Fashion franchiser "Uptown Cheapskate" : Utah student finds business success while still in school

Chelsea Sloan probably won’t be looking for a job when she graduates from the University of Utah this spring. She may even be hiring.

Sloan was barely a sophomore when she hatched a business idea: a hybrid retail network called Uptown Cheapskate http://www.uptowncheapskate.com/ that sells cool apparel to young adults who revere fashion but lack the means to shop at upscale stores. She didn’t let her own youth, or a lack of means and a degree, get in the way of her ambitions.

Her franchise enterprise has since grown to 14 outlets with eight more on the horizon.

By Brian Maffly

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