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Asking about products and style

so we have candles and terrariums. >> And what what's mod? I know the word mods, but do you know where it comes from? >> Well, it it's it's an abbreviation for modern, and it wa...

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also a gift shop,

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so we have candles and terrariums.

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>> And what what's mod? I know the word

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mods, but do you know where it comes

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from?

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>> Well, it it's it's an abbreviation for

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modern, and it was when the world

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changed slightly in the 60s when it was

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sort of young people um had their own

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culture and mod was one of the first

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ones.

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>> I like the name as well, Tokyo Monster.

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That was a super cool name for a store.

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and decide the name and decide the logo.

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>> Are you the shop owner?

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>> Yeah.

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>> Nice. Okay. And how long have you owned

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the shop for?

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>> Uh one year.

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>> One year. Okay.

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>> We opened on last year February.

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>> Nice. And is it going well? Are you a

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popular store?

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>> Yeah, it's it's quite good.

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>> Yeah. Yeah.

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>> Nice. What else do you have? I'm

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interested. What's your like most

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popular product that you usually sell?

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What are people looking for at the

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moment?

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>> Probably um a house plant. Um is it for

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me to move? Is that right?

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>> Yeah, go for it. show me.

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>> Um, so these plants are called moras.

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They're um probably our like number one

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sellers. They're prayer plants, so they

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move around with the different lights.

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They sort of lift their leaves up and

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down.

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>> All right. Okay. Are they easy to look

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after?

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>> Yeah, they're very easy to look after.

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