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—Hundreds of small businesses and vendors nationwide were shocked last week when The Painted Tree suddenly closed all of its locations, including stores in Overland Park and the Northland.
Local boutiques step up to help displaced vendors after The Painted Tree suddenly closes all locations.
The abrupt closures left vendors with extra inventory and questions about how to replace lost revenue.
Sarah Orozco, owner of The Sunflower Market, had products in 17 Painted Tree locations across the country.
“I would say it was probably 80, 85% of our yearly income,” Orozco said. “It’s not all here yet, but we’re lucky that we’re at least gonna get our shirts and our inventory back, but our complete build outs and everything are a loss. It’s all gone.”…