Kohls department stores may come to valley
A Kohls department store may be coming to North Logan.
Nevin Limberg, former economic director for Logan City, mentioned the development on Nov. 4 at a North Logan City Council meeting. Limberg resigned from his position in Logan City on Oct. 29.
Limberg was giving advice to the North Logan Economic Development Committee when he mentioned the Kohls store before quickly moving on to other comments.
When the mayor of North Logan, Val Potter, was contacted last week about the possibility of a Kohls store coming to North Logan, he said although there have been discussions with developers of Kohls, he can’t say anything more. He did say he expected an announcement very soon.
Kohls stores have discounted items for men, women and children as well as home furnishings. Kohls carries goods from brands such as Columbia, Union Bay, Dickies, KitchenAid and Pfaltzgraf.
The store carries items from clothing to small electronics, bedding to luggage and also a bridal registry.
In the past year, Kohls has opened or announced five stores in the Salt Lake area. Currently, they have stores in American Fork and Layton. Stores are under construction in Draper, West Jordan and West Valley City.
Kohls began as a single store in Milwaukee, Wis., by the Kohl family in 1962. Kohls now operates more than 600 stores in 40 states and they plan on opening 95 more stores in 2005.
In the past nine months, they reported net sales of $7.6 billion, up more than 20 percent from last year. This is a notable sales increase during a year that other comparable stores sales remained relatively flat. Kohls also has more than 100,000 associates across the country.
Bobbie Coray, president and CEO of the Cache Camber of Commerce, would not return phone calls as of Tuesday evening regarding the rumored store.
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