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You've probably read by now that we're dedicated to supporting American and fair trade makers by carrying their products. But as our construction process is winding down, I've been reflecting on how we've been trying to incorporate that ethos into the store itself, not just into our product selection. We've kept an...

In celebration of our Twitter campaign and my writing of my first Quinstance blog post, I decided to share my own definition of our namesake.  Although given the length, definition might be a bit generous. Maybe it’s more of a philosophical exploration? I don’t know, you can decide: What does...

We're under 30 days to our opening now, and as you can see, we're having a lot of fun! We're busy entering inventory in the system, supervising construction and meeting our 3rd Ave neighbors.  We've also launched a couple of giveaways leading up to the store opening! Our Share Your Quinstance contest on...

Back in November, when I attended the Martha Stewart American Made conference, one of the items in attendees’ gift bags was an Alex + Ani bracelet. Carolyn Rafaelian was one of the panelists at the conference, and she talked about how she had chosen to locate Alex + Ani in Rhode...

We finally get to announce our address: we'll be opening in June at 3rd Ave in Burlington, MA! The lease is signed, the deposit is paid, and the permits are ... well, applied for anyway. In joining the 3rd Ave development, we become neighbors with some great places who are already...

To continue the "Behind the Scenes" series, I thought I'd do a construction update. You'd think there would be pictures to go with that, wouldn't you? Except that there aren't. That's been part of the learning process for me in this project: commercial construction moves even more slowly than residential...

Now that the merchandise has been bought, we're into the less-flashy parts of opening the store: hiring, designing the space, searching for fixtures, paying the invoices on the merchandise, etc. etc. This part doesn't have much by way of visuals, but I thought you might still want to hear about...

Well, I attended NY Now. If you follow us on Twitter, you've seen the pictures of what it was like being there. I thought I was an old pro, having been to the American Made Show. Hoo boy, was NY Now something else! 35,000 attendees — mostly buyers — four floors...

Merchandise has been purchased. Trade shows have been attended. Leases have been negotiated and architects retained. Now we're looking for a manager extraordinaire to help open the store! If you're interested, check out our jobs page for more information or to apply.