The location had a soft opening in May 2021 inside the historic Writers & Artists Building on Rodeo Drive, and is now fully open, ready to greet locals and tourists.

IT’SUGAR expects to announce more openings this year, including its second candy department store in the United States at the Ala Moana Center in Honolulu, Hawaii.

Each store will feature more than 85 varieties of fresh artisanal chocolate directly from Switzerland.

The century-old candy brand will offer interactive classes, a design-your-own confection station, a full-service chocolate bar and retail shop at its location off Lower Broadway.

British chocolatier and retailer Thorntons announced it will close 61 retail stores as a result of continued pressures from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Owners of Bissinger’s Handcrafted Chocolatier have announced plans to take over a former GODIVA Chocolatier store at the Saint Louis Galleria in St. Louis, Mo.

GODIVA announced in January it would leave its 128 North American stores through sales and closures in order to focus on its online and food, drug and mass retail sales.

Retail property developer Washington Prime Group has opened three new Shelby’s Sugar Shop stores in shopping centers in Ohio and Washington.

The experiential store features the signature M&M'S "Wall of Chocolate," larger-than-life M&M'S character moments, and the ability for guests to create their very own custom M&M'S candies.

In a departure from plans announced in 2019 to open 2,000 GODIVA locations worldwide, the chocolatier said it will instead continue its “aggressive focus” on food, drug and mass retail and online sales.