- July 16, 2021
- Posted by: Stratford Team
- Category: Business
A local boutique is hosting a pop-up event this weekend to help support local women-owned businesses.
Sisters Mindy Joslin and Colleen Satterwhite started Juniper & Blue Boutique in 2020, which features a variety of clothing, shoes, and accessories, some of which are made right here in the Treasure Valley.
2020 wasn’t an easy year for any local businesses, but according to a report from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the pandemic disproportionately affected women-owned businesses.
The report said of the female business owners they surveyed, only 47 percent ranked their businesses’ overall health as “good.” In comparison, 62 percent of male business owners said the same.
[Boise based beauty company grows during pandemic; provides jobs, at-home products]The study reads in part:
Before the coronavirus pandemic began 67% of male-owned businesses ranked the overall health of their business as “good,” while fewer (60%) women-owned businesses…
