BELLE FOURCHE—Downtown Belle Fourche welcomed a new store to the State Street family. Reruns for Small Ones opened its doors on May 22 inside Dakota Petals. The store held a soft opening to introduce the new space.
The used clothing store is making a move from Spearfish to Belle Fourche. “I’ve used this space as basically a catch-all, which was serving no one any purpose. We’ve had to do new electrical and sheet rocking, but I had already put new carpet in it last year. A friend of mine, Bruce, came in and he did all these rods on the wall, which was appreciated,” explained owner Erica Douglas.
Douglas opened Dakota Petals in December 2024 and then found herself running another store, Reruns for Small Ones in Spearfish. The running back and forth between the stores all the while raising four kids and finding time to be a wife and mother was getting harder for her. “I have been, for the last 14 months, trying to keep both businesses going. Dakota Petals is my passion, and I did not want Dakota Petals to falter, plus I just want to be with my kids, that’s all I want,” shared Douglas. “We started remodeling this a couple of months ago, and I just pushed and pushed and pushed, and just had to pick a date to make it happen here.”
Douglas says she hopes the community will support the new store. She is excited to offer this service to the area, the ability to get nearly new clothes for a great price. Little kids grow out of their clothes so fast; some clothes end up getting hardly worn. “I humbly ask the community to support the store, because the store really gives back to the community as well. It’s a needed service. Kids are growing out of clothes so fast, and it’s a way to reuse and recycle—all the good things that we want to do,” said Douglas.
She would eventually like to begin buying from the community and keep the cycle going, but some of the current inventory needs to go first. She is focused on gently used items. “I’m not going to have very much new stuff here at all: sleepers, some bamboo sleepers, and some fun rompers, baby toys, and things like that—really great for gifts. And then, you know, we have baby balloons and stuff like that. So it’s a really good combination that way, but we’re really going to just stay focused on the gently used clothes.”
The new location has all of the inventory from the old store. The racks are filling up, and great prices abound. This location will carry newborn, preemie, and sizes one through five. Douglas said, “I would love to serve the larger kids; however, because we have a smaller space and at about age five, they start getting independent and they have opinions of their own, and I know that my daughter is four and she’s already got opinions of her own, so this is really just the niche market.”
Look for sidewalk sales out in front of Dakota Petals during the City Wide Yard Sale on June 13. All of the stock for sizes six and up that was at the old location will be on sale. “I am very focused on making room on the shelves so that we can buy from the community,” said Douglas.
Stop by the new store and check out this latest addition to Dakota Petals. There will be some good sales as they move into the smaller location. Douglas said, “Since we don’t have the space for a large boutique area, we are selling off the new clothes, toys, teethers, warmies, and plush at deep discounts. We enourage people to come in while supplies last to get some beautiful gear at great prices!”
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