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Alaska Outdoor Gear Shop Celebrates 50 Years
Editor's Note: This news item was retrieved and first published through Alaska Public Media's website.
Alaska Public Media reports on three Alaska businesswomen who have 50 years of success in their Petersburg outdoor clothing shop. Lee’s Clothing, located in Alaska, is a family affair that includes generations of businesswomen who can’t imagine doing anything else. Roxy Lee, and here daughters Heidi Lee and Cynthia Mathisen own the ship. Roxy is the Matriarch of Lee’s Clothing. You’d never know she’s almost 90.
According to a Alaska Public Media article, "Retail didn’t start with Roxy, though. Business runs in her family back in Minnesota." There were 25 different companies. Roxy did that work for 12 years while raising a family. She says she learned a lot about what sold in Alaska. Fishing gear and fishing clothing and fishing caps,” she said. “The white bow ski cap that’s famous in Alaska and heavy jackets. So, I got an idea.” IN celebreation of the milestone, there will be a gathering for the public and former employees of Lee’s Clothing at the store on Friday at 4:30 p.m. in downtown Petersburg.
Learn more about Lee's outdoor clothing and gear store here.