12/26/2024
The store is for sale! (Sale portfolio on website. Link in bio and QR code at the end of this slideshow.)
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You may know that the store was supposed to list for sale in Dec 2023. The night before signing w/ my broker, my landlady was supposed to provide info for the sale portfolio. Instead, she kicked me out. Over 5 years of hard-work were ripped from my hands. My world crumbled.
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The next few months were absolute hell. Skipping to the hopeful part, I found a sublease across the street at 744 Santa Fe Dr. GLG reopened in March 2024.
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54 weeks after that gut wrenching call, GLG is for sale once again. There are multiple reasons, which you can read about in the sale portfolio on the website. A large one is b/c I was great at creating and building a recognizable and well-known brand and beloved community asset. But I’m bad at the next phase - growth. Last year I was putting in as much effort as I had the 5 previous years but my wheels were spinning in place. I was exhausted. Now that GLG once again has a strong foundation at the new location, someone else needs to take over and make sure that it continues to thrive.
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The greatest thing I learned this last year is that sometimes, something good has to break in order to build something great. Are you the builder of that future?
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GLG celebrates the joy of color and the neighborhood’s Chicano history w/ a distinctive Mexican aesthetic that creates a unique and memorable shopping experience. GLG currently specializes in houseplants, Mexican pottery and decor, and local art. But GLG is a personality brand before it is a retail store, and it is well-positioned for innovation, including expansion into new markets and completely different industries.
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