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The return of Hugh for the holidays

By Mark | December 16, 2010

Last year at about this time, I ran an interview with a friend of mine named Joe Posch about a pop-up (temporary) shop that he was opening in Detroit. Well, the business, called Hugh, is back again this Christmas season, and I tracked down Joe to find out what was new, and what, if anything, […]

Posted in Detroit, Retail | Also tagged bachelor style, barware, Bureau of Urban Living, buy local, Christmas gifts, City Bird, Danish stainless steel, drinking, entertaining, entrepreneurism, Esquire, gift ideas, Halloween USA, hoarding, Hugh, indy retail, Iodent Building, Joe Posch, Laura Abraham, Leopold's Books, new ideas in retail, pop-up retail, Rachel's Place, retail in Detroit, reuse, Scandinavian chic. bachelor pad, Shop Local for the Holidays, ski holiday, Spectacles, teak, the still-ejaculating husk that was once Hugh Hefner, transient retail, vintage | 4 Comments

Joe Posch, owner of Detroit’s Hugh, on the realities of retail

By Mark | December 10, 2009

A few days ago, the family and I ventured into Detroit, and, not only didn’t we die – we had a great time. And, while there, we dropped by our friend Joe Posch’s lovely new store, Hugh. What follows is a brief conversation between Joe and I on the idea behind the store, the challenges […]

Posted in Ann Arbor, Detroit, entrepreneurism, Local Business, Shadow Art Fair, Ypsilanti | Also tagged bachelor style, Bureau of Urban Living, Canine to Five, Christmas gifts, City Bird, Claire Nelson, demolition, Design 99, Design Within Reach, destination shoppers, Detroit, Detroit Opera House, DIA, Eastern Market, entrepreneurism, getting press, gift ideas, good design, Good Girls Go To Paris Crepes, Hamtramck, Have an Inter-NOT Holiday - shop in Detroit, Hugh, indy retail, Joe Posch, Leopold's Books, Liz Blondy, mall shoppers, Mark offends a friend, mass transit, Mezzanine, Nutcracker, Open City, Park Avenue, Park Shelton, pop-up retail, recruiting entrepreneurs, Retail, retail happening, retail in Ann Arbor, retail in Detroit, retail in Ypsilanti, ruin porn, small business, Supino's Pizzeria, Target, tax credits, Team Detroit, the donut of Novi, titanium crystal, Toby Barlow, University Cultural Center Association, VG Kids, whisky stones, Woodbridge Pub, Woodward | 26 Comments

In a Plain Martha Wrapper

By Mark | August 19, 2002

Linette and I went to Borders yesterday. The plan was to stop in and buy a guidebook for Italy (where we dream of going, when we can afford it) and then to head over to Starbucks for a coffee (which we like to drink when we can afford it). When we first walked in to […]

Posted in Mark's Life, Media, Retail, sex | Also tagged 1932, 8th Circle of Hell, Amazon, Borders, Brown Jug Restaurant Line Cook convention, Charlie Sheen, clitoris the size of a standard index card, Cosmopolitan, Criterion Collection, Dockers, evolution of porn, Fritz Lang, Germany, hard-core porn, M, magnified to comic proportion, Martha Stewart, masturbation guard, movie review, National Geographic, paperback romance, Penthouse, Peter Lorre, scanning for ex-girlfriends and physical, serial killers, Spy Kids, Star Fleet, Star Trek, Starbucks, Start Trek the Next Generation, the canals of Mars, Wesley Crusher, Wil Wheaton, Xtreme Caligula | Leave a comment

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