Gold Winner Biscuit General Store Silver Winner Sweet Pea Boutique Bronze Winner Vivacious Vixen Apparel You could visit Biscuit General Store just for Biscuit the horse, a mechanical stallion of the sort that used to be abundant at grocery stores. But you’d be missing a lot. Biscuit—the shop—is an impeccably curated boutique that brings great […]
Sweet Pea Boutique
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Queen Street’s having a mega yard sale
What better way to celebrate spring than having a yard sale with friends, especially when those friends all own stores along Queen Street’s vintage row. Amanda Bulman, owner of The Attic: Vintage and Vinyl (1526 Queen Street) credits Sherry Lynn Jollymore and Amy Honey, owners of Fancy (1526 Queen Street), with the idea, saying they […]
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Best Women’s Clothing Store
Gold Winner Biscuit General Store Silver Winner Sweet Pea Boutique Bronze Winner J&R Grimsmo One glance at the epic lines of excited customers that Biscuit General Store’s sales produce should make this win a no brainer. Knowledgeable staff and amazing fashions for both home and body have kept this store on top since 1996. “I […]
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Best Women’s Clothing Store
Gold Winner Biscuit General Store Silver Winner Sweet Pea Boutique Bronze Winner Pretty Things Boutique It’s hard to walk into Biscuit General Store without being hit with a wave of serious greed. Suddenly you’ll want to re-outfit your closet, replace your tired shoe collection and decorate your boring home with quirky accessories. Whether or not […]
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Best Women’s Clothing Store
Gold Winner Pretty Things Boutique Silver Winner Biscuit General Store Bronze Winner Sweet Pea Moving to Blowers Street has brought a new customer base into Pretty Things, says owner Cadence Macmichael. From the downtown professional to the tourist to the loyal customers who followed the business from Cunard Street, business at the boutique is booming. […]
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The Shop talk guided tour: Spring Garden Road
Without question, the Spring Garden Road area is the healthiest retail district in Atlantic Canada, forever recreating and transforming itself in interesting and positive ways. And right now, there’s more construction going on than ever before: Framed on the north by the pricey Trillium condo building, which will be a sure incentive for even more […]
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Block party
From left to right: Laptop cases, $50, Lady Luck Boutique. Blue purse, $14, Elsie’s Used Clothing. Comme toi cami, $45, Biscuit General Store. Qupid shoes, $69, Biscuit General Store. Lucy Love “Emma” blue skirt, $49. Biscuit General Store. Suede vest/skirt set (skirt not shown), $40, Elsie’s Used Clothing. L-R: “In Bloom” rings, $15 Lady Luck […]
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Sparrow Shoe Boutique opens
Shoptalk has heard that Twisted Muse and Sweet Pea owner Johanna Galipeau’s new store, the delightfully named Sparrow Shoe Boutique, is opening today in a spot right next to Twisted Muse up above Mills at 5486 Spring Garden Road. As the name indicates, it’s a shoe store.
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Joanna Galipeau working on Store #3
Shoptalk has learned that Joanna Galipeau, owner of the popular downtown boutiques Sweet Pea (1542 Queen Street, 423-0975) and Twisted Muse (Above Mills at 5486 Spring Garden Road, 446-3662) is planning her third enterprise. The as yet unnamed new boutique will be a shoe store, adjacent to Twisted Muse on the second floor of Mills. Look for it to open on February 1, 2011.
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Best Salesperson
Johanna Galipeau was 19 when she opened Sweet Pea on Queen Street in May 2007. Now, four years later, following that success with a new store, Twisted Muse, she’s the queen of Halifax retail, earning kudos in three key Best of Halifax categories. “I just always really wanted affordable clothes but offered in a high […]
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Best Women’s Clothing Store
Johanna Galipeau was 19 when she opened Sweet Pea on Queen Street in May 2007. Now, four years later, following that success with a new store, Twisted Muse, she’s the queen of Halifax retail, earning kudos in three key Best of Halifax categories. “I just always really wanted affordable clothes but offered in a high […]
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Twisted up with Sweet Pea’s alter ego
Spring 2010 looks from BB Dakota & Jack Great news for fans of Sweet Pea (1542 Queen Street, 423-0975): owner Johanna Galipeau is opening a second boutique in the soon-to-be opened retail space above Mills on Spring Garden, joining Daily Grind newsstand. Galipeau refers to Twisted Muse as Sweet Pea’s “alter ego”—-less girly dresses, more […]
