Red River Trading Company

I’ve heard that the Red river trading Company store in the South End closed. I went to their website, which still lists both the South End store and their Hudson warehouse, but gives no contact number for either. Looking on Unilocal,I noticed a contact number for the former Boston store, but its been disconnected. Thumbs down for lack of current information and not even knowing if they are still in business besides the website being up.

The Red River business plan as submitted to the MIT business plan competition: :
1. Charge TRIPLE for your ‘unique’ goods that can be found at any asian furniture store within the 128 beltway (see Newton/​Watertown)
2. Pray to Gods of all Asian religions that the über-​trendy empty-​nesters are too busy sipping martinis to look elsewhere for the same stuff to furnish their new city digs.
3. Make customers feel unwelcome be NAGGING them about NOT using cellphones in the store. This is, afterall, a furniture store that demands silence and concentration.
4. Sit back and watch the profits grow.
Here’s a tip or two for the store owners:
1. If you choose to overprice your stuff and gouge your customer at least make them feel welcome whether they have a ringing cellphone, a crying baby, or a barking dog. Make that part of your value proposition… that customers get treated REALLY well if for some reason they hand over their credit card.
2. It’s a furniture store, not a library or research lab that requires the utmost of slience. You can try to create your Zen ambiance all you want but people are busy and if my phone rings in your store while you’re overcharging me then you’d better believe I’m going to answer it. AND… I will tell those people what you are charging for a $ 100 side table (hint: it’s north of $ 300)
3. I’ll be buying something here when Mayor Menino receives an honorary doctorate in Public speaking from Harvard.
Nothing aggrevates me more than a retailer with an attitude that the customer isn’t valuable or smart. Can you tell by my rant that it hit a nerve?

This place has a cool, Asian-​centric collection that you won’t find in other home furnishing stores. The owner hand picks his inventory based on trips he takes to the Far East. The prices aren’t cheap, but the quality is excellent.

Mostly they have really expensive furniture here, but they also have a cool selection of bath products and interesting prints and photos. It’s worth a stop in if you’re in the area, but unless you absolutely need a bamboo table and chair set, I would not make it a destination.