As one Roanoke Valley girls’s clothes retailer prepares to shut, one other underneath the identical possession that has been closed in the course of the pandemic will reopen.
Gwenda Kellett is the proprietor of The Chicken Cage Boutique, which has its flagship retailer at The Discussion board Purchasing Heart in Roanoke County and an outlet in Salem. The latter is slated for closure, as soon as stock has been depleted, she mentioned.
On the similar time, Kellett is getting ready to reopen Weekend by tbc, additionally positioned at The Discussion board. The shop has been shuttered because the early days of the pandemic, when a lot of its stock was moved into The Chicken Cage, which Kellett mentioned helped the enterprise to climate provide chain disruptions.
The area that beforehand housed Weekend by tbc has been revamped with new decor and fixtures, Kellett mentioned. It carries informal weekend apparel, some loungewear and cheaper price denims, together with equipment. The shop has additionally added reward objects, like candles and soaps, to its choices.
With the adjustments made to Weekend by tbc, Kellett mentioned will probably be extra like an extension of The Chicken Cage, relatively than a standalone retailer.
Ideally, Kellett mentioned, she would have preferred to deliver The Chicken Cage Boutique and Weekend by tbc underneath one roof at The Discussion board, however the purchasing middle doesn’t at the moment have any giant storefronts out there that may enable her to take action.
