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Northshore October 2025
“I thought Reading needed a higher-end consignment shop,” says Rachael Bankey, owner of Raspberry Beret, which opened its third location last October. In the about-to-boom downtown business district where it is located, lunchtime foot traffic is steadily increasing—good news for a new-to-town retailer. Bankey has owned Raspberry Beret for 10 years. The first of her stores opened in Wakefield on the Melrose line. Before owning it, however, she was a frequent browser. “Ten years ago,” she notes, “it was kind of a new idea to have a boutique consignment shop, and it was really the only place around.”
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