How Can We Help Keep Skate Shops Alive? | Thoughts from 15+ independent owners worldwide
The humble local skateboard shop is on the verge of extinction. Their importance to the local scene, character building, brand building, etc. cannot be overstated. Movies like Mid90s show what a big impact shops can have on younger kids. One way to help keep these spots alive is not shop at places like this and also by taking the advice of these 15 plus independent skate shop owners that Jenkem so graciously interviewed.
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As other retail industries have struggled in recent years, skate shops seem more uncertain than ever, and this past weekend we lost a longstanding one: Sunday skate shop in Buffalo, NY.
This got us thinking about what skateboarders and the skate industry can do to help shops (obviously in addition to spending more money). But instead of rehashing reasons to Support Your Local, we talked with shop owners themselves about how we can help them stay in business longer and keep our local scenes healthy.
We tried to represent a good chunk of the U.S. and a few other countries, but there’s no way to fit every shop in the world. Everyone had thoughtful and encouraging things to say, but to not let this become a 60,000 word thesis, we were only able to keep a small selection of responses.
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