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Business owner opening third shop
Riptide Books, Movies & More taking over Marine Avenue space Oceanside Entertainment is expanding again, with owner Karyne Bailey opening a third downtown shop this month. The doors at Riptide Books, Movies & More will open on March 21 at 4712 Marine Avenue, focusing primarily on gently used books, movies, music and games. The new store will help relieve growing space pressures at Oceanside Entertainment while allowing the business to expand its selection of new and secondhand items. Bailey says the idea for a third store has been in the works for months. “We have been thinking about another location for around nine months now, but initially thought we would wait two to three years,” she adds. “When we looked at some of our expenses and weighed out the options, we decided to pull the trigger sooner.” The plan gained momentum when the former High Tide Games location became available. “It just seemed like great karma to secure the location where that store started,” explains Bailey. “It’s like coming full circle.” High Tide Games, also owned by Bailey, is now at 1-7030 Glacier Street. The new Riptide store will carry most of the businesses’ gently used LAND CABIN
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chants,” she says. “All of us are independent owners of small, locally owned and operated stores.” The businesses help create local jobs while also attracting visitors to the qathet region, she adds. “The stores down here feel more like home, which is what we want theGet tourists to feel the Peak to when Go they come ouriPhone way.” app now available in the will also remain The three stores App Store or iTunes closely connected. They share the same inventory system, allowing staff to quickly check whether certain items are available at another location or arrange special orders if PERSONAL REAL ESTATE CORPORATION needed. With the new shop located just across the street from Oceanside WARREN Entertainment (4721BEHAN Marine PERSONAL ESTATE CORPORATION Get the PeakREAL to Go Avenue), Bailey expects many cusiPhone app now tomers will simply available in the visit both stores while shopping downtown. One App Store or iTunes WA of the most exciting aspects of the new location is the chance to finally PERSONAL ESTATE put a largeREAL backlog ofCORPORATION books onto loPERS cal shelves. “We have a huge backlog of gently used books that nobody local has had access to yet,” she says. Staff plan to add new titles daily once the store opens, giving readers a steady supply of fresh discoveries. For more information, email oceansidebooksbc@gmail.com or PERSONAL REAL ESTATE CORPORATION call 604.489.3028.
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stock, including novels, DVDs, CDs, puzzles, board games and card games. Used records are expected to be added later this year. Bailey says customers can expect new items to appear regularly. “There will be new stock going into the store every week,” she adds, noting that staff members have been working through a backlog of inventory to prepare for the opening. Moving used items into their own space will allow Oceanside OCEAN VIEW
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Entertainment to better organize its inventory. As the store expanded, Bailey says it became increasingly difficult to keep new and used stock together. “The majority of the used items will move across the street to allow for more space for used items and more space for new items at Oceanside.” Oceanside Entertainment will continue to focus on new products such as board games, toys, trading cards, licensed goods and new NEW RANCHER
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books. Used children’s books will also remain at that location. Bailey says keeping children’s books alongside the toy section makes it easier for families to shop. “Parents can easily shop for some new-to-them reading materials while the children are shopping the toy section.” Marine Avenue’s community of independent merchants is a big part of why Bailey continues to expand downtown. “I love the atmosphere of the mer-
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