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◷ Flagship Opening · 8109 Maryland
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days until the doors open · Saint Louis Art Fair weekend
Open Tasks
14
Across the team · 3 due today
3 need your eyes
Hours Logged · This Week
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📌 Pinned & Announcements
No announcements yet — post the first one to kick things off.
Flagship Workstreams Open →
Permitting & CUP100%
Construction · Altus38%
Signage25%
Womenswear FA2660%
Lee furniture capsule45%
To-Dos & Tasks
Everything the team is carrying — one shared list, color-tagged by pillar.
📌 Interior project tasks live in DesignFiles — use this list for company & cross-functional asks (the Interiors tag is for admin/interior-adjacent items).Open the DesignFiles task board →
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Boutique
Interiors
Flagship
Wholesale
Ops
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Wholesale & Orders
Your live line list, straight from Google Sheets — edits here save to the Sheet in your Drive.
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Live Google Sheet
Flagship Opening
8109 Maryland Avenue · the single source of truth for getting the doors open.
◷ Countdown
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days to opening · target Sept 12, 2026
Workstreams
6
2 complete · 4 in motion
Days in Build
15/56
8-week construction window
Workstream Tracker
| Workstream | Owner | Next milestone | Due | Progress |
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Interiors · DesignFiles
Your design projects stay in DesignFiles — it does the deep work beautifully. The Workroom surfaces activity and links you straight in.
Connected via Zapier · syncs project & proposal activityRecent Activity via Zapier
Activity will appear here once DesignFiles is connected via Zapier.
Active Projects
Hoff KitchenSept 28 deadline
Haimann Residencemulti-element
Corcoran Family Rmmaintenance
Lollo Dining Rmproposal
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Team Chat · Slack
Conversations stay in Slack. The Workroom pulls in pinned items and key channel headlines so nothing important gets buried.
Connected · #general, #flagship, #wholesalePinned across channels
Pinned Slack messages will appear here once connected.
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Files · Google Drive
Shared docs and assets stay in Drive — surfaced here so the team finds the right file fast instead of hunting through folders.
Connected · Retta Jane shared driveRecent & pinned files
📄 RJ Investor Deck 2026.pdf
edited yesterday · Retta
📊 FA26 Line List (master)
edited 2 days ago · Elisabeth
📄 Store Opening — Master Checklist
edited 3 days ago · Gigi
📄 Retta Jane Brand Book 2
edited last week · Retta
Vendors & Partners
The full roster — manufacturers, brand partners, fabricators, and trades.
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Manufacturing
Brand Partners
Fabricators & Trades
| Vendor | Category | What they do | Contact |
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Team Directory
Who's who across Retta Jane and Retta Jane Interiors.
Key Dates
Every deadline that matters, across all three businesses — one timeline so nothing sneaks up on you.
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Flagship
Interiors
Boutique
Money
Payments Due
A quick operational heads-up — what is coming up to pay and what is owed to you. Full accounting lives in QuickBooks.
📘 QuickBooks is the system of record for all revenue streams — this tab is just an operational heads-up of what's due.Open QuickBooks →
To Pay — Upcoming
| To | For | Amount | Due | Status |
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Owed to You
| Client | Amount | Status |
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Documents Vault
The bag of paperwork — digitized. Licenses, contracts, notes, insurance, all in one place with renewal reminders.
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Licenses & Permits
Contracts
Finance & Investor
Insurance & Legal
| Document | Category | Status | Key date | Owner |
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The Scoreboard
The numbers that tell you how the house is really doing — at a glance.
📘 Revenue & full financials live in QuickBooks (your bookkeeper's system of record). This board updates itself from your Workroom data.Open QuickBooks →
Days to Opening
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8109 Maryland · Sept 12
Open Tasks
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across the team
Capital Raised
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investor notes
Outstanding PO Balance
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open purchase orders
Owed to You
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open A/R
Hours Logged · This Week
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team members logged
Flagged Shipments
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need attention
Confirmed Events
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Reading Room
Auto Watch List
At a Glance
PO & Production
Every purchase order in flight — deposits, balances, ship dates, and customs status in one view.
📌 Create New PO opens a fresh copy of your PO template in Google Drive — fill it, download or email it to the supplier, then paste its link in the Doc column to keep everything connected.
| PO | Vendor | Items | Total | Deposit | Balance | Ship | Terms | Status | Doc | |
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Investor Relations
Who's in, what they're owed, when you last connected — owner view only.
Total Raised
$325k
Round 1 · secured notes
Note Holders
3
9% / 5-yr · pari passu
Next Check-in Due
Lanter
no update in 5 weeks
Equity Conversion
Directional
to paper uniformly w/ counsel
Note Holders
| Investor | Amount | Note | Last update | Next check-in |
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Recent Investor Touchpoints
George Tarlas — sent June update + build photos
2 weeks ago · also a mentor/client
Fromm — confirmed second tranche received
3 weeks ago
Lanter — equity feature discussed, kept as debt
5 weeks ago · due for a check-in
Prospects & Notes
Rachel & Jack Oliverwarm
Sammie Katzmaninterest
Contacts
Everyone, in one book — so "who do I call?" takes five seconds, not a dig through the bag.
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Clients
Press
Civic
Investors
Collaborators
Service
| Name | Company / Role | Category | Contact |
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Team Calendar
Everyone\'s schedules in one live view — pulled straight from Google Calendar.
📌 Overlaying Retta Jane, Anna, Nora, Kyra & Elisabeth. Each calendar must be shared in Google to appear for the team — ask me to walk you through it.
Logistics & Shipments
Where everything is and when it lands — across every part of the house. Click any cell to edit; flag anything that needs attention.
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Interiors
Retta Jane
Reading Room
Wholesale
| ⚑ | Item | Area | Source | Ordered | Expected | Tracking # | Carrier | Status | Notes |
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The Library
Every workbook, guide, and standard in one place — so the whole team works from the same playbook.
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Operations
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Retail & Reading Room
The Reading Room · 8109 Maryland
A European salon for the in-between hours
Wine, beer, and a design library — the home base for the hospitality side. Memberships, reservations, the list, and the opening run-of-show, all in one room.
Members' Circle
0
target 75 by open
Reservations
0
This week (members only)
The List
0
Wines & beers
Opening Prep
42%
Licensing, build, staffing
Private Events ＋ Add Event
| Date | Event | Host / Contact | Guests | Status | Deposit | Notes |
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Reading Room Opening Checklist
Beer & wine licensein review
Back bar build (True / Advance Tabco)spec'd
Wine list & suppliersdrafting
POS + tab app (Shopify)to test
Member onboarding flowconcept
Suppliers & Provisions
The Caviar Co. — hackleback, wholesale confirmed
Lauren de Leon
Murray's Cheese — charcuterie & pantry
wholesale
Union Loafers — bread
local
Zensia Coffee — espresso partnership
neighbor on Maryland Ave