BEAVER CREEK / HAWICK — February 4th, 2008 — HAWICK CASHMERE of SCOTLAND’s first retail store in the United States opened in Beaver Creek’s shopping district on Friday, November 2nd 2007. This is HAWICK’s 13th retail store, and the first outside Europe. The HAWICK CASHMERE of SCOTLAND store features a large selection of high quality cashmere fashion and classics for both women and men – made in Scotland.

«The Schedule for the opening in November was very tight and therefore we decided to have a soft opening», said Esta Venter the HAWICK CASHMERE of SCOTLAND store manager. «Our Guests of Honour, and a delegation of the Scottish management, will officially inaugurate this new retail location over the Presidents Weekend with an exclusive opening Cocktail Reception for our clients and friends».

«We opened our first retail store over 10 years ago and have since hosted more than 250,000 visitors,» said Liz Young, HAWICK’s Retail Director. «We are thrilled to be bringing the bestcashmere buying experience to the United Stated with the opening of our first HAWICK CASHMERE of SCOTLAND retail store in Beaver Creek.»