Paper Doll, a downtown Boulder shop known for its unique gifts and knick-knacks, is closing its doors next month after 19 years in business — and auctioning off the iconic fiberglass pig that sits outside the Pearl Street store.
Troy Rivington, a longtime Paper Doll employee who bought the shop seven years ago, said a variety of factors played into the closure of the store at 1141 Pearl St., the latest in a growing list of locally operated Pearl Street Mall businesses to shutter.
“It’s a combination of multiple things: the economy, high rent, slow foot-traffic, the changes to Pearl Street,” Rivington said Monday. “It’s just … an accumulation of several things.”
The store mix on the downtown Boulder mall recently has become less diverse, he said, noting a proliferation of restaurants and clothing stores. Separately, the economy’s continued downward pressure consumers has resulted in lower foot-traffic — which, combined with the premium downtown lease rates — has made it hard for independent stores such Paper Doll to survive, he said.
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