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Industry: Email Alert RSS FeedAUTUMN IN NEW YORK; AN EAST VILLAGE SKATEBOARD SHOP OFFERS APPAREL FOR ALL SEASONS.
Daily News Record, September, 2001 by SAMANIEGO, SANDY
Autumn arrived early in New York -- at least it did on East 2nd Street between avenues A and B.
Since the Autumn Skateboard Shop opened its doors five months ago it has enjoyed resounding success in the heart of New York's alternative culture, the East Village.
"This is an idea that we've had for quite a while," says 25-year-old Kristen Yaccarino, who opened Autumn last April with her husband, David Mims, 24. "We wanted to do a shop together, and there had been a lack of good skate stores in the city."
Yaccarino and Mims attribute their success to a thorough knowledge of the industry and their customer. Mims, a former decorative painter, has been a passionate skateboarder for the last 12 years. And so, he was familiar with the brands...
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