own in-house photo studio and outlet store on the 57,000-square-foot campus.
Earlier this year, Blu Dot opened retail stores in San Francisco, California and Miami, Florida in addition to introducing its first complete bedding collection.
