Piecing together a business strategy in Bigfork, Montana. Bigfork Bay Cotton Co.

Experiential tourism boosts Bigfork quilt shop

Starting a specialty shop in a seasonal resort town is a little more complicated than the notion, “If you build it, they will come.”

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Lynn Stalowy was well aware of that when she opened Bigfork Bay Cotton Co. a year ago. The full-service quilting shop sells high-end quilting thread and patterns online (http://www.bigforkbaycottonco.com) to boost sales during the shoulder seasons.

By LYNNETTE HINTZE

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