Plainview plus-size store reconfigures
Photo credit: Newsday/Audrey C. Tiernan | Caryn Richman, of Commack, likes city chic and the hip styles she finds in Plainview. "If you're hip and you want what's on the page of Lucky magazine, this is your shop," she says. (Oct. 19, 2011)
At the height of the recession, Norman and Marlene Weiss realized their Plainview plus-size women's store, named alight, was struggling.
Their store sold to a range of plus-size customers, from a trendy crowd favoring edgy styles to traditional and conservative types. But as the recession swept through the economy, the store couldn't compete with larger chains that were slashing prices to...
