Santa Cruz, California’s woman-owned shop Paradise Surf Shop has a new owner according to a story in the Santa Cruz Sentinel. Anna Macken, 26, saw a post on Craigslist and bought the shop.
“I have always known that I wasn’t interested in pursuing a high-powered career in, say, the financial district,” she said. “I was wondering which direction to take my life in, I knew I wanted to be able to surf and hang out with my son after he gets out of school and I came across a posting for the shop and pursued it.”
Macken is a single mom with a 6-year-old son and a degree from Mills college. According to the story she is currently working on a master’s in business administration there. There’s nothing like running a surf shop to introduce people to the realities of retail; especially in these times.
[Link: Santa Cruz Sentinel]
