1.   Wandsworth was the first new store to open with staff wearing the new design, as seen in the last issue of the Journal.

2.   East Grinstead is the first store to be built with a fully self service staff restaurant, which will be the model for all future branches.

3.   And she has now secured a location for her first freestanding store in the United States, in SoHo.

4.   And Zany Brainy, which opened its first store three years ago, is not the only one to have had that bright idea.

5.   ATLANTA - Home Depot has opened the doors of its first Internet store to customers in Las Vegas.

6.   Atlanta-based Home Depot Inc., which has its first two area stores under construction and another planned, may be the buyer, they said.

7.   Backers say it may be the first mall store run by students in the country.

8.   BCBG has also launched its first Milan store, a two-story open space that houses both the BCBG Max Azria line and a downstairs restaurant.

9.   About the same time that Zany Brainy arrived on the Philadelphia scene, Learningsmith opened its first store in Chestnut Hill, near Boston.

10.   After a long battle, the retailing behemoth will open its first store in Vermont, the only state without one.