One of Chicago's Favorite Specialty Retail Stores Opens 3rd Location in Minneapolis
President and CEO Lindsay Gaskins started Marbles: The Brain Store with the simple idea of finding the best brain games out there and putting them all in one place. Not just products for aging baby boomers concerned about memory loss and victims of brain disorders like stroke, Alzheimer's, dementia and ADHD. But also products for anyone who wanted to improve focus and attention, enhance creativity, become better multi-taskers and get the most out of the smartest supercomputer out there: the brain.
Marbles is a one-of-a-kind retail store with a smart collection of hand-picked, expert-tested, certifiably fun ways to a healthier brain for all ages. The stores are designed to let you roll up your sleeves and get a little brainy while you play games, solve puzzles, try out software and flip through books to find the right products for you and your family.
Gaskins' idea was supported by some pretty compelling research and mind-boggling advances in the field of neuroplasticity. So she and her team went for it — opening a kiosk at the Woodfield Mall to test the concept in 2008. After a lot of learning from the kiosk, they decided to open a store in downtown Chicago on Grand Avenue in October 2008. With a bigger space, customers could actually play with every product. The staff had to play with every product, too, in order to field questions from our brainy customers. The response was phenomenal so they opened three more Chicagoland stores in 2009 with plans for 4 more stores (3 in Minnesota, 1 in Chicagoland) in 2010. The rest, as they say, is history. Albeit, a short one. Which means they're just getting started.
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Other Marbles: The Brain Store locations: |
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Mall of America, Bloomington, MN |
216 North Garden |
Bloomington, MN 55425 |
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Rosedale Shopping Center |
Roseville, MN 55113 |
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Downtown Chicago |
Chicago, IL 60611 |
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Woodfield Mall |
Schaumburg, IL 60154 |
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Old Orchard Shopping Center |
Skokie, IL 60077 |
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Lincoln Square, Chicago |
Chicago, IL 60625 |
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Downtown Naperville |
Naperville, IL 60540 |
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A full product assortment and the latest news and research on brain health is also available at www.marblesthebrainstore.com.
Contacts:
Marbles: The Brain Store
Susan Bulley, (312) 543-7999 (cell)
susan@marblesthebrainstore.com