- July 27, 2021
- Posted by: Stratford Team
- Category: Business
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — A couple of young business owners have made thrifting their new focus through opening a vintage store in Corpus Christi. The owners of VNP Gallery said guests can find retro threads while taking a quick trip down memory lane.
Co-owner Jonathan Winfrey of VNP Gallery said he started thrift store shopping back in 2016. “When I started thrifting, I just fell in love with that even more. You know just the thrill of the hunt and having to find cool pieces,” said Winfrey.
“I took over my moms garage and I had too many clothes all over the place. My mom was like you have to do something with this so I had my first pop up in March 2016 and called it, thrift-topia,” said Winfrey.
He made some good money and decided to do another pop up shop in 2017 and made even more money. Winfrey and his friend Thomas took the steps to expand their business and opened VNP Gallery in 2018.
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