News / Events
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Hillary Venti
Communications Coordinator / Office Manager
hventi@csparksco.com
708.449.4030, ext. 7720
2010
| January–October |
awarded multiple Starbucks sites |
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| March |
awarded Macy’s new prototype for women’s shoe department in Oakbrook, IL |
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| August |
Adler Planetarium store opens in Chicago |
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| September |
DDI awards Charles Sparks + Company as Influencer & Design Portfolio (Most Exciting Design Firms of the Year) |
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| September |
awarded new Paul Stuart store at LaSalle & Adams, Chicago, IL |
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| October |
Macy’s, Oakbrook, IL new prototype for women’s shoe department opens |
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2009
| August |
Charles Sparks named Retail Design Luminary by DDI Magazine for exceptional career achievement in retail design. |
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| June |
Three shops in the new Modern Wing of the Art Institute of Chicago open. |
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| June |
Best Buy Michigan Avenue, Chicago opens. |
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| June |
Charles Sparks + Company is awarded Neiman Marcus, Walnut Creek, CA. |
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| September |
Neiman Marcus, Bellevue, WA opens. |
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2008
| November |
Paul Stuart Oak Street, Chicago opens. |
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| October |
DDI Magazine awards the Charles Sparks team with the Most Exciting Design Firm Portfolio Award for exceptional retail design work in the year 2008. |
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| October |
Charles Sparks receives recognition by DDI Magazine for being nominated by his peers as a “ Retail Design Influencer,” a select group of retail design professionals who have raised the bar in their industry. |
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| June 8 |
The Contemporary Jewish Museum Store opens. |
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| March 8 |
Sparks earns Chain Store Age’s 2007 Retail Store of the Year Design Competition First Place Award for Best Buy, Upper West Side, New York City. |
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| March 8 |
Sparks earns Chain Store Age’s 2007 Retail Store of the Year Design Competition First Prize in the Museum Shops category for the Chicago Botanic Garden Shop. |
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| February |
Starbucks Corporation engages Charles Sparks + Company as one of several consultants in the strategic development of new concepts for their stores. |
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| January 14 |
Sparks receives special category award for Innovative Finishes/Uses for the Chicago Botanic Garden Shop from the ISP/VM+SD 2007 International Store Design Competition. |
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| January 14 |
The Retail Design Institute, formerly known as The Institute of Store Planners, inducts Charles Sparks into its Retail Legion of Honor in recognition of outstanding career achievement in the field of retail store design. |
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2007
| November 30 |
Spertus Shop opens at the Spertus Institute, Chicago. |
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| October 26 |
Best Buy Upper West Side, New York City Grand Opening. |
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| October 18 |
Sparks earns prestigious award for the Chicago Botanic Garden Shop from ASID Illinois Chapter 2007 Design Excellence Awards. |
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| July 17 |
Akron Art Museum Store opens. |
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| June 9 |
The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art Store opens. |
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| June 6 |
Ravinia Festival Gift Shop opens. |
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| April 4 |
Chicago Botanic Garden Gift Shop opens. |
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| April 1 |
The Farmers’ Museum Gift Store opens. |
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| January 15 |
Sparks captures First Place from ISP/VM+SD for the Mariposa Restaurant at Neiman Marcus Boca Raton. |
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