In the eBay-Amazon world, it's unusual to see an online business shut to open a brick-and-mortar shop.
But that's what's happened in Harper Woods, according to a story by George Bulanda in Hour magazine.
Bulanda writes that Jenna Mullins and Michelle Winstanley opened Mercury Retropolis, a vintage shop dedicated to mid-century design and contemporary art. “From Deco to Disco” is its credo.
“Freight prices are really escalating now, and we found that things pretty much doubled after last year,” Mullins says. “That’s what kind of stopped us from doing eBay. . . . It became prohibitive to ship certain things, especially larger items like furniture.”
