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City Chic to Roll Out California Stores

City Chic, an Australian retailer of women’s plus-sized fashion, opened its first American store Aug. 1 at the Westfield Culver City retail center, located off a busy stretch of the San Diego (405) Freeway.

The store in Culver City, Calif., will be the first in a roll-out of six City Chic shops in Southern California, said Phil Ryan, City Chic’s president. The retailers other stores are scheduled to be opened in Brea, Glendale and the Los Angeles suburb of Northridge, as well as at the Westfield Mission Valley in San Diego and the Galleria at Tyler in Riverside.

“We’re very excited to launch in the U.S.,” Ryan said. “City Chic offers the American woman an original experience as we know there is a gap in the market for fashionable, sexy plus-size designs.”

The vertical retailer will offer its private-label looks featuring denim, lingerie, trendy fashions and special-occasion dresses. Since October 2013, City Chic has been available in the United States at Nordstrom’s e-commerce site (http://shop.nordstrom.com). City Chic runs 100 doors located in Australia, New Zealand and South Africa.