Vicki S.
Yelp
I like being happily surprised! When I was looking for a different store, I stumbled across Coyote Exchange. What a great find. As a "professional shopper" I come across a lot of stores and have a pretty good idea of what works and what doesn't -- this works. The important things were well thought out. Here is my take on this delightful store/boutique:
1) First thing I noticed is the smell -- or lack thereof. These types of stores often either smell like musty old clothes, or like they dumped a bottle of Costco-sized Febreeze on it. This store is neither -- just clean, and hence you feel like the clothes are new.
2) Merchandise, Lighting and Display -- I love a well lit store -- feels much more like a new clothing store rather than resale. Display is huge -- I like to feel like there is a direction of flow I can take without stumbling over other people, see the merchandise clearly and not be overstuffed, prices should be easy to find, items should not be laying all over each other... Coyote is all of the good stuff, none of the bad. If you take the time to organize by style, size and color, I know you take pride in the store and the merchandise. There is a large selection of jewelry displayed like a jewelry store including sterling silver and turquoise.
3) Prices. As they should be. This is not a thrift store, but a carefully curated resale store. This sounds like there are only upscale or vintage items, but that is not true either -- although you may find both, you also may find something you saw recently in a department store. I had a chat with the owner, and she said she just finds clean, cute clothes that she believes people will like. She also seems to know her stuff with pricing and quality.
4) Location is good - once you have been there, its easy as can be. Perpendicular to the north of Smith's about a block up.
5) Dressing rooms are well lit and large. 'Nuff said.
6) Staff is friendly and helpful if needed.
Downside (if you call it that) -- why have I not heard about this place before? Although I have just recently moved here, I have had some shopping time, and found the better clothing options to be lacking... this just opened up some new options.
If you are a customer looking for well priced quality clothes, you don't go to the thrift stores or department stores -- seems you either get price or quality. Here you can get both -- not too many places around town that can do that.
