Only 2 more days of Christmas trading .... and some news from us ... it is our LAST Christmas Trading as Ikeguchi ... You may have noticed 2 new faces now and again the last few weeks behind the counter at Ikeguchi ... they are the new proud owners of our little shop! After 16 years we have found the perfect people to take over and we have sold the shop! 2 Terrific girls - Ginnie & Sal ... It was a difficult decision but the right people are going to keep everything exactly the same and build an awesome online store that we have not had time to do! Katsu & I have loved having our shop, loved meeting all our wonderful customers and we have been blessed with amazing staff over the years ... many of who we still see today as they are like part of our family. For us, our wholesale business has grown bigger than expected and our time can not stretch between the 2 businesses anymore. So, at the end of January there will be a name change ...but other than that nothing else much will change. The customer rewards system will stay the same, the Japanese wrapping will stay the same ... I even have their assurance from a concerned customer that the cool eighties tunes will stay! ... The artists and brands we have supported over the years will still be there, and the store will be our number one stockist for our Concept Japan products! I hope that you will all continue to support the new owners and their journey to keep what we started going for longer and even better .... I have been meaning to get a letter and email out to let people know but of course I have been too busy ... so the first official announcement is through Facebook! Much love from all of us .... Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas and maybe I can do one last Christmas wrap for you over the next 2 days! Katsu & Helen Ikeguchi xox
Posted on: Mon, 22 Dec 2014 13:05:17 +0000