CLEAR LAKE, Texas – We’ve got good news for a small family-owned business that was stuck waiting for a shipment of Black Friday items they planned to sell.
We last told you about Moxie District 31, a family-owned boutique in Clear Lake, and how they were experiencing a crucial delivery company misstep that led to an unexpected hurdle.
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The boutique’s owners, the Lee family, had meticulously prepared for their biggest jeans sale of the year, expecting six boxes of denim to arrive Wednesday via UPS. However, those shipments never made it onto the delivery truck.
“I was checking my UPS deliveries all day,” said the owner, Abbey Lee. “Those six boxes were essential.”
Compounding the issue, Thanksgiving Day meant no deliveries were scheduled. The Lee family provided evidence that UPS had mistakenly marked Moxie District 31 as “closed” on Wednesday — despite the boutique being open and awaiting its shipment.
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Luckily, early Friday morning, the Lee family tells KPRC 2 they took action and showed up at a UPS distribution center, where they retrieved their boxes of jeans.
And those jeans quickly started selling as business opened for Black Friday, with a line of customers out the door.
KPRC 2 reached out to UPS for comment on Wednesday, and on Friday, a representative said the packages had been delivered without providing further explanation.
