The owner of April Glass has decided to close her store and leave the brick-and-mortar retail business for good.
Patrice Lee, the owner, is currently holding a closing sale at her 43-20 40th Street location. Once the items?consisting of gifts, frames, jewelry and artwork? are sold she will close the store and focus on Internet sales.
?To do a brick and mortar retail business with profit is not easy,? Lee said, adding that it getting harder as consumers continue to buy online. ?When I heard the latest Internet sales figures, I knew it was time [to close].?
Lee said she will continue to conduct some of her business online and is planning to wholesale some of her own jewelry through stores.
April Glass has been a Sunnyside fixture for more than a decade.
Lee launched the business in 1996 when she started to hand paint glass items in her Celtic Park apartment and sell them wholesale at showrooms. She then operated out of a small office?in the Celtics and began dabbling in retailing, before making the move to Queens Blvd.
Lee operated April Glass at 44-09 Queens Blvd from 2003 through 2011. She decided to move to the 40th Street location two years ago to lower her rent.
In an e-mail to customers on Friday, Lee wrote:
?It has been a pleasure serving you!?? To all of you who followed us, and continued to support our efforts in Sunnyside, we want you to know your business has been greatly appreciated!?
The former April Glass location
Source: http://sunnysidepost.com/2013/02/01/april-glass-closes-as-web-takes-a-bite-out-of-sales/
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