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"XHIBITION is what it means. It's an exhibition. And when we thought of the concept, we thought of a museum, we thought of curated artwork. When you go to a museum, you really want to learn about the artist, you want to learn about the artwork…"

"…and you want to learn about why you're there and what's important in terms of what you're looking at. XHIBITION is a three store chain located here in Cleveland, Ohio. I'm Robert Rosenthal and I serve…"

"…as the lead strategist and head merchant. I try to bring a energy, urgency, and a vision each day when I come in. My name's Dustin Congemi and I'm the store manager of XHIBITION in the Van Aken District in Shaker Heights, Ohio."

"I'm Ahryn Tolley, and I am the lead buyer of XHIBITION. I think what XHIBITION brings is cool. Point blank. It just brings cool. People come to us for…"

"…culture, music, ideas. I believe that they are shopping for not just products, but for an overall experience and overall feeling."

"I refer to this ecosystem and I refer to community a lot. And I think those are buzzwords today. And I think that it's really important that those aren't just buzzwords in your company. What is your commitment to community?"

"What are you doing to make the lives better of those people that are in your community. It's really up to us to do things that are no longer just transactional. We're so fortunate to be so well received by everybody and…"

"…been able to create those meaningful relationships that keeps our business growing and keeps us pushing the boundaries. Our idea is that we want people to come in and hang out with us and just chop it up…"

"…and talk about life, talk about clothes, talk about fashion, sneakers. Whatever it may be, I think that we have tons of very driven young talent up and coming…"

"…whether it's in the music scene, or the art scene, or people pursuing their own local brands, that's just going to continue to push the city forward and keep putting Cleveland on the map.The thing I love…"

"…about Cleveland is that everybody here, it just feels like a very homegrown place where everybody sort of knows everybody, and people love to represent the city because of that."

"People that walk through our store, these are the leaders of tomorrow, and anything that we can do to make their lives better is really important. I just want XHIBITION to be known as just a really great community partner…"

"…and a store, and a company that cares about its community, it's employees. And again, we're not perfect, and no one is, and we don't judge, but our goal is to really be a contributing member of the community."

Talking Shop

XHIBITION Part 1 - The Shop