Spring 2014

Best Sellers in Baltimore, MD By Duffy Weir

In Watermelon Sugar

Leslie Stevenson, Owner
www.watermelon-sugar.com
Concept: Home goods and accessories

Leslie Stevenson felt her store’s name should reflect the artistic Hampden neighborhood where it’s located. In Watermelon Sugar takes its name from a Richard Brautigan novel and Stevenson, owner and art director of the store, says it piques customers’ curiosity. When in her twenties, Stevenson, an architecture and interior design graduate, fell in love with the quirky Hampden neighborhood and decided to open an affordable home accessories store. Stevenson has been operating this two-room shop for over 15 years. In Watermelon Sugar sells furniture, lamps, accessories, bath/body products, jewelry and tote bags and a small-curated selection of paper products.

Best Sellers
Bath and Body Saipua, Pacifico Nature, 80 Acres Body Care
Home Fragrances Votivo Candles and essential oils
Lamps Slip from North Carolina
Wall Art Coral & Tusk
Stationery Cavallini Papers & Co.
Textiles Turkish Towel Company Inc.

Duffy Weir

Duffy Weir is the former vice president and director of Specialty Retail and Marketing at The Rouse Company in Columbia, Maryland. She is now an independent retail marketing and sponsorship consultant, and a senior writer for Specialty Retail Report. Weir travels the world searching for what she says “makes marketplaces tick.” She can be reached at Duffyllc@comcast.net or her office 410-252-8885.