Emma Bustamante of Cositas.
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St Albans businesses have walked away with a trophy case full of gongs at a regional awards ceremony.
The Muddy Stiletto Awards for Herts and Beds recognise the achievements of independent business across both counties, and there were plenty of accolades for our district.
Emma Bustamante from Cositas and Cositas Gifts won the best Interiors Store award.
She said: We are all beyond excited to win the Muddy Stilettos Award for the third year running! This year means even more to us because I was afraid of the changed retail landscape left behind from Covid; the rise in online shopping, the unease some people might have felt about returning to shops and then again with the lifting of the masks.
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Emma Bustamante of Cositas Gifts and Cositas Home.
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The sun is shining, people are buzzing and shops and salons have opened today. It feels surreal, and at the cost of sounding shallow, I m a little overwhelmed by the choices suddenly on offer.
The Maltings Shopping Centre in St Albans.
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There have been months of looking at tiny things on a screen, guessing what colour they are and how they will fit and then waiting four years only to miss the delivery man because the kettle was louder than his knock.
Social distancing is in place in St Albans city centre shops.