{"id":11388,"date":"2019-06-07T17:10:58","date_gmt":"2019-06-07T17:10:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/?p=11388"},"modified":"2019-06-07T17:10:58","modified_gmt":"2019-06-07T17:10:58","slug":"kuwi-offers-new-shopping-option-in-hailey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/2019\/06\/07\/kuwi-offers-new-shopping-option-in-hailey\/","title":{"rendered":"Kuwi Offers New Shopping  Option In Hailey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>By Mike McKenna<\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11389\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11389\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11389\" src=\"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_6984-300x255.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"255\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11389\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Family and friends support the ribbon-cutting for Kuwi, the new gifts and variety store in Hailey.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The high desert of Hailey, Idaho, doesn\u2019t look much like the lush jungles and bustling cities of Vietnam, but for Vinh Tran and My Mai, this place feels like home.<br \/>\nMy moved to Hailey over a decade ago following in the footsteps of family while her husband, Vinh, joined her a year ago. They like our area so much, they decided to raise a family here, and even named the brand new store they just opened in Hailey after their young son.<br \/>\n\u201cKuwi\u201d means \u201cLittle William\u201d in Vietnamese, which is what they call their 17-month-old son.<br \/>\n\u201cHe\u2019s the real owner,\u201d Vinh joked.<br \/>\nKuwi offers a variety that My describes as a \u201clittle bit of everything.\u201d She and Vinh explained their business inspiration as we prepared for a ribbon cutting at their store on Main Street in Hailey, next to Saigon VN Nails, which is owned by Little William\u2019s grandmother and great-aunt.<br \/>\n\u201cIt\u2019s difficult to find a lot of things here and a lot of things are expensive, so we try to offer something for everyone and to keep it affordable, like baby and children\u2019s clothing, adult clothing, shoes, bags, stationery, gifts,\u201d My said, adding that \u201cmost items we carry are in small quantities, so they are unique.\u201d<br \/>\nKeeping a wide but small variety will allow Kuwi to constantly offer new things, many of which will have an Asian theme. \u201cWe try to find unique and special things like the ceramic cups from Japan\u2014things that would be nice to give as a gift,\u201d My said.<br \/>\nThe team at Kuwi would also like to know what the community wants and needs. Their low-inventory business model allows them to quickly adapt. \u201cWe will ask our customers what they want,\u201d Vinh said.<br \/>\nPart of their business base will come from the 50 or so members of the local Vietnamese community, but Kuwi wants to be a store for everyone. Both Vinh and My said they really like the sense of community in Hailey and hope their store is a positive part of it.<br \/>\n\u201cPeople are really friendly and nice here,\u201d Vinh said.<br \/>\n\u201cWe are happy to be part of this community,\u201d My said, \u201cand we hope it will appreciate what we are bringing to it.\u201d<br \/>\nFor more information about Kuwi Gift and Variety Shop, call (208) 358-3969 or check out their Facebook page.<\/p>\n<p>Mike McKenna is the executive director of The Chamber \u2013 Hailey &amp; The Wood River Valley. He can be reached at Mike@ValleyChamber.org or by calling (208) 788-3484.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Mike McKenna The high desert of Hailey, Idaho, doesn\u2019t look much like the lush jungles and bustling cities of Vietnam, but for Vinh Tran and My Mai, this place feels like home. My moved to Hailey over a decade ago following in the footsteps of family while her husband, Vinh, joined her a year [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11389,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","_pvb_checkbox_block_on_post":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70,38],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-11388","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-chamber-corner","8":"category-sponsored"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11388","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11388"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11388\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11389"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11388"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11388"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11388"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}