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by Danny Rubin

Account Manager, Rubin Communications Group

Over the past two weeks, you couldn’t help but hear about the grand opening of West Marine’s new flagship store in Virginia Beach.

The reason? The Rubin Communications media blitz that positioned West Marine and its top local staff on TV, in print and on prominent local news web sites. With interviews on “The Hampton Roads Show,” WVEC-TV, WNIS 790 AM and key write-ups in The Virginian Pilot, Inside Business and WTKR.com, West Marine was top of mind across South Hampton Roads.

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

WATSONVILLE, Calif. (August 27, 2013) – West Marine (Nasdaq:WMAR), the country’s largest specialty retailer of boating supplies and accessories, will host a grand opening celebration for its new flagship store in Virginia Beach on Thursday, September 12 through Sunday, September 15. There will be a host of activities for boaters, anglers, sailors, paddlers and water enthusiasts of all ages at the 23,000 square foot store in the Loehmann’s Plaza Shopping Center at 4000 Virginia Beach Boulevard. (more…)

by Danny Rubin

Account Manager, Rubin Communications Group

The team at Rubin Communications Group is hard at work prepping for the grand opening weekend at the new flagship West Marine store in Loehmann’s Plaza on Va Beach Boulevard. The store is open now, but the big celebration takes place September 12-15, 2013.

The four days are stuffed to the gills with events (it is a fishing and boating store, after all) and everything begins on September 12 with a huge party. Wanna come? Read the details below.

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Outlet: Tidewater Biz/ Daily Press

California-based West Marine is consolidating its three stores in Norfolk and Virginia Beach into one “flagship” store on Virginia Beach Boulevard.

The boating supplies, fishing and watersports retailer wanted to show a variety of products in one 23,000-square-foot location in Loehmann’s Plaza Shopping Center in Virginia Beach, according to a news release. The new store opens Sept. 12. (more…)

Outlet: The Virginian-Pilot

West Marine, the boat and water products retailer, announced Thursday that it plans to close its three South Hampton Roads stores and consolidate them into a “flagship” store in Virginia Beach.

The 23,000-square-foot store is slated to open Sept. 12 at 4000 Virginia Beach Blvd., in Loehmann’s Plaza Shopping Center. It is bigger than the three existing stores combined, according to West Marine, based in Watsonville, Calif. (more…)

by Danny Rubin

Account Manager, Rubin Communications Group

We are excited to announce West Marine, an RCG client, will open a flagship store in Virginia Beach at the end of the summer and kick everything off with a four-day celebration September 12-15. Our team is working hard on the special events that weekend, particularly the grand opening celebration known as “Cruising for a Cause,” which benefits local fishing and boating nonprofits.

Stay tuned for more on the West Marine grand opening!

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