Thoughts on the near impossibility of running an independent retail business during late stage enshittification of everything. Part personal narrative, part research project, part how-I-did-it, written for both business owners and the curious.
Shop owner at the Fernseed in Tacoma. Ambitious half-asser, starter of many things, finisher of some. I write about owning an indie retail business.
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