Bit more info on Chinook

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I was in Dsquared the other day and ended up in a conversation with the owner and another customer about Chinook. The Dsquared owner said Chinook had actually been doing quite well, and that the owner of Chinook had been wanting to sell the store or close for some time so she could move back to the UK, where she and her husband were from and where her husband had been needing to be about half the time lately. So the closing of Chinook, at least according to this account, was for purely personal not economic reasons, which is a relief. [Side note: Chinook has been un-window-papered for a bit so they can sell off the fixtures so if you want to buy any of them or to say goodbye now's probably a good time.]

Also, the Dsquared owner said that she thinks small, indy shops in Davis are still generally doing well, despite the recession, because local folks are making an extra effort to shop locally when possible.

Comments

[ron_newman]

This is good to hear, but I wonder if they realized that suddenly closing a shop without warning can cause concern in the community. I wish they'd posted a letter saying some of the above.