Last week open for ArtBag, only Black-owned business on Madison Avenue

NEW YORK – The very first and only Black-owned business enterprise along the Madison Avenue procuring corridor is closing shop. This is the closing 7 days in the storefront for ArtBag Creations, but the owners will continue to serve the group with craftsmanship.

ArtBag Creations president Chris Moore mentioned the determination did not appear evenly.

“The rents in New York are just far too large,” Moore claimed.

Right after additional than 60 several years stitching and portray purses on Madison Avenue, the Moore family is flocking south.

“We essential to uncover one thing with much less taxes and that we would even now be around our main clients,” mentioned Moore. “Thankfully adequate, quite a few of our consumers reside in Florida and New York.”

Moore began performing with his father, Donald, at ArtBag Creations when he was 6 a long time outdated. The spouse and children has developed along with the neighbors who are closer than just purchasers. The elder Moore mentioned he will miss out on his shoppers the most.

“I’ve found small young ones expand up to be mothers, and they have their kids and their children,” extra his son. “It is really been remarkable. But I failed to understand how much we meant to the local community right until we made the decision that we had been heading to make heading to make this shift.”

The race is now on for regulars to acquire bags at a price reduction and fall off their very own for refurbishment.

“It can be remarkable,” stated Gail Zauder of ArtBag’s handiness with handbags. “They took stuff that appeared awful and they created it appear manufacturer new. Yeah, it truly is fantastic.”

Following Friday, July 9 luggage will return to customers through mail. The Florida storefront opens July 25.

“All the things has to go,” Moore stated. “The attention-grabbing detail is that as quickly as we place the indicator in the window that we were being relocating, prospects are coming in and getting 4 and five baggage at a time.”

“Although it truly is factual, we are the initial and only Black-owned company on Madison Avenue, we by no means looked at it like that,” admitted Moore. “We just looked at it as our retailer, our business, and we just want to supply our consumers with all the good high quality workmanship that we could.”

Their craft will keep on, serving a around the globe consumer base from a new house base.

Even however their address is switching to 927 N University Travel in Coral Springs, Fla., ArtBag’s cellphone quantity and site will continue to be the similar. You can drop off baggage at the store on Madison Avenue at 84th Road until eventually Friday, July 9.

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