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15 years old, Bloomfield build up my business. I have goals for
Hills High School student
Heads and Tails, and I want to make it
Cameron Blair Swartz recent-
even better:'
ly decided to follow her parents into
Her vision for Heads and Tails
the retail fur business. During a trip
includes expanding her product line
to a fur buying show earlier this year,
and possibly even her physical space.
Cameron came to her parents with an
"I'd like to build onto the store
and include more high fashion items
interesting proposal. Her parents, own-
ers of Bricker-Tunis Furs
beyond fur," she said.
in West Bloomfield, were Above: Cameron
Thanks to her recent
Swartz's store Heads
excited about Cameron's
acceptance into the
and Tails is inside
vision for a fur boutique
Young Entrepreneurs
Bricker-Tunis Furs in
geared toward teenage
Academy (YEA!),
the Orchard Lake Mall.
Cameron is well on her
girls and young women.
"They were happy
way to achieving this
vision. The YEA! is a year-long program
that I wanted to be involved and that I
wanted to start my own business," said
from the Dearborn Area Chamber of
Cameron, who lives in West Bloomfield
Commerce that teaches middle and
and attends Temple Israel. Until that
high school students how to start and
point, she had never considered her
run their own businesses. At the end of
parents' line of work. But her interest
the program, students pitch their busi-
in high fashion and her desire to work
ness plans to potential investors.
There is clearly a market for fur
with people made her decision seem
like a natural choice.
among teenage girls and young women,
"I never thought I would take this
said Cameron, who has received a lot of
route she said. "But once I saw how
positive feedback from customers. Her
retail worked, I really wanted to be a part items are selling well. And, for these
of it. I like working with people, and I'm
young customers, fur is not a controver-
interested in the latest fashion trends:'
sial product.
Cameron named her boutique Heads
"Selling fur is a way of making a liv-
and Tails, a name she considers trendy
ing:' Cameron said when asked about
and fun, but that also conveys the vari-
the moral arguments many people have
ety of the products she sells. Compared
against fur. "I like fur and so do my
to the higher-end fur coats sold in her
customers, but everyone is welcome to
parents' store, Cameron's products —
their own opinion."
such as mink key chains, gloves, and
Heads and Tails is located inside
hats — are smaller and less expensive.
Bricker-Tunis Furs at Orchard Mall in
Although many high school students
West Bloomfield and is open Monday
might become overwhelmed with a
through Saturday, 10 a.m.-5:45 p.m.,
busy schedule of school and extracur-
and Sundays, 1-5 p.m., from November
ricular activities, Cameron said she's
through January. Heads and Tails cur-
able to balance both her school and
rently has its own Facebook page at
business duties.
www.facebook.com/headsandtailsfur.
"I know how much I can handle," she Cameron can also be reached at
said. "I wanted to start small and slowly headsandtailsfur@gmail.com.
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