Kids clothing store holding soft open at the Atrium Mall

Always and Forever Kids Clothing Boutique will be holding a soft opening today in the Atrium Mall to evaluate what people are most interested in getting for their children and developing a plan for what kinds of product to focus on in the near future.

Business owner Carissa Anderson said her store aims to fill a void she had noticed in town for a brick and mortar children clothing store. She saidshe hopes the feedback she gets from people during this soft opening will help her get a handle on what people are looking for.

“I’m kind of just generating a scale of what I need more of,” Anderson said.

Anderson has six children and two stepchildren and said she speaks from experience when she says that Havre could benefit from having a more-accessible children’s clothes store.

She described her store as a higher-brand kids clothing store that sell products for both girls and boys.

She is looking to expand her inventory as time goes on, she added.

“We expect to expand at some point in the near future,” she said.

She said her long-term plans for the business to become a full service children’s store by the beginning of next year.