People’s love and support has been the biggest asset to us. There was a time when we considered closing the physical store, but every time we heard people say how much they love our store, we just felt like we need to keep going. Throughout the quarantine, our customers continued to make purchases and check-in on us (thank you!) on social media. I’d say our best asset was our loyal customers and followers. Now our online site and presence is doing much better. Very quickly we noticed the problems in our eCommerce, so we spent quite some time to improve them. Not being able to open our store really hurt our sales, especially fashion sales, but it also made us see the weaknesses in the business. Overall, Chop Suey Club is a commemoration of Chinese immigration history and an aspiration for a more culturally integrated future.Ī post shared by 「雜」Chop Suey Club did the pandemic affect your business and what was the best asset for you in the past year of quarantine? The “Club” part was inspired by the novel Joy Luck Club I love the idea of a social club where people get together to play mahjong and talk about their lives. Chop suey to me is a symbol of cultural integration. Chop suey is the first Chinese American dish invented by early Chinese immigrants to cater to the American palate, it was synonymous to Chinese food in the US as more varieties of Chinese cuisines came to the US, chop suey is slowly fading out of menus. What is the significance of Chop Suey Club and how did you first settle upon the name?Ĭhop Suey Club came from a few different places. I guess if they can do it, there’s no reason I can’t, right? I do consider all the Chinatown mom & pop shops my mentors. I worked this job a few times, so it taught me a lot about displaying clothes. Every season change, DKNY would assemble crews to change all the flagship stores’ merchandise overnight. I never had any prior retail experience except a visual merchandising gig at DKNY. ![]() I started Chop Suey Club in 2015, and the storefront officially opened in 2016. A post shared by Ruoyi 江若仪 did you first get started in retail and did you have any mentors in the space?
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