Black Friday Extravaganza

The busiest shopping day of the year is upon us - Black Friday! We all know what that means: waking up early, long lines at Starbucks, and Sales Galore! This year, Designers Center will be doing our first ever Black Friday Event! Everyone on our mailing list should have received a promotion and gift guide for the day, but if not, here is the rundown:

FROM 6am - 8am:
- 40% Off all Giuseppe Armani Sculptures
- 50% Off all Hummel Figurines
- FREE Skagen sunglasses with the purchase of a Skagen watch
- 50% Off all Lenox figurines
- FREE Vera Bradley Skinny Tote ($39 value) for the first 20 people to spend $100

AFTER 8am:
- 25% off all Giuseppe Armani Sculptures
- 25% off all Hummel Figurines
- 25% off all Lenox Figurines

ALL DAY PROMOTIONS:
- FREE Lladro silk scarf with any Lladro purchase
- FREE Franz panda sculpture ($45 value) with any $100 Franz purchase
- FREE ELLE Jewelry tote bag with any ELLE purchase
- FREE Brighton Ornament ($25 value) with any $100 Brighton purchase
- SALE TABLE: Great values on discontinued/overstock merchandise

Take advantage of these one day only specials! As always, we gift wrap for FREE and ship to your friends and family out of the area.

You CHARM Us

To ring in the Holiday Season, we are kicking things off this weekend with a Brighton Trunk Show featuring the ever-popular Brighton ABC Charms! Our You CHARM Us Trunk Show will be held tomorrow from 10am to 4pm! We have tons of charms in stock and lots of bracelets ready to be charmed! Arrive early for the best selection!These charm bracelets are great Christmas gifts and as always, we gift wrap for free!

At 1:00pm we are giving away our Grand Door Prize: a $240 Brighton leather handbag!

Don't forget to get your Pre-Orders in for our Franz Signing Event with Junnie Fu on Saturday December 13! We have FREE GIFTS for you when you order by the end of this weekend!

Become a Fan

On Facebook? Become a "FAN" of Designers Center! Our brand new Facebook page is up and running - this is a great place to interact with Designers Center when your not here in person. You can post photos of your collections, review us, start a discussion thread, and find out about all of our upcoming events! To join our Facebook page, CLICK HERE!

Two New Boutiques

For those readers that have followed the evolution of our store since we reopened Designers Center in 2005, you have seen a clear trend. Our store has not only become a store of higher end brand names, but we have gone to great lengths to enhance the shopping experience of some of these lines by adding a "Shop-in-Shop" or a boutique to our store layout.

We are very excited to announce that we have opened two new boutiques within our store: PANDORA Jewelry and ELLE Jewelry!

Our PANDORA Shop-in-Shop is the first one in the state of California, and provides shoppers with an experience similar to that of PANDORA's flagship stores that are scattered throughout Denmark. Clean and simple designs allow for the entire jewelry line to be displayed clearly for shoppers to view and understand the PANDORA concept. These types of displays have become a growing trend with PANDORA retailers, and we are very proud to provide this experience to our dedicated PANDORA customers. By the way, a merchandising representative from PANDORA will be in our store tomorrow to help with some finishing touches, so stop by to chat (and show off your bracelet) if you have a chance.

The ELLE Boutique is not only unique to our store and California, but to the entire country. We have been given the opportunity to showcase the ELLE Jewelry collection like no other store by using their fantastic new showcase to highlight their sterling silver jewelry. If you are not familiar with the ELLE line, it is a contemporary collection of jewelry designed in Montreal, with each piece containing a genuine ruby as a trademark. To kick off the new boutique, we are giving away a FREE ELLE TOTE BAG with any ELLE purchase through Christmas! Look for some of our ELLE ads in the SF Chronicle coming up!

Independance from Sales Tax

On November 4th and 5th, bring in proof of voting and Designers Center will pay the sales tax on all Brighton purchases! Be proud of your independence and be independent from sales tax!

What a weekend!

Join us this Saturday, November 8th from 1pm-4pm for an amazing day of events at Designers Center!

To kick things off we are hosting our first ever SKAGEN Trunk Show! Skagen is a sleek line of Danish designed watches, jewelry, eye ware, and handbags. Our fantastic Skagen rep will be on hand to assist customers and chat about the line. There are FREE gifts galore for this event:

Purchase 1 Skagen Item: Get a Skagen Gift Bag full of fun Skagen items

Purchase 2 Skagen Items: Get a FREE Pair of Skagen Sunglasses

Purchase 3 Skagen Items: Get a FREE Skagen Watch

Quantities are limited on these items, so arrive early for the best selection!

PLUS, each hour we are giving away a FREE Skagen watch!

The second event of the day features our Swarovski crystal line, and in particular, the 2008 Annual Edition Pandas. We will have the Pandas, along with all the other SCS items available for instant redemption. As well, this is your last chance to purchase the 2008 Event Piece, Gecko. The Gecko has been very well received and is available on Saturday ONLY for $109.99!

PLUS, receive a FREE Panda shirt with a $100 Swarovski purchase. We will have Swarovski door prizes each hour as well!

Don't miss these great events this weekend - this is a great time to get your holiday shopping started. As always, we are taking layaways for Christmas!