Executives for new company relocating to Trumbull County

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A new retail chain partly owned by ex-shopping mall magnate J.J. Cafaro will open its flagship store here this summer.

Linens & More, a Brookfield-based retail company that will sell home decor products, will open its first store, Linens & More for Less, in the Howland Commons Plaza in mid-July, the company announced in a press release Wednesday.

The company plans to open six additional locations in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee and Kentucky this year. Nine more locations have been slated to open in 2011.

The company plans to open 50 stores nationwide over the next several years, according to the release.

Linens & More opened its corporate headquarters in Brookfield this month, said company spokesman Vic Rubenstein. Chief executive Fred Mershad and 14 other executives have relocated to the Mahoning Valley from as far away as Los Angeles and New York to work for the company, he said.

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