Today we’d like to introduce you to Maria Davidson.
Maria, we appreciate you taking the time to share your story with us today. Where does your story begin?
When we envisioned PUCCI Café, we realized that limited people were supporting the volunteer rescue organizations in our community. The volunteers, that we like to call ‘angels’ that are rescuing animals, are constantly fundraising and needing much needed support for medical, food and overall caring of these sweet dogs. We personally supported them financially, but wanted to continue to do more for them.
With my education background in merchandising and design, and my husband Bobby’s business background and entrepreneurial spirit; coupled with our love of animals (with multiple adopted rescued Silky and Yorkie Terriers and a Maltipoo), we thought, why not open a pet boutique with a café aspect and have a percentage of all purchases go to rescue organizations all in the Katy and surrounding areas. We also bring awareness of adoptable pups from those organizations that need a forever loving home.
Can you talk to us a bit about the challenges and lessons you’ve learned along the way. Looking back would you say it’s been easy or smooth in retrospect?
We started our concept first as an online dog boutique in 2019 and then started looking for a brick-and-mortar location in 2020 but then COVID hit the U.S and decided it would be a wise business move to put a hold on our physical location until the world got back to some sort of normalcy. It turned out to be a blessing in disguise as my husband and I got to work together from home and be able to rethink our first boutique location to be the best first location now. Furthermore, we were able to optimize our website. It helped our online sales, which we have orders coming from all over the world.
Great, so let’s talk business. Can you tell our readers more about what you do and what you think sets you apart from others?
One of the things we specialize in is seeking unique luxury, dog products that are of good quality that are made here in the US and imported from all over the world.
What sets us apart from others is that we not only created a unique way to shop for your fur baby but created a way for you to stay and experience a third wave espresso in the mornings or a glass of wine, champagne or beer in the evenings with your pup.
One of the many things, we are proud of, brand wise is that PUCCI represents not only a like-minded dog loving establishment with high-end dog accessories but also our mission: Bringing awareness of dog rescue organizations in Katy and the surrounding communities and by giving a percentage of all proceeds to these dog rescue organizations.
As we offer high-end dog accessories imported from countries all over the world and throughout the United States and we don’t shy away from good quality products that are also affordable. We have a multitude of price points and choices for everyone’s budget.
Can you talk to us a bit about the role of luck?
I wouldn’t say the word ‘luck’ has played a role in our life or business. We are believers in making our own luck with hard work and compassion. We hope that the dog lovers in our community will love the concept and join us in the fun, all while doing it for a wonderful cause of giving back to dog rescue organizations. I can say we have been ‘Blessed’ so far with such a positive feed back about this new concept from our customers, partners, and everyone we meet.
Pricing:
- Accessories from $9 to $75
- Luxury Dog Carriers from $190 to $350
- Leather Harnesses from $180 to $225
- Dresses, shirts, hoodies, pajamas and raincoats from $30 to $206
- Spa Products from $12 to $24
Contact Info:
- Email: Maria@puccicafe.com
- Website: www.puccicafe.com
- Instagram: www.instagram.com/puccicafe/
- Facebook: www.facebook.com/puccicafe/
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/puccicafe
- Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/puccicafe/
