Patina Founders Sell Local Gift Store Chain After 32 Years

Patina Founders Sell Local Gift Store Chain After 32 Years

Over the course of 32 years, local gift store chain Patina has survived copycats, fires, riots, a pandemic, and Amazon. And now, founders Rick Haase and Christine Ward have ensured their popular Twin Cities shops will endure beyond their retirement. Patina at Selby and Snelling in St. Paul The husband and wife business partners have sold their eight-store boutique chain to Teamshares, an employee ownership platform that buys small businesses fro…