That's One Way to Keep Shoplifting Down...
The San Francisco Music Box Store (nee Off the Beading Path) has taken a retail strategy that you won't learn at Harvard Business School:
I've been meaning to post an update on this place for over a month, and I always assume that I'm going to be too late and need to take new pictures, but every time I walk past it the place is completely unchanged.
The current condition is that the store seems to be caught mid-changeover from beads to music boxes with beads in one window and the figurines in the other. They had advertised a grand (re-)opening on July 21, but needless to say they are a little late for that date. Last weekend a truck was out front delivering boxes (presumably of "Cats" or "Phantom of the Opera"-themed treasures) but still the store remains dark. The new signage in the window all refers to the owner's other store on Pier 39.
I'm pretty amazed at this situation because it can't be cheap to have the place sitting idle like this, although admittedly they are saving huge amounts on register receipt tape.
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Oh, I gave up on the chocolate. It became too drama filled. I prefer caramel filled.
Yes, I'll admit the irony is pretty rich here. But while your post has shamed me back from inactivity, this storefront remains the most expensive warehouse space in San Francisco.
Thanks for the nudge, Marcus.