A longtime children’s clothing store in Chattanooga’s North Shore has expanded as it seeks to fill a niche for teens, its owners said.
“We listened to the customer and the need for a shop like this,” said Kelly Paschall, who with co-owner Bonnie Moses expanded into space adjacent to The Sandbox which they’re calling the Shore Next Door.
Located in the 2 North Shore complex on Manufacturers Road, the store owners said in an interview that they’ve added 1,600 square feet of space to the 2,600 square feet they already occupy as they sell clothes for babies through teenagers.
“We thought about the teen market. We’re making it a little more trendy” than the existing Sandbox, said Paschall, adding that the space, serving both girls and boys, was designed by Henson-Hinck of Chattanooga.
While The Sandbox has been around for three decades, Moses and Paschall bought the business last year. Moses said she was the store manager for nine years before the two friends who had met at Covenant College decided to buy the retail venture with their husbands.