Shop Small: Brandon’s Breezy’s Beads Focuses on ‘Family’ Customer Care
Kim Tice said her business has been open for 10 years, built on a camaraderie with customers that transcends the atmosphere of quick-hit commerce. In an interview leading up to Small Business Saturday, Tice said customers “are family to us."
Rated “Brandon’s Best” for “bead shop,” Breezy’s Beads is not hard to find on Oakfield Drive in Brandon, across the street from Brandon Regional Hospital. The sign hangs proudly, as testament to store owner Kim Tice’s contention that what stays in the community builds the community. “That’s one reason I started the business, I wanted to start a small business so people could come in and feel welcome,” said store owner Kim Tice, in an interview leading up to Small Business Saturday on Nov. 26. Customers “are family to us and we care about them,” Tice added. “We try to get to know our customers by their names. They can talk to us about anything. They can stop in and say, ‘Hi’ and they don’t even have to buy. That’s what we wanted and I think…
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Kim O. Tice
10:34 am on Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Dear Terri, Have you brought your receipt and the beads you purchased in for your refund yet? Since we did not have a buy one get one 50% OFF sale on any beads in baskets in the front, I don't know what you are referring too??? We had a sale buy one get one FREE on Czech Fire Polished beads, and in the baskets a 50% OFF sale on Cathedral and Mirror beads, and then in other baskets we had Semi-… more ›