JEFF FIELDER Editor
Jeff.fielder@nspiretoday.com
BRIDGEPORT – Manda (Steer) Lapaseotes is the owner of Class and Sass Boutique in downtown Bridgeport. She opened her clothing and accessories store in March 2017. She graduated from Bridgeport High School in 2010, and then she earned a business management degree from the University of Wyoming in 2014. She and her husband, Nicholas, a 2011 Bridgeport High School graduate, have three children: Rhett, 4; Breck, 2; and Ellie, 3 weeks. Manda and her family live in Bridgeport.
Q: Talk about how things have been going since you opened Class and Sass Boutique five years ago.
LAPASEOTES: “I started out on a very small scale. I didn’t have that much inventory, and I had limited store hours since I had just had my first child in June 2017. Fortunately, enough people supported the store, and we were able to expand our inventory and move to a bigger storefront down the street.”
Q: Have you seen steady growth each year you’ve been in business?
LAPASEOTES: “Yes, we have continued to grow every year. In fact, we had our biggest growth spurt during COVID. We went all online; we did everything through social media.”
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