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Crain's Detroit Business
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April 21, 2008
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Copyright informationCOPYRIGHT 2008 Crain Communications, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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Byline: Nancy Kaffer
Detroit
Powell Peabody loves shoes.
Designer shoes with architectural heels. Athletic shoes with style. Chi-chi French pumps.
She believes that Detroiters love shoes too, and she's gone and put her money where her mouth is. About $100,000 worth - that's about what Peabody estimates it cost to open Detroit's Sole Sisters, the third independently owned store in the local chain and the first in Detroit.
Peabody managed the store's Royal Oak location (the third Sole Sisters is in Rochester) for about a year and a half before setting up shop last fall in Detroit's Mid-Med ...
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