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Episode Summary:
Hey there friends and welcome to Season 2 of the Creative Shop Talk Podcast. I want to start by thanking each and every one of you for all the support throughout Season 1. We’re jumping into season 2 with a retail success story – meet Melanie Curley from Mango reclaimed. Her story inspires. Being successful is the biggest dream every creative retailer has. But success doesn’t happen within hours or days. Success comes out from hard work, dedication, perseverance, and love for what we do.
Melanie Curley is the owner of Mango Reclaimed, a vintage furniture studio that opened in 2013. Originally a small studio designed to sell reclaimed furniture, Mango Reclaimed has grown and evolved over the past 8 years to encompass a 5,000 sqft studio space that retails multiple paint lines, various DIY products, custom furniture reclaiming, and is host to a variety of hands-on workshops and customer events.
In this week’s episode, I talked about a success story of a creative retailer that started as a photographer but now has a successful retail business, and a new paint line that became highly sought after by retailers across North America. We will discuss how she ended up in the retail industry and I’ll share how Melanie exemplified the proper way to run a retail business. We also talk about what to do when something doesn’t work in our businesses so you can grow and expand exponentially. Melanie discusses the scary business decisions she has made, and how she manages to be a mom of two, fiance, and keep her business up and running throughout a pandemic.
You’re going to love meeting Melanie.
I want to remind you that if you need any support or if I can help you in your business in any way, please reach out. You can always reach out by emailing me at WendyBatten.com. I do one-on-one coaching and host a fabulous group of retailers inside my monthly coaching group Retailer’s Inner Circle. I say fabulous because it’s a space where we support one another and grow together. Click here to learn more.
This week’s talking points on the Creative Shop Talk Podcast:
- Creative retailer success story
- One-on-one coaching
- Diversifying and changing
- Running your own business
- Accidental entrepreneurship
- Choosing the right business model
- Being brave and confident
- 5-Step marketing plan
- Building a community matters
The Big Takeaway:
There’s so much work behind the scenes, you need to just keep moving forward. You can adjust, update, and refine things, but if you don’t put it out there, no one will be able to see it.
Our Favorite Quotes:
- “Things don’t make sense until it makes sense.” – Melanie Curley
- “If it doesn’t work, just do something else.” – Melanie Curley
- “You have to build excitement.” – Melanie Curley
- “Marketing means getting people excited and in love with your business.” – Wendy Batten
- “Even if you can do all the things it doesn’t mean you should.” – Wendy Batten
Our guest:
Mango Reclaimed – A vintage furniture studio established in 2013 by Melanie Curley offering reclaimed, refinished, and restyled furniture. Now offering Mango Paint. Mango Paint is a Canadian made, water-based paint that is specifically designed to reclaim furniture. This paint imparts a beautiful soft matte finish that is incredibly smooth to the touch. With minimal prep work required, you can breeze right through to the fun part!
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