When Kim Ehlebracht opened her clothing consignment shop Bucks 4 Style in 2013, life was good — certainly better than it had been just a few years earlier during the worst of the Great Recession.
But who would have thought seven years ago that a pandemic would hit the economy like a wrecking ball? While she had heard stories about what businesses had gone through during the Great Recession, nothing prepared her for COVID-19.
For the most part, clothing shopping is different than other retail. People like to feel clothes and try them on, but more and more people are buying clothing online. As a result, Bucks 4 Style changed its business model to include online shopping.
