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C.O. Bigelow Apothecaries is an American pharmacy currently owned by Ian Ginsberg. C.O. Bigelow was founded in 1838 in New York's Greenwich Village. The original store is home to Allegra the Cat, who wanders the store, mingling with the customers. Limited Brands has an agreement to open and operate stores bearing the name and are operated as very upscale beauty and skin care stores to compete with other stores such as Sephora and Neiman Marcus. Certain products from the line are sold in Bath and Body Works stores throughout the United States. Due to its longevity and popularity, C.O. Bigelow was honored with a Village Award〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.gvshp.org/_gvshp/events/awards.htm )〕 from the Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation in 2002. ==Stores== There are currently no stores open but products may still be bought at Bath and Body works. The only store still operating is the original Sixth Avenue store in Greenwich Village. Website is www.bigelowchemist.com. A significant portion of the chain's brick and mortar stores have closed. The Easton Town Center store in Columbus, Ohio closed its doors in February 2012.〔(C.O. Bigelow at Easton closing, leaving chain with just 2 stores - Columbus - Business First )〕 Several stores closed in 2009: Northshore Mall in Peabody, Massachusetts closed June 28, 2009; Westfield Garden State Plaza in Paramus, New Jersey closed September 4, 2009; and Plaza at King of Prussia in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania/Upper Merion Township, Pennsylvania closed July 1, 2009. Other closed stores were located in Copley Place in Boston, Westfield Hawthorn Center in Vernon Hills, Illinois and Water Tower Place in Chicago, which closed in 2010. The location at Woodfield Mall in Schaumburg, Illinois closed on August 18, 2012. A C.O. Bigelow store was to be built in Tysons Corner Center in Tysons Corner, Virginia, but the scheduled construction was canceled. As of now, new stores are on hold. C.O. Bigelow products remain available on the company's Web site. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「C. O. Bigelow」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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