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The closing of the iconic Saba’s Western Wear in 2019 left a hole in Old Town Scottsdale. Luckily, the business that sprang up in its coveted location on Brown Avenue is just as homegrown. The Merchantile of Scottsdale is a boutique marketplace with more than 80 local vendors founded by husband and wife Eugene and Kimberly Pak. After they moved to Arizona from California, they applied their entrepreneurial experience to building The Merchantile. “I love...

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Fast fashion and Amazon Prime are dominating the shopping world, but that doesn’t mean that the era of brick-and-mortar is over – at least, not in Scottsdale. The Merchantile, an indoor boutique marketplace currently under construction, plans to host a mish-mash of local businesses under one roof. Slated to sell jewelry, clothes and home decor, the “co-retailing experience” is meant to support local vendors by alleviating the stress of pricey overhead costs. These woes are...