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Northshore October 2025
For Kendrick Wauchope, owner of the newly opened solemates shoes in downtown Newburyport, footwear has long been a personal passion. Ever since the sneaker craze of the late ’80s and early ’90s, Wauchope has been a fan of fashionable kicks. Married to Erin Postl, owner of Shine boutique, also in downtown Newburyport, Wauchope is no stranger to the world of retail, so when considering bringing a shoe store downtown, he did his homework first. “If I was going to bring a shoe store here, I wanted to do it right. For all of the incredible clothing and retail shops downtown, there wasn’t a dedicated shoe store, so right away, the idea
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