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MEET LAUREN
She’s the doer and the visionary. With 20 years of retail leadership — starting at Walgreens and rising to manage the busiest Goodwill in Illinois — she’s built her career on strategy, hustle, and heart. Managing 60 employees and hundreds of daily transactions sharpened her ability to grow and lead at scale.
Today, she channels that experience into building a thriving vintage shop that continues to grow year after year. You’ll still find her reworking the floor, curating finds, and dreaming up new events — always finding fresh ways to connect with and support the community around the store.
MEET JAMES
James is the sweetest man, and would bend over backwards for any and all customers. He takes pride in making costumers have an amazing experience and strives for this daily. James has been playing instruments and has been in bands for 30+ years. Music is in his DNA, and he envelopes all facets of it. He has sold and worked on used instruments for 15+ years for various businesses and himself through online platforms. He's very experienced with a wide variety of instruments, specializing in guitars and percussion. Because of this, he's a huge asset to younger generations exploring the creation of music and helping their search for places to experience live music. You can often find James working on instruments or chatting with customers just sharing stories. James also handles all of the social media, a large part of the store’s drive towards success in growing our brand access and visibility.
TEAM JL
When James and Lauren started dating, not only did they share a love of music and rock and roll, but they also had a mutual love of vintage too. They realized that they equally loved finding, learning, and buying all things vintage since vintage is better for many reasons including the fun of the hunt for good product. Even though their vintage loves are slightly different, as Lauren specializes in vinyl, clothing and accessories and James understand instruments and toys, their foresight into the future was similar. They both had visions of their own vintage shop, but also knew that they couldn't do it alone.
So when they discovered this about each other, it seemed natural to combine forces and open a shop together. Since their vintage loves are different, it makes the store even better. The name is JL Vintage because it is what “J”ames and “L”auren bring to the table, and only they could make it what it has become today. They need each other in business and in life, and are blessed that the universe has placed them on the same path together!
We sell all kinds of odds and ends including...records, vintage clothing, musical instruments, toys, collectibles, kitchenware, home decor, jewelry, posters, and so much more!!!
The biggest question we get is, “How do you get your stuff?” Although we both love the hunt, after a couple years of having a store, we don’t have to search much any longer. People reach out to us by either calling, emailing, or walking in wanting to sell items to our store. Typically these individuals are older, and have had these prized possessions their whole lives. They realize they should start letting go of stuff and are happy to walk away with some cash knowing that someone new will love it too. We typically get over a dozen people from nearby towns, selling us product each week. The process could involve hundreds of items on hand whereupon we have to go to a house and hall it away, or they come in with a few items that can be assessed quickly at our store. We are so lucky that we can be the conduit for so many people to make some money on their cool items that have been sitting around or in storage!