Kalina Bruce

Business is pretty steady.

We've definitely been feeling the shifts in consumer spending over the past year.

And so I think that shows up in like a slight dip in overall sales.

But

We're kind of leaning into our existing partnerships and more community driven events.

We recently just opened a pop-up space in downtown Seattle.

FIFA will be in Seattle in a couple of weeks.

And so there's a program called Seattle Restored, which is really focused on activating a lot of the empty retail spaces in downtown Seattle.

And so as participants of that program, we have a new space for six months.

We're really hoping to see an increase in spending while FIFA is here.

But also if this particular location works out, we're hoping to explore a long term kind of permanent space here.

Our costs continue to increase over several areas, particularly as it relates to our cost of goods, our raw materials, shipping.

We're always trying to source locally to kind of help offset some of the cost increases.

But ultimately, we still have not increased our pricing for our customers.

We're trying to maintain an accessible price point.

But also, like I said, costs are continuing to increase overall.

I feel like I always say I'm optimistic.

I feel really optimistic about what's on the horizon for our business in particular, although I'm always anxious because a lot of my peers in the sector are constantly making announcements that they're closing.

I also just with FIFA coming to Seattle, like everybody in Seattle is like getting activated.

But there's also rumbles that it may not be as heavily anticipated