Business can be a lonely game, but it doesn't have to be.

Welcome to Boutique Chat, where we explore community over competition and how to scale your company with the balance and the happiness that we all seek.

We'll hear from product-based businesses of all types, retailers, e-commerce, and wholesale brands,

along with industry experts shaping the future of our industry. I'm your host, Ashley Alderson,

from the boutique hub, and I can't wait to chat.

Hey, guys, welcome back to the podcast this week. Hey, if there's one thing you probably know about what we do at the hub is we always want to connect you guys with the best products to source in your stores, whether you're online or your live seller or however you like to do business. So I love having these conversations with all of the different trade shows, online marketplaces, you name it,

just so you know exactly how to shop the best place for you. So Stephanie, you're a huge part of

that conversation. I'm so glad you're here today. Yay. I'm so excited to be here spreading the

gospel of ASD Market Week and all the goodies. So thank you so much for having me.

Oh, I'm so pumped for this conversation because

if there's a market that I feel like a lot of boutique retailers don't necessarily know a lot

about, it's probably yours. And your market's one of the largest. So let's get into it from the

start. Tell me, like, what is ASD? What should everyone know about it? So we're the hidden

gem, and we don't want to be hidden anymore because times are tough, and, you know, we think

that we can help support a lot of boutique owners make money. So ASD Market Week is affordable

shopping destination, and we have everything under the sun. So when I talk about product

categories, anything you can think of, we're going to have on that show floor. And what's nice is

we've curated, so there's nine neighborhoods, and each neighborhood really specializes in a specific

product category. So ASD is really just an inclusive space for you to come on board,

bring friends, do some shopping, get some deals, and make money for that store.

I love it. It's all the stuff that you don't necessarily find at other markets. So talk to me

about the nine neighborhoods, if you can, in detail. Like, what do you find in each of them?

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