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Associated Press
08-07-2025
- Business
- Associated Press
NBA All-Star Jimmy Butler's BIGFACE Coffee Pops Up in San Francisco with Square
SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jul 8, 2025-- Square today announced that Golden State Warriors star and Square seller Jimmy Butler will bring BIGFACE to San Francisco through an exclusive pop-up at Square's Corner Store in the Mission District. The two-week pop-up, running from July 10 to 27, marks Butler's first local business venture since joining the Warriors, connecting his entrepreneurial passion with his new home and community in the Bay Area. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: Butler's BIGFACE journey began in 2020, when his deep personal passion for coffee merged with an unmet need for high-quality coffee in the NBA bubble. Butler started brewing and selling out of his hotel room for fellow players, and BIGFACE was born. Since then, BIGFACE has evolved into a thriving business, a premium lifestyle brand, and a respected name in specialty coffee. With a commitment to excellence and a focus on sustainably sourcing the finest specialty coffees on the planet, BIGFACE coffee not only tastes remarkable, but also supports the people and ecosystems behind each cup. Butler turned to Square when he opened the BIGFACE flagship store in Miami in 2024, and uses Square to power payments when BIGFACE pops up at cultural and sporting events like PSG House in LA and the Miami Grand Prix. BIGFACE's Miami flagship not only sports Square Register, Square Terminal, and the new Square Handheld – but also features a sleek Modbar espresso set up, a grab-and-go BIGFACE ReadyBev station, and an exclusive collection of premium apparel and gear, making it a cultural hub for coffee and creativity. 'San Francisco's coffee culture is legendary, making the city an ideal fit for BIGFACE,' said Jimmy Butler, founder of BIGFACE Coffee. 'Coffee brings people from all different backgrounds together, so partnering with Square to bring BIGFACE to the Mission is the perfect way to connect more deeply with the Bay Area and show love to a community that's embraced me.' The BIGFACE pop-up will offer espresso drinks, cold brew, and pour-over coffee, all of which can be personalized with BIGFACE's signature coffee infusions, including vanilla, salted caramel, and strawberry. Bottled and canned ReadyBev coffees and juices will also be available. BIGFACE is designing SF-exclusive merch for the pop-up, which pays homage to the location's legacy as the former home of beloved Lucca Ravioli, and is only available at the Corner Store. Customers paying with a Cash App Card will receive 15% off all purchases at the pop-up. 'Jimmy Butler's evolution from NBA all-star to coffee entrepreneur perfectly exemplifies how passion and the right tools can transform any business dream into reality,' said Lindsey Irvine, Head of Marketing at Square. 'At Square, we know that local business matters, and that sellers are among the most powerful community connectors. Giving Jimmy a space to connect more closely with the local community is the perfect next chapter for the Corner Store.' Event Details: The Next Evolution of the Corner Store The BIGFACE pop-up follows the Corner Store's successful June programming that celebrated San Francisco's small business community through workshops, networking events, and educational sessions. More than 2,000 neighborhood locals and businesses have been served by the Corner Store so far. Following the BIGFACE pop-up, Square will partner with local nonprofit SF New Deal to bring a local business operator into residency at the Corner Store through the remainder of the year, continuing both organizations' missions to support and showcase small and local businesses. SF New Deal strengthens neighborhoods by making it easier for under-resourced small business owners to succeed. For more information about BIGFACE, please visit For more information about Square, please visit About Square Square helps sellers more easily run and grow their businesses with its integrated ecosystem of commerce solutions. Square offers purpose-built software to run complex restaurant, retail, and professional services operations, versatile e-commerce tools, embedded financial services and banking products, buy now, pay later functionality through Afterpay, staff management and payroll capabilities, and much more – all of which work together to save sellers time and effort. Millions of sellers across the globe trust Square to power their business and help them thrive in the economy. For more information, visit About BIGFACE BIGFACE is a culture shifting coffee brand founded by NBA star Jimmy Butler which simultaneously provides specialty coffee to the connoisseur while introducing the mainstream consumer to top tier specialty coffee. With an attention to design, sourcing, story, and innovation, every BIGFACE product will invite the consumer to share in and share with others, a love for coffee and the community around it. Coffee is the common thread woven into the very fabric of our lives. Coffee drives us, inspires us, connects us, and revives us. Our vision is a world with better coffee, big dreams and bigger smiles while searching for the uncommon. View source version on [email protected] KEYWORD: UNITED STATES NORTH AMERICA CALIFORNIA INDUSTRY KEYWORD: SOFTWARE SPORTS PROFESSIONAL SERVICES BUSINESS FINTECH ELECTRONIC COMMERCE TECHNOLOGY FOOD/BEVERAGE SMALL BUSINESS RETAIL FINANCE BASKETBALL SOURCE: Block, Inc. Copyright Business Wire 2025. PUB: 07/08/2025 01:00 PM/DISC: 07/08/2025 01:01 PM
Business Wire
08-07-2025
- Business
- Business Wire
NBA All-Star Jimmy Butler's BIGFACE Coffee Pops Up in San Francisco with Square
SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Square today announced that Golden State Warriors star and Square seller Jimmy Butler will bring BIGFACE to San Francisco through an exclusive pop-up at Square's Corner Store in the Mission District. The two-week pop-up, running from July 10 to 27, marks Butler's first local business venture since joining the Warriors, connecting his entrepreneurial passion with his new home and community in the Bay Area. Butler's BIGFACE journey began in 2020, when his deep personal passion for coffee merged with an unmet need for high-quality coffee in the NBA bubble. Butler started brewing and selling out of his hotel room for fellow players, and BIGFACE was born. Since then, BIGFACE has evolved into a thriving business, a premium lifestyle brand, and a respected name in specialty coffee. With a commitment to excellence and a focus on sustainably sourcing the finest specialty coffees on the planet, BIGFACE coffee not only tastes remarkable, but also supports the people and ecosystems behind each cup. Butler turned to Square when he opened the BIGFACE flagship store in Miami in 2024, and uses Square to power payments when BIGFACE pops up at cultural and sporting events like PSG House in LA and the Miami Grand Prix. BIGFACE's Miami flagship not only sports Square Register, Square Terminal, and the new Square Handheld – but also features a sleek Modbar espresso set up, a grab-and-go BIGFACE ReadyBev station, and an exclusive collection of premium apparel and gear, making it a cultural hub for coffee and creativity. 'San Francisco's coffee culture is legendary, making the city an ideal fit for BIGFACE,' said Jimmy Butler, founder of BIGFACE Coffee. 'Coffee brings people from all different backgrounds together, so partnering with Square to bring BIGFACE to the Mission is the perfect way to connect more deeply with the Bay Area and show love to a community that's embraced me.' The BIGFACE pop-up will offer espresso drinks, cold brew, and pour-over coffee, all of which can be personalized with BIGFACE's signature coffee infusions, including vanilla, salted caramel, and strawberry. Bottled and canned ReadyBev coffees and juices will also be available. BIGFACE is designing SF-exclusive merch for the pop-up, which pays homage to the location's legacy as the former home of beloved Lucca Ravioli, and is only available at the Corner Store. Customers paying with a Cash App Card will receive 15% off all purchases at the pop-up. 'Jimmy Butler's evolution from NBA all-star to coffee entrepreneur perfectly exemplifies how passion and the right tools can transform any business dream into reality,' said Lindsey Irvine, Head of Marketing at Square. 'At Square, we know that local business matters, and that sellers are among the most powerful community connectors. Giving Jimmy a space to connect more closely with the local community is the perfect next chapter for the Corner Store.' Event Details: What: BIGFACE, powered by Square – a cultural hub and coffee pop-up Where: The Corner Store, 1100 Valencia Street, Mission District, San Francisco When: July 10-27, 2025, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily The Next Evolution of the Corner Store The BIGFACE pop-up follows the Corner Store's successful June programming that celebrated San Francisco's small business community through workshops, networking events, and educational sessions. More than 2,000 neighborhood locals and businesses have been served by the Corner Store so far. Following the BIGFACE pop-up, Square will partner with local nonprofit SF New Deal to bring a local business operator into residency at the Corner Store through the remainder of the year, continuing both organizations' missions to support and showcase small and local businesses. SF New Deal strengthens neighborhoods by making it easier for under-resourced small business owners to succeed. For more information about BIGFACE, please visit For more information about Square, please visit About Square Square helps sellers more easily run and grow their businesses with its integrated ecosystem of commerce solutions. Square offers purpose-built software to run complex restaurant, retail, and professional services operations, versatile e-commerce tools, embedded financial services and banking products, buy now, pay later functionality through Afterpay, staff management and payroll capabilities, and much more – all of which work together to save sellers time and effort. Millions of sellers across the globe trust Square to power their business and help them thrive in the economy. For more information, visit About BIGFACE BIGFACE is a culture shifting coffee brand founded by NBA star Jimmy Butler which simultaneously provides specialty coffee to the connoisseur while introducing the mainstream consumer to top tier specialty coffee. With an attention to design, sourcing, story, and innovation, every BIGFACE product will invite the consumer to share in and share with others, a love for coffee and the community around it. Coffee is the common thread woven into the very fabric of our lives. Coffee drives us, inspires us, connects us, and revives us. Our vision is a world with better coffee, big dreams and bigger smiles while searching for the uncommon.
Otago Daily Times
28-06-2025
- Business
- Otago Daily Times
Corner Store: Over 25 years where style and individuality intersect
People have known it as Base Clothing store, but the Wānaka retailer has changed its name to Corner Store. As it turns out, it is one of the longest-running clothing stores in town. Owner Chris Walsh got his first retail job when he was just 15, working across the Ditch in Newcastle, where he was brought up. That was where he got a taste of fashion and the fun that comes from working in the industry, he says. "There were these cool girls working with me and I was thinking 'Whoa, there's great girls, you can hang out with girls, this is perfect'," he jokes. He dreamed of coming to New Zealand to ski at Treble Cone. When he arrived, he fell in love with Wānaka and the rest is history. In 1999, he and two mates, Brent Harridge and Tim Hudson, brought into the Base clothing store business. At the time it cost them just $50,000 each for the lease in Helwick St. By comparison, sections in Meadowstone Dr at the time were going for about $30,000. "I came to New Zealand and realised there wasn't much in the way of clothing stores." There was little happening at the lakefront end of Helwick St and so they placed themselves on "Plods Patch" (the intersection of Helwick and Dunmore Sts), as it was affectionately named. He recalls PaperPlus was on the diagonal corner, where it still sits today. "More retail in upper Helwick St has helped. The pavements were no good at the start — it was just us and the pharmacy. You had to cross the road, [so] we were a bit of a destination." Over the course of a quarter of a century, he has seen the town change remarkably and plenty of retailers fail, or leave for other opportunities. "In Wānaka, a lot of shops come and go but there's still a lot of independent stores and we have a local vibe, which is pretty cool and special." While there were stores before his, and many have come since, the shops he recalls having done the long-haul are Kai Whakapai, the Dough Bin, PaperPlus, Racers Edge, Wānaka Pharmacy and the Westpac Bank. Mr Walsh puts down the longevity down to necessity and grit. After the 1999 Wānaka floods and the Global Financial Crisis in 2008, he had to borrow money from his parents and sell property to stay on that corner. "My accountants were saying shut the business down." He stayed because he loved the work and "knew it would come right". It did. Once the GFC passed, Wānaka township started to grow at a slow and steady pace; in the past five years it has boomed. The property market and domestic buyers had helped. Tourism been a huge part of his shop's survival. "The quality of international tourism — we are getting more European and Americans and Canadians and they love shopping," he says. "Covid was frightening when it happened. We started our online store more heavily during Covid and then after Covid we had a really awesome couple of years. "I find New Zealanders are my best customers, followed by Aussies. New Zealanders were travelling around and supporting New Zealanders. The last couple of years have been a little tough because the economy has been a little tough on people's spending, mortgages and interest rates." When he looks back on 1999 when the shop first opened, the store was quite "modern" compared with most others, which set it apart. "The store was unique. It was way out there; everything was old and our store was new school and modern." Initial brands stocked were Lee, Huffer, Wrangler and Rusty, all of which carry through today. Mr Walsh says Wānaka is great for shopping because it has more than just chain stores. It is a shopping destination because of its unique independent stores. "In Wānaka, the clothing assortment is fantastic. There are so many good clothing stores. I think we are one of the best places to go shopping. We have more options than anywhere. You go anywhere else and they are all chain stores but here we are all different and independent." He adds that Wānaka people are fashionable. "I think Wānaka people are fit and healthy and they like to wear cool clothes that are comfortable. And the older crew dress younger. It's down to earth." While his prices are mid level, he has enjoyed seeing higher-end fashion come to Wānaka and bring something for everyone. The business trio also started women's clothing store, Bella, as well as the Base ski shop. They have since sold both and they are still in operating. And as for the name change, it's obvious, he says. "I dreamed up all these funky names. Corner Store suits all the ages — we have teens and older customers, we cater for all women and all ages and Corner Store seems to suit that, a place that caters for all."
Yahoo
01-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Michael Jordan celebrates wife's birthday at buzzy new West Palm cocktail lounge
WEST PALM BEACH — Trendy cocktail lounge Mary Lou's has been turning heads since it opened in January in an unconventional space — an iconic former bait-and-beer shop called the Corner Store on Southern Boulevard, a short jaunt across the bridge from Mar-a-Lago. The throwback-style club, which seeks to evoke 1970s-era Palm Beach glamor with muraled walls, leopard-print furniture and a disco ball, has been packing in revelers and generating online buzz. Last month the West Palm Beach nightspot received a visit from one of the biggest boldface names around: basketball legend Michael Jordan. Jordan, whose main residence is in Jupiter, stopped by the club Saturday, April 5, with his wife, Yvette Prieto, and friends to watch the DJ duo Forester perform. Since then, videos of him at Mary Lou's have been making rounds on social media, including one that shows Jordan dancing to Kendrick Lamar's hit "Not Like Us," and one showing Jordan greeting the DJs as he departs. 'M.J. requested his wife's favorite songs and they danced with their friends,' a club publicist said via email. 'Overall it was a fun, great evening.' Jordan, widely considered the greatest basketball player in history, married Prieto in 2013 at The Church of Bethesda-By-The-Sea in Palm Beach. As The Palm Beach Post reported in November, Mary Lou's is named after the late fashion and business entrepreneur Mary Lou Curtis, who had a branch of her boutique clothing store La Shack in Palm Beach and is the grandmother of the club's co-founder, Alex Melillo. The unique building with the conical roof where the club exists today was long known as the Corner Store, an Old Florida icon that for a half-century sold bait and an eclectic mix of craft beers and wines, catering to both fisherman and well-heeled Palm Beachers. Today, Mary Lou's website describes the lounge as 'a love letter to a bygone era — where velvet booths, candlelit tables, and the hum of laughter set the stage for long, lingering nights.' The club is open Wednesdays through Sundays from 5 p.m. until late. For more information visit Andrew Marra is a reporter at The Palm Beach Post. Reach him at amarra@ This article originally appeared on Palm Beach Post: Michael Jordan partied last month at Mary Lou's in West Palm
