New Store Turns Ragz to Richez
As you walk into the store, there lies an abundance of items: record players, clothing, jewelry and more. This new store, Ragz 2 Richez, doubles as a thrift store with numerous antiques and a consignment store for sports. Ragz 2 Richez opened earlier this month and has attracted numerous Newbury Park inhabitants.
They sell everything from vintage clothes to books to furniture. The only requirement is that everything comes second-hand, and to Ava Blanke, junior, that is the most appealing part of the store.
“You get all sorts of different furnitures and books from all sorts of different backgrounds; it makes for a really interesting, cultural place,” Blanke said.
She also bought a novel from the store,The Odyssey by Homer, “because it looked really vintage and the pages themselves had a history.”
Allison Gennette, junior, has been working at this store for over a month. She calls Ragz 2 Richez a “classy, high-end store with many cute clothes and vintage trinkets.”
“We don’t really have a store like it in Newbury Park,” she says. That’s what drew her initially to working there. There’s something for everyone, as the clothes “are more vintage, hipster, indie and the trinkets are really cute,” Gennette adds.
Blanke was drawn into the store by the bookshelves near the window. She also “spotted a really cool trunk and a couple of other furniture pieces”. She plans on going back soon “to explore and see what I can find next”.
Another employee hired about two weeks ago said she came about the store while on a run and became intrigued to check out the inside.
“I was on my run and when I passed it, I thought to look inside and it was super chill. I asked if they were hiring and that’s how I got the job.” Stacy* said about her first time in Ragz 2 Richez.
After working there only for a short time, Stacy finds the store “breathtaking because when [customers] think they are done looking around [they] always find something else that captures their eye.”
The items that contribute to this experience are from storage lockers. “The owner buys the storage lockers like in storage wars and then sells the things in them in the store,” said Stacy.
Stacy also said Ragz 2 Richez was an important store to have in Newbury Park because “it’s an exciting adventure. You never know what you’re going to find.”
Ultimately, the future goals for the store are to “just make people smile with what they are buying,” Stacy said.
* = this source wanted to remain anonymous
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