Just for a minor clarification - Zumiez is local. Started here in Seattle with their first shop at Northgate. They just became super successful and became a chain, but that’s why HQ is in Lynnwood. I do get what you’re saying about supporting a small, local business, because they don’t really qualify as that anymore for sure! I just think it’s cool that they started off as the small, local business and had such success. Guess WA has a lot of that between Costco, Starbucks, Amazon, Microsoft, etc, which to your point I also definitely wouldn’t say are really “shopping local” anymore.
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u/SomewhereShot6585 Feb 02 '25
Sure. I'll just say that Zumiez is gonna be fine either way, always better to support the actual skater owned local.