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Former Gift Shop® Plus editor Julie McCallum Packard channeled her love for retail into a brick-and-mortar store — and shares how it’s going over a year later.![]()
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With decades of retail knowledge, an eye for trends and established industry relationships in tow, Packard brought her passion for storytelling and curation to a Main Street storefront in Ada, Michigan: Pursuit Paper & Gift.![]()
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📸 courtesy of Julie McCallum Packard.![]()
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