Brands Want Prepayment, Boutiques Can’t Keep Up

Perhaps a bit unorthodox on our end, we’ve done a little news reporting. Enjoy. When business was booming, Jake, a Chicago-based retail chain consisting of three boutiques and a website, garnered a robust reputation for scouting out emerging labels like Burkman Bros. and Engineered Garments and propelling them into the mainstream. But barraged with dwindling [...]

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