Get ready for episode number 22 of Boutique Chat with Cammy Maldonado, the founder and CEO of Ruffles

and Rust Expo. And guys, this is all about being successful at pop-up and vendor events.

Let's talk about your business, strategy, and the juicy details of what actually works,

from mainstream fashion to fashion on Main Street, and the entire ecosystem behind it.

How do we scale your company and do it with the balance and the happiness that we all seek?

Let's hear from those insiders, experts, and strategists that actually make it happen.

I'm your host, Ashley Alderson from the boutique hub, and I can't wait to chat.

Hey guys, welcome back to this week's podcast. This show is focused for those of you who set up

at vendor events or host pop-ups, and you're looking

for tips for success that bring people into your booth and help you to better collaborate

with the vendors and the boutiques that you work with at these events. This week, we're talking to

Cammy Maldonado, who is the founder of Ruffles and Rust Expo. Now, Ruffles and Rust Expo is the largest boutique-focused multi-city

exposition in the United States. They travel across eight states to connect shoppers with the

vendors and the boutiques that they'll love. Now, Cammy's unique background comes from

furniture restoration and then into specialty retail, in which she saw this opportunity that when

boutiques and vendors joined together they became a shopping destination and after which cammy began

connecting vendors and boutiques to then host vendor events now in 2018 alone cammy and her team will

have hosted over 28 vendor events in eight states, working

with more than 800 vendors this year alone, and welcoming more than 10,000 shoppers through

their doors only since March.

Now on the show, we're chatting with Cammy about what it takes not only to host a successful

vendor event, but also what key similarities she

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