A clothing store owner in Baltimore County is expanding her boutique as retail sales and the overall economy improve.
Lori Kilberg will move her store
Lori.k to a larger space in Stevenson Village in Greenspring Valley March 3.
The 2,200-square-foot shop is about 50 percent bigger than the current store.
Kilberg says she spent $50,000 on the expansion as sales have grown. She expects sales to grow 20 percent this year. Nationally, retail sales rose .6 percent to $381 billion in December as consumers' confidence in the economy perks up a bit.
Lori.k caters to the 40-to-65-year-old who "doesn't want to look like her daughter," Kilberg says. The shop wants to offer a place where you can buy everything from a $20 T-shirt to a $1500 ball gown.
"Everybody can walk out with something and buy something which I think is incredible," Kilberg says.
Kilberg likes the location because the shopping center is convenient to reach for folks living on either side of the beltway.
Writer:Julekha Dash
Source: Lori Kilberg, Lori.k