Armani have opened a 600 square metre flagship Armani Casa store in London, at 113 New Bond Street adjacent to the relocated Armani Collezioni store and near the Emporio Armani store. It is the first Armani Casa store in the UK. There are an increasing number of Armani Casa stores through out the world, this is mainly due to an increase in the development of the brand by Armani since its launch in October of 2000.