Another youngsters’ store has discovered a spot to play in the Fan.
Ina, which sells carriages, child transporters, garments, blessings and toys, opened a month ago at 300 N. Robinson St.
Co-proprietor Christina Cruz said she’s trusting the store can stand apart with an attention on a physical encounter allowing guardians to survey an enormous choice of apparatus face to face.
“There aren’t an excessive number of spots where you can take a brief trip and see gear face to face,” Cruz said.
“In the event that it’s a store selling gear, it’s typically only a buggy and a couple of children items. I needed to wed the two (ideas) and make a way of life store for kids.”
Named for the Tagalog word for “mother” and a moniker for Cruz utilized by her loved ones, Ina additionally has a web based business activity.
Cruz and her accomplice/co-proprietor Zack Zeiner dispatched Ina subsequent to having gone through over 10 years in the youngsters’ discount item and style universes.
Most as of late, Cruz was a project lead and business engineer for Cybex, a child items organization.
Zeiner knows quite a bit about streetwear and menswear. The Army veteran most as of late worked at Virginia Outside, a youngsters’ open air encounters organization, where he ran guided fishing trips.
The couple has two youngsters and moved from New York City to Richmond two and half years prior. Cruz initially came to Richmond to go to VCU in the mid 2000s.
The store is an endeavor to reproduce the local shops Cruz frequented while living in the Big Apple.
“We were utilized to that feeling of network, having each one of those shops in the area,” she stated, including that the store has seen consistent pedestrian activity since it opened.
The store, which conveys brands like Kid Made Modern, Cybex, Micro Scooters and Doona, is around 400 square feet.
Another ongoing retail appearance to the city is Homme Essentials, a menswear store that opened close to the Museum District in May. In the Fan, a vintage furniture store has settled in the previous Baja Bean space.
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