Tacoma Urbanist
Nov. 22, 2007 at 1:04am
Interview with Tacoma's Urban Exchange Owner Julie Bennett
As a Thanksgiving Special, we link to an interview from In-Tacoma.net with Julie Bennett.
Please click over to read the whole interview. However, here is a portion:
Julie Julie Julie, so what do you think…. how is downtown Tacoma working out for your business UrbanXchange?I love the community and wish people would stop going to the mall but till there’s more retail downtown I have to peddle twice as fast in the marketing dept!
...What are three words to describe people that shop at UrbanXchange
diverse, thrifty, non-traditional.
(Julie swears she will make you fashionable)
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