Sports brand Volcom opened a store at Westfield Century City, in Los Angeles. This store follows the opening of the brand’s flagship in Paris last year. Volcom has historically been distributed in largely coastal areas, with a major portion of its sales generated in California, Hawaii, Florida, the south of France, Spain and Australia. Volcom now operates roughly 120 stores worldwide, of which nearly 40 are run by licensees.

Women’s brand L’Agence opened a 1,000-square-foot store at 1011 Madison Ave., its first in the Manhattan borough of New York City, and only its second since its inception in 2008 — a store on Melrose Avenue in Los Angeles. L’Agence has plans to open two stores next year and four the year after that.

Hatch, a digitally native maternity lifestyle brand, has opened its second permanent brick-and-mortar store, in the Brentwood neighborhood of Los Angeles. This 1,400-square-foot space across from the Brentwood Country Mart used the same designers as did the retailer's New York City flagship, in SoHo. The store will house Hatch’s ready-to-wear apparel and Hatch Mama beauty products. Plans are also for the site to be a community center for panel discussions, wellness programs and similar events with a focus on matters important to expectant mothers. The unit will include a “cravings bar” — for serving pickles, ice cream and similar snacks. Hatch says it intends to open 10 more stores by 2020, in such markets as Boston, Chicago and San Francisco.

Cult fashion retailer Dolls Kill opened its first offline experience in 2017 — a 1,100-square-foot store in San Francisco. Now, less than a year later, the brand has a 6,000-square-foot flagship at 415 N. Fairfax, in Los Angeles. The aesthetic mimics an industrial nightclub, including weathered brick walls.

Men’s apparel brand Descendant of Thieves is to open its first storefront, on New York City's Bleecker Street, in November. The 600-square-foot store will showcase performances, art exhibits and community events and will also offer 60-minute delivery within the city. The brand, which launched in 2009, manufactures in limited batches only. Brookfield Property Partners recently acquired several properties on that stretch of Bleecker and has plans to tenant those with emerging digitally native brands.