Recently I was pondering over the social novelty that is Hipsters. Mostly my thoughts were turned to them because I don't really understand how this movement has happened. A major launching point to my curiosity was because I was checking out LA's bike shop's, Mellow Johnny, website and I was surprised at how hipster the site is. Made me start asking all kinds of questions.
What items sell really well at a hipster bike shop? What would I sell in my hipster bike shop?
I bet you would find a lot of items not traditionally sold in a bike shop at a hipster shop. I think that a cigaret vending machine would be a huge success. Items such as cycling shorts or jerseys wouldn't be found on the shelves. You might be able to have a marijuana vending machine too if you were in Cali. Are there hipsters in Cali though? Beanies, touks if your north of the border, would sell like hot cakes.
Originally I thought that to run a successful hipster shop you would want to sell footwear brands like Adidas, but now I think that might fall outside of the counter culture non-mainstream lifestyle code that hipsters live by.
Don't get me wrong. I fully support free thinking, indie-rock, bad art, and flannel shirts. I just can't help but wonder sometimes: what shampoo do hipsters use?
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