Akram men’s and women’s apparel will open at 9 Sconset Square across from the Christ & Holy Trinity Church sometime next week, according to co-owners Akram Enany and his wife Seham Ibrahim. (With them is marketing manager Elena Sarn.) The couple previously owned the 4@1 store at 141 Post Road East (see WestportNow April 15, 2012).  Enany said store hours will be 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Mon to Wednesday and until 8 p.m. on Thursday through Saturday, and noon to 5 p.m. on Sunday. The Sconset Square space was formerly occupied by Green Earth Design. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com

Terrain Westport, a unit of Urban Outfitters, Inc.,  hosted a VIP opening eve party tonight to show off its new store on Post Road East on the former Curran Cadillac property. It is only the second Terrain store for the company—the first is in suburban Philadelphia. The Westport store employs about 75 full and part-time personnel. Helen Klisser During for WestportNow.com

Bottlerocket, a New York wine and spirits shop, will open a Westport branch in late June, according to founder/owner Tom Geniesse, at Westport’s 1790 Post Road East in the former Rugged Bear space in the shopping center anchored by Stop & Shop. According to the Bottlerocket website, Geniesse, who was in Westport today overseeing the new store’s renovations, opened his first Bottlerocket shop in 2006 at 5 W. 19th St. in Manhattan’s Flatiron district. New York Magazine said of the store: “If Romper Room carried wine, it would look like this. The philosophy is wine buying made fun and easy—all 350-or-so choices are arranged by country along one wall, then redistributed in central kiosks as partners for food (chicken to takeout) or by style or value (cheap to cheapest).” It notes that the store has a play area that keeps tots occupied during browsing. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com

Work was at a feverish pitch today at Terrain Westport, the new Urban Outfitters Inc.-owned store opening Friday on Post Road East in the former Curran Cadillac showroom. Workers were rushing to be ready for a VIP opening eve reception tonight. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com

Ring’s End, the retailer of lumber, millwork and building supplies, has opened a specialty paint center at 877 Post Road East in the space formerly occupied by Sports Collectables in the retail strip housing Radio Shack at the intersection with the Sherwood Island Connector.  According to the store manager, Daniel Vasconez, the 2,500-square foot Westport store will announce a ceremonial grand opening at a later date. Store hours are Monday – Saturday from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. CEO David Campbell is a former first selectman of Darien. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com