Much of the ‘reopening’ advocacy rests on the idea that after allowing a business to reopen, that business will see an adequate return of customers. While some businesses may see adequate customer demand, it’s almost certain that others will not. It has never been true that simply opening a business would assure its survival. If…
Retail/Merchants
Retail/Merchants
The Mercantile: A Short Film About a Montana Bakery
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
What it’s like – at least in part – to run a small shop — Filmmaker Brian Bolster visited the outskirts of Glacier National Park to profile the owners of Polebridge Mercantile, a general store that first opened in 1914. Flannery Coats and Stuart Reiswig purchased the place five years ago, while looking for a…