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Small Dog Candle Co. closes Ottawa storefront · Illinois Valley - Shaw Local

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  Speaker 1: Small Dog Candle Company closes Ottawa storefront. Written by Stephanie Jenkins,
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  Speaker 1: This article is being read by an automated voice brought
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  Speaker 1: to you by Everlett. Small Dog Candle Company and Market
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  Speaker 1: will be closing its doors, but not its candle sales.
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  Speaker 1: Co owner Jamie Weatherspoon has intentions to semi retire. This
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  Speaker 1: is simply a directional pivot for our business, not the
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  Speaker 1: complete end, said the owners in an announcement on social media.
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  Speaker 1: As a family, we are looking for work life balance
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  Speaker 1: after six years of NonStop candle making, and as a result,
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  Speaker 1: have decided to close our storefront. Weatherspoon, who co owns
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  Speaker 1: the business at six nineteen Los Aalle Street, Ottawa with
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  Speaker 1: her daughter Avery Wheeler, plans to shift the business to
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  Speaker 1: focus on private label, wholesale, pop up markets and shower
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  Speaker 1: and wedding favors. We want to thank you from the
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  Speaker 1: bottom of our hearts for supp reporting us in this journey,
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  Speaker 1: they said. Geometry, a line of towels, and Brumeti, a
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  Speaker 1: line of drinkwar will be carried at their sister store, Fancies,
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  Speaker 1: a women's clothing store that opened nextdoor earlier this year.
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  Speaker 1: Rodeo Cowboy Fancy signature sent and perhaps a seasonal cent
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  Speaker 1: or two will be available at fancies. Gift cards will
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  Speaker 1: be honored until the anticipated mid September closing. All valid
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  Speaker 1: Candle Lab gift certificates with a non expired date may
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  Speaker 1: be converted to store credit with the certificate present at checkout.
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