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Opening the only locally owned boutique in the UTC Mall

By Justine Griffin for the Herald-Tribune

Jackie Zumba strolled down the center aisle of the Mall at University Town Center one night, taking a break from the ongoing work and construction in her new boutique.

Zumba, a 27-year-old retail entrepreneur in Sarasota, marveled at the expansive — and expensive — storefronts of the many national and international retailers that will open alongside her store next week.

“I look at all these beautiful stores and think, ‘Wow, I’m in the big leagues, now,’ ” she said. “Even though it’s been really stressful, this is such a great opportunity for me.”

Zumba owns Jackie Z Style & Co., the only locally owned boutique opening inside the new mall.

The store also will be the only store that’s not a department store to sell multiple brands.

Making the move from Main Street in downtown Sarasota to the $315 million mall has been anything but easy.

Read more here.

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What’s In Store video series debuts

My retail blog and column brand, What’s In Store, expanded to include a weekly video series this week.

Every week I’ll take readers on a tour of a new store or give them retail news that is unique to the coverage we do in print and on the blog.

“Check back every week for a round up of the top retail news through a new video series with retail reporter, Justine Griffin.

Interested in being apart of the What’s in Store video series? Pitch your story ideas to Justine directly by emailing her here.”

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Panelist for The OpEd Project Twitter session

On Monday, I participated in a online panel for The OpEd Project. I was one of two speakers that talked about Twitter best practices with fellows and university staff from Yale University and Dartmouth College.

It was great to be apart of the group.

I’m looking forward to being apart of more of these discussions.

 

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Knight Science Journalism Review

Knight Science Journalism at MIT operates the KSJ Tracker, which featured a blurb about  The Cost of Life on June 24, 2014.

The review was written by Paul Raeborn, a media critic.

The Cost of Life is well worth your time. If it had run in the New York Times, it would be news across the country now, and we would be seeing Griffin interviewed by Charlie Rose. In the media capital here in New York City, where we’re accustomed to thinking that we know everything, it’s important to be reminded that good journalism can be done anywhere.”

Read the full review here.

 

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The Cost of Life: Excerpts for additional publications

The Cost of Life ran excerpts in the following publications:

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The Cost of Life: My experience as a first-time egg donor ran an as an excerpt on the Huffington Post Women page on June 5, 2014.

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An original excerpt published in The Riverter Magazine on April 18, 2014.

Editor and founder of The Riveter, Kaylen Ralph, published a Q&A with Justine Griffin the week prior to the excerpt.

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We Are Egg Donors, an egg donor activist and resources group, published a Q&A with Justine Griffin on May 21, 2014.

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The Gainesville Sun and the Ocala Star-Banner, both Halifax Media Group-owned newspapers, published 900-word excerpts of The Cost of Life on Sunday, May 25.

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longreadsLongreads featured The Cost of Life on its website in June.

Slate.com’s Double X Podcast mentioned The Cost of Life and linked to the story in a July 10 episode.

The Washington Post pulled quotes and reporting from The Cost of Life in a July 21 Storyline piece.

Medium featured The Cost of Life in this June 5 piece about the fertility industry and again in this Jan. 17 piece about the pursuit of pregnancy.

Wired Magazine mentioned The Cost of Life in this Oct. 24 piece about egg freezing.

Paste Magazine included The Cost of Life on a list of the best short read pieces in January.

The Crow’s Nest (USF student publication) wrote about The Cost of Life on Nov. 15, 2015.

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Photo by Elaine Litherland