Jul 30, 2008

New home for Pine Cone Gift ShoppeBy Briana BarkerTheSuburbanite.com

Uniontown, Ohio – The Pine Cone Gift Shoppe is celebrating a new location and six years in business. Gary Chapman, moved his gift shoppe to Uniontown four months ago. Prior to that the Pine Cone was located in Hartville.

Chapman said customer service is the specialty of his store. He and his mother, Sharon James, are the only two who work in the store, making it easier to give their customers that special attention to detail and remember what they like and what they bought during their prior visit.

“I am not about selling a $400 lamp when a $20 lamp looks better,” Chapman said.

He said customers have even set up the decor they have to see how well something looks with the items they are considering buying.

“I even have one lady who is bringing in her table to see how everything looks on it,” Chapman said.

The newly expanded store is bigger with a small store feel to it because of the customer service.

The Pine Cone specializes in country primitive interior decor. Chapman said 70 percent of the items he carries are American-made. He added he buys his items in ones and twos and not in bulk so that each item is unique and customers can expect fresh items in his store when they visit.

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