By: Elizabeth Lavender
20. Abbegail helps a customer purchase their items. Purchases are easy with their iPad system. |
2. Abbegail Dekle, Athens native, opens up the store for her Friday shift. She started working at fringe for a summer job. |
1. Fringe Boutique is a clothing store in Athens, Ga. It is located in the heart of the downtown area. |
3. Abbegail organizes the racks. She makes sure all the sizes are in order. |
5. The accessories are also organized. Some of the accessories are placed around the store with coordinating pieces. |
14. Abbegail captures sneak peaks of Fringe. These are posted daily to the Fringe instagram. |
4. Abbegail color codes the racks. Every section in the store is by color pallets . |
8. Abbegail cleans up the dressing rooms. If customers do not like what they tried on they leave it in the rooms. |
9. Abbegail returns the clothes to their spot in the store. Employees have to memorize where every item is located on the floor. |
10. Abbegail checks inventory. If a customer is looking for a specific size, Abbegail tries to locate it for them. |
11. Abbegail helps another employee with packaging. Every purchased item is personally wrapped in store. |
12. Abbegail packages purchased items. Customized Fringe bags are given to the customers. |
13. Abbegail helps new employees learn the ropes. Hunter started work today at Fringe. |
16. Custom stickers are placed on the bags. All of the wrapping has the fringe logos on it. |
7. Poorly folded clothes are resteamed. This helps the folding look pristine. |
17. Abbegail organizes new pieces. New releases are placed on the floor at the end of the week. |
15. Abbegail restocks the wrapping station. Backup bags are always in stock in the store. |
19. Abbegail assists customers by placing their interests in dressing rooms. This is the main part of her job after maintenance has been settled for the day. |
18. Abbegail steams all of the unreleased clothing items. This prepares them to be organized and released. |