{"id":506099,"date":"2026-10-24T03:28:17","date_gmt":"2026-10-24T03:28:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/506099\/"},"modified":"2026-10-24T03:28:17","modified_gmt":"2026-10-24T03:28:17","slug":"miniso-opens-new-store-fresno-kohls-adds-babies-r-us-vons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/506099\/","title":{"rendered":"Miniso opens new store, Fresno Kohl\u2019s adds Babies R Us, Vons"},"content":{"rendered":"

The trendy China-based store selling toys, cosmetics, home goods and plush Hello Kitty dolls is opening its newest location in the Fresno area.<\/p>\n

The Clovis store opens at 10 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 24 in the Clovis Crossing shopping center near Clovis and Herndon avenues. The store is between Ulta and Old Navy, in the former Kirkland\u2019s store.<\/p>\n

Miniso stores have gained a following for their whimsical, kitschy products<\/a>, including snacks, stationery, collectable figurines and blind boxes \u2014 a retail trend that consists of a sealed box with a mystery toy inside.<\/p>\n

The Clovis Crossing location is part of the brand\u2019s expansion, adding to 11 locations across the San Joaquin Valley. Miniso was founded in China in 2013 and has expanded across the United States to over 330 locations nationwide.<\/p>\n

The brand has flooded the area with new stores<\/a>, including two each in Fresno, Madera and Hanford, and one in Visalia and Delano.<\/p>\n

The first 50 customers get 20% off their purchase, and customers get 10% throughout the weekend.<\/p>\n

Babies \u201cR\u201d Us inside Kohl\u2019s \"The The Kohl\u2019s on West Shaw Avenue has added a Babies \u201cR\u201d Us section. CRAIG KOHLRUSS ckohlruss@fresnobee.com <\/p>\n

The retailer specializing in all things baby-related filed for bankruptcy and closed its 735 stores about eight years ago \u2014 but the brand is still alive.<\/p>\n

And you can shop its products now at a Kohl\u2019s<\/a> store in Fresno.<\/p>\n

Babies \u201cR\u201d Us has opened a store within a store<\/a> at the West Shaw Avenue location new Brawley Avenue. It\u2019s one of 25 California stores to add the products, and the only one in the central San Joaquin Valley.<\/p>\n

It carries strollers, car seats and baby clothing. That includes the Babies \u201cR\u201d Us brand of bibs, blankets, and crib sheets with coordinated designs. Customers can register for a baby registry online.<\/p>\n

Babies \u201cR\u201d Us once had a store next to Party City on North Blackstone. It was replaced with Big Lots, which also closed, and is now a Crunch Fitness.<\/p>\n

Vons stores get upgrade \"The The Vons store celebrated its remodeling in its new floral department last month. Special to The Bee Vons <\/p>\n

Supermarket Vons has remodeled two stores in the area, at Cedar and Shepherd avenues in Fresno, and the Oakhurst store.<\/p>\n

Both stores made spacial changes to increase accessibility, got new lights and paint, a new floral kiosk, new cases in the bakery, deli, seafood\/meat departments, and new racks in the produce department with better airflow. The stores also introduced a drive-up-and-go service in their parking lots for online orders.<\/p>\n

\"Bento Bento boxes for packing lunches feature Peanuts, Strawberry Shortcake and Sanrio characters are available at a MINISO in Washington. Jennifer Green Belleville News-Democrat \"Miniso, Miniso, a company that sells toys, plushies, stationery, home goods, snacks and more, will open a store in Clovis Saturday, Oct. 24. Special to The Bee Miniso <\/p>\n

This story was originally published October 23, 2026 at 1:27 PM.<\/p>\n

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Bethany Clough<\/a><\/p>\n

The Fresno Bee<\/p>\n

Bethany Clough covers restaurants and retail for The Fresno Bee. A reporter for more than 20 years, she now works to answer readers\u2019 questions about business openings, closings and other business news. She has a degree in journalism from Syracuse University and her last name is pronounced Cluff.\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The trendy China-based store selling toys, cosmetics, home goods and plush Hello Kitty dolls is opening its newest…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":506100,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":["post-506099","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fresno","tag-fresno","tag-fresno-headlines","tag-fresno-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/506099","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=506099"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/506099\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/506100"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=506099"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=506099"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=506099"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}