Would you buy clothes from a bus? An Edmonton boutique owner is banking on it
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Boutique On Your Street is one of the first retail operations in the Edmonton area to come up with a unique way to sell products: by selling stock from a bus.
An Edmonton-area boutique owner is hoping people will get on board with her unique business idea of selling clothes — out of a van.
Boutique On Your Street, which opened last summer, is one of the first retail operations in the Edmonton area to follow a growing trend of businesses across the country turning to new ways to sell their products.
Wendy Smith, owner of Boutique On Your Street, told 630 CHED Afternoons with Bryn Griffiths that she was inspired to open the business after she left her job in retail.
“I was a single mom of two kids and I knew I wanted to work for myself,” she said in a Monday interview.
“I originally wanted to start a shoe store here in Spruce Grove, but I couldn’t afford to stock one and rent one, so I had to make other choices.”
That’s when a friend suggested Smith run the business like a food truck. She eventually bought a bus that was retired by Strathcona County and renovated it from top to bottom.
Once the bus was stocked with clothes and shoes, she hit the road with her business partner.