A Davidson County businesswoman who believes procuring for outfits really should be about much more than a financial transaction is growing the sizing of her business by just about four situations with a 2,200-sq.-foot boutique just 78 techniques from wherever she opened her very first keep previous September.
“Fun, Fashion, Friendship” are painted on the wall over the entrance counter and will greet buyers as they stroll inside of Mandy Bean Requena’s new Sunny & 75 Boutique at 41 S. Talbert Blvd. A grand reopening will acquire position from 10 a.m.-8 p.m. June 3.
The latest, 500-sq.-foot retailer at 57 S. Talbert Blvd. will be shut May perhaps 31-June 2 so Requena and her personnel can shift into the larger store. Its last day open up for organization will be May perhaps 30.
“This is what it’s about,” she explained, pointing to the a few text on the wall Thursday as she and her household users scurried around the new boutique placing out goods, making shelving and painting. “I want this new spot to be just like the 1st keep. People should really sense this, a cozy, homey emotion. If they really do not, they require to notify me.”
A mom and grandmother, Requena slice her salesmanship enamel on several immediate advertising income companies such as Paparazzi and LuLaRoe. She offered her merchandise from her household utilizing Facebook Stay to achieve into the households of not just Davidson County shoppers, but buyers across the U.S.
About a 12 months in the past, she decided she didn’t want to be constrained to advertising only women’s garments from LuLaRoe. She located the modest store web page in Woodbriar Plaza, just measures away from Don Juan’s, exactly where her husband, Antonio Requena, is a supervisor.
Points occurred swiftly, but ahead of she held her grand opening, she realized she had a dilemma — the space was much too smaller.
“I desired to have apparel and equipment for not just ladies but guys and little ones much too,” she claimed. “I could not have that in the little space.”
Now with 2,200 square feet to distribute out, Requena mentioned Sunny & 75 can be a area where every person in the spouse and children can discover one thing to put on. A Men’s Den is in the back again of the shop with Coast Hippie and Jeep clothes, along with Duke Cannon beard and human body care.
A children’s and maternity area will feature apparel in measurements infant to 10/12, Warmies stuffed animals, Itzy Ritzy diaper bags, patsies, automobile seat handles, stroller caddies and additional.
The greater retail store has also authorized her to expand the clothing and shoe picks for females. When she reopens on June 3, there will be bathing satisfies, personal don, and a much larger range of components.
Requena has labored frantically for two months to find new merchandise, this kind of a Taylor Shaye and Carolina Strung jewellery. The Carolina Strung line is created in N.C. and has a beachy come to feel with some pieces featuring hand-painted seashells. In addition, she has included products this kind of as Bikini Butter shaving product and Mixologie roll on fragrance.
Snacks and foods are just one of the places she is most energized about in the new retail store. Cookies and Product Bakery of Thomasville will even now be section of the boutique and Requena has turn out to be the only place in Lexington providing S&P Lemonade, which is based in Trinity. Buyers can get a 16- or 32-ounce bottle of lemonade in flavors from frequent and strawberry to watermelon and Carolina Crimson, which has Cheerwine as an component.
“I located out in March I acquired this new room,” she stated, noting she didn’t want to just take months to renovate and purchase products prior to reopening.
“That’s how I do almost everything,” she stated. “Bam. I take off and get to it. I could not do this with no my partner and my father and mother, Bill and Barbara Bean. And I have to point out Leslie, my daughter-in-law. I couldn’t do this without the need of all of them.”
All through the grand reopening, Requena has lots of door prizes and giveaways planned for clients. Jewellery seller Kara Copley will also be on hand with her The Clayground jewellery line.
Requena will go on to do her weekly Fb Are living reveals and will possible include much more shows given that she has a “Live Room” in her new keep.
“I have shoppers all over the region that had been with me when I sold LuLaRoe,” she said. “I miss them. I have not been capable to do as several dwell demonstrates as I applied to. They’ve been asking for much more.”
She may add again a internet site, as very well.
“I hope this retail store has the same environment of the other,” she mentioned. “I had a shopper tell me she would skip the lesser store mainly because it felt comfortable. This retail store is more substantial, but I want it to have that identical helpful sensation in this article. I hope I am at this site right until I can retire and set my toes in the sand.”