Belk at Governor’s Square Mall to Host Grand Re-opening

Event Will Include a $5,000 Check Presentation to Clarksville-Montgomery County Education Foundation and 400 Free Belk Gift Cards Worth $5.00-$500.00

Charlotte, NC – Belk, the nation’s largest privately owned mainline department store company, will host Grand Re-Opening events at each of its 19 newly remodeled stores on Wednesday, October 10th, including the Belk at Governor’s Square Mall, to celebrate its $600 million overall investment to company improvements including store remodels, information technology platforms, branding, eCommerce, merchandise planning, strategic sourcing and customer care.

“Our business has experienced tremendous changes, including our target customer, our assortments, our logo, our marketing, our technology, and many others,” said Johnny Belk, president and COO. “Belk has evolved and innovated to meet the changing marketplace and demands of our customers.”

Over the past several years, Belk has been focused on making its shopping environment more compelling, while delivering new business capabilities for growth and profitability. The newly remodeled Belk stores will provide a modern shopping environment, including expanded merchandise selections.

“Belk appreciates its Clarksville customers and these improvements demonstrate our ongoing commitment to be the top department store of choice in our community,” said Amy Eley, store manager. “We want to complement the Southern lifestyle of our customers by continuing to deliver top brands at a value they deserve.”

Belk at Governor’s Square Mall will host its Grand Re-opening celebration on Wednesday, October 10th. This event will include a catered media breakfast, store tour and $5,000 check presentation to the Clarksville-Montgomery County Education Foundation. After the ribbon cutting at 9:30am, the first 400 customers in line will receive a free Belk gift card worth $5.00 – $500.00 dollars.

About Belk at Governor’s Square Mall

Belk has served the Clarksville, Tennessee community since 1938 and opened the Governor’s Square location 1987. The newly remodeled store offers a modern shopping environment with the latest display fixtures, new tile flooring, ceilings and energy-efficient lighting, as well as updated restrooms and fitting rooms. With the store’s $2.5 million renovation, several new brands have been added to its collection of top fashion and home brands and the expanded shoe department will now offer Via Neroli, Eurosoft and Mountrek.

Belk at Governor’s Square Mall values community involvement and is proud of its continued support of the Clarksville-Montgomery County Education Foundation and other Clarksville charitable and community organizations.

About Belk, Inc.

Charlotte, NC – based Belk, Inc. (www.belk.com) is the nation’s largest privately owned mainline department store company with 303 Belk stores located in 16 Southern states.  The company was founded in 1888 by William Henry Belk in Monroe, NC, and is in the third generation of Belk family leadership.

Its belk.com website offers a wide assortment of fashion apparel, shoes and accessories for the entire family along with top name cosmetics, a wedding registry and a large selection of quality merchandise for the home. To connect with Belk via Facebook, Pinterest, Twitter, YouTube, blog, mobile phone text messages or by email, go to: Belk Get Connected.

Modern. Southern. Style.

Belk seeks to satisfy the modern Southern lifestyle like no one else, so that our customers get the fashion they desire and the value they deserve.  Our vision is for the modern Southern woman to count on Belk first – for her, for her family, for life.