Top Sellers: Baltimore’s Charmcity Skatepark and Shop

kailee bradstreet

• October 29 2009
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Owner Jason Chapman opened Charmcity Skatepark and Shop fifteen years ago in Baltimore, Maryland. What today is a 33,000-square-foot facility started off as a humble establishment with a skate ramp in the back, and gradually expanded over the years. Charmcity moved into a 5,000-square-foot basement shop and then started branching out to locations in Florida, New Hampshire, and Pennsylvania. Eventually, Chapman decided to consolidate the locations and moved into two large warehouses located directly next to each other, with a 6,000-square-foot shop. Charmcity also launched its online store last year, and has been seeing steady growth in sales.  We caught up with Chapman recently to chat with him about what’s been selling at Charmcity lately.

CATEGORIES:

1. Hardgoods

Charmcity has a wall of more than 500 boards on display and carries just about everything, but Chapman says the local skateboard companies do the best at his shop.

Brand: Heater

Baltimore, Maryland’s Heater Skateboards have been selling well at the shop, but Charmcity boards are a close second, according to Chapman.

SKU: “Dude” Series

2.  Footwear

Chapman says that he usually buys at once for footwear. “Kids are pretty finicky with shoes, so we don’t want to prebook and get stuck with them - that’s happened a few times,” he says.

Brand: Vox

Although Vox has been the number one selling brand lately at the sop, Chapman said eS and all Sole Tech footwear used to be the top seller at Charmcity. For the first few years the shop was open, Vans did really well but the shop shortly stopped carrying Vans because a nearby mall opened a Vans store that sells the footwear at a discounted price, according to Chapman.

SKU: Hewitt

Chapman says any shoes that imitate the half cab style and have a vulcanized sole do really well at his shop, but the Vox Hewitt is definitely at the top of the list.

3. T-Shirts

Charmcity’s T-shirt sales are strongest in the apparel department at the shop,  but denim also does well, according to Chapman. Recently, the shop has taken on several new apparel brands, including Pennsylvania-based Vengeance Clothing.

Brand: Krew

“We always have good sell through with them, even in extra large shirts and others that I didn’t think would sell,” says Chapman of the brand.

SKU: Any Youth T-shirt

Any T-shirts in youth sizes sell the best at Charmcity.