The ZigZag Stripe
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𝙍𝙚𝙖𝙡 𝙒𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙣. 𝙍𝙚𝙖𝙡 𝙇𝙞𝙛𝙚. Express your unique personality with fashion that stands out from the crowd.
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7404 Business Place
Arlington, TX
76001
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| Monday | 8am - 5pm |
| Tuesday | 8am - 5pm |
| Wednesday | 8am - 5pm |
| Thursday | 8am - 5pm |
| Friday | 8am - 5pm |
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The ZigZag Stripe | Our Story
This is the place I'm supposed to tell our story. Our story is a long one with lots of bumps, mountains, valleys and all that jazz in between. This may not make a lot of sense and there will be tons of run on sentences but here goes ... in April of 2013 I went to Joel and told him that I wanted to start an online boutique. He literally LAUGHED AT ME! I had been in Premier Designs for 7 years which is a direct sales company. I really needed a change. I've always been an entrepreneur at heart so the thought of starting my own business again was never something that scared me. So, Joel obviously agreed and gave over the credit card he had just paid off so I could set things up and start buying some inventory. All of this was happening out of our 10x10 office space in our house. On top of this, did I mention that Joel is a firefighter? Oh yeah, and at the time in 2013 I had 3 YOUNG sons, 2 barely in school and one I was toting around with me everywhere.
That first month of business I sold over $5,000 in clothes. I was OVER THE MOON! We had always lived paycheck to paycheck. In the years before I had a failed business that cost us everything. So every dollar counted. I remember telling Joel, "I think I'm onto something here." I was reaching women via facebook only. In 2013, when you posted on a page, EVERY follower that liked your page saw it. So we grew our customer base VERY quickly. Now days, that is not the case! FB is all about those ads and money for your followers to see you. Praise Jesus I'm not starting a new business in 2020!
Within 9 months of business we had moved into our first office, to then soon outgrow it in a few months and end up where we are now. We have a 7,500 square foot warehouse in Arlington, TX. This is where all of our day to day shipping, customer service, receiving, etc all takes place. As of today we are busting at the seams and looking to build our own building!
Over the years we've had my mom, dad, brother, sister in law, father in law and multiple couples/husband and wives work for us. We've also opened and closed 3 brick and mortar stores. At one point we also manufactured our own brand. Talk about a whirlwind. I'm pretty sure we tried it all and in the years we tried all of that we ended up back to our roots. Doing what we did when we started.