Marketing

Foot Locker opens community Power Store on West Coast

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August 31, 2020

Foot Locker is celebrating the grand opening of its first West Coast community-based Power Store, in Compton, California.

The 12,800-foot store boasts an elevated retail experience featuring exclusive product, custom store artwork, curbside window pickup and an activation area for hosting community events, according to a press release.

"As part of our commitment to bring the best localized expression of Foot Locker to consumers, we are excited to expand our Power Store model to the West Coast with a new location in Compton," Bryon Milburn, SVP and general manager of Foot Locker U.S., said in the release. "Compton is a passionate market for sneaker culture, and we look forward to creating immersive brand connections from the local store staff, to the in-store experiences and products we offer."

Foot Locker has committed to hiring locals by partnering with the City of Compton to recruit talent within a five-mile radius of the store. It has also engaged two local artists, Mel Depaz and AngelOnce, to design custom artwork for the interior and exterior of the store, as well as hosting neighborhood clean-ups and maintaining a community garden.

The Power Store is located at 205 E Compton Blvd., Compton, CA 90220. The Compton store comes after openings of Foot Locker Power Stores in Detroit, Philadelphia, New York, London, Liverpool and Hong Kong. Upcoming stores are planned for communities in Chicago and Vancouver, B.C.