The Local Life: Shop The Cue

I wanted to start this business because I always felt I was going to be a small business owner. I just never knew what I was going to be doing. And I think having a amazing place to go to that can help you not only find a gift for someone that you love, a good outfit to make you feel beautiful, but also make you feel like you're important. This is what I was meant to do for my life. I'm Lindsay Riley, the owner of Shop the Q, a full-scale boutique on the Southshore. We have everything from your kitchen to your closet and everything in between. I think looking back now, I never thought I'd be where I am, but I think that's the beauty of owning your own business is watching it grow to where it's meant to be. Shop the Q was originally started on the third floor in the middle of nowhere. I was set out with two racks and about 20 items and I said, I'm going to make it big one day. Sure enough, after being there for almost 3 and 1/2 years, we're excited to now be in our second location and keep evolving every day as we grow. As a second location, we were really looking for something that felt right. We wanted something where you walked in, it felt like home. And that's exactly how this location felt right when I walked in. That is beautiful. And then we just added our new town section, which is one of our biggest for the area. I think what sets us apart from being just a boutique is that we're also a manufacturer for one of our own in-house brands, which is our Riley Lane Candle brand. We have our manufacturing facility right upstairs. working with Rockland Trust since the beginning of starting my first store in Dorchester. It was the personal connection that got me in the door. When I started out on my second location, I immediately called my business banker, Eve, to educate myself on what I needed to get prepared in order to take the next step. I think I was at a new part of developing my business and where I needed to learn and how I needed to grow. I really wanted to do this one with the bank and I was able to learn what I needed to do to get there and able to open the doors here as well as learn the process and what I had to bring to the table to grow and make this all happen. The local life brought to you by Rockland Trust Bank.