Hello and welcome to shoptherapy.com, your virtual oasis on the web. Shop
Therapy is America's leading alternative lifestyle emporium. We specialize
in clothing, sterling silver jewelery, sunglasses, adult novelties and toys,
tobacco accessories, pop culture merchandise and incense. We are located in
the fishing village, resort town of Provincetown, Massachusetts on the very
tip of Cape Cod. If you have never been to Provincetown then you owe your
self a visit. It's a town you will never forget.
The retail store is covered
with glorious murals depicting images such as the history of the world, scenes
from Alison in Wonderland as well as fantasy and real life images ot time,
space, and friends. If you think the outside of the building is enough to
make your jaw drop.....wait untill you come inside. The store is jammed full
of hand picked treasures from around the world, fun clothes, jewelery, incense,
bells, beads you name it it's probably here.
Ronny has been importing
directly for the store for over twenty years now. Countries such as Thailand,
India, Nepal, Mexico and China have become regular stops for the Shop Therapy
crew as they travel the world hand picking and designing great items to bring
back to America. (some of these destinations can be seen in our gallery
section of the site) For over thirteen years Shop Therapy has been introducing
these great items into the whole sale market as well.
Sharing this diverse
product line with other stores around the country. This gives Shop Therapy
a tremendous buying power and the savings are passed along to you our customer.
So whether shopping our retail or online location or whether you are a wholesale
or retail customer you can be assured you are getting a very good price on
high quality products. We hope you find the web site easy and convenient to
use. Use the navigation buttons on top or click on the various hot buttons
and topics to guide your self through our site. Once again thanks for visiting
Shop Therapy.
Poor Mama Hazel gave birth to
Ronny on September 27, fifty-odd years ago in Brooklyn, New York. After a
mispent youth near Coney Island, dressed in leather, jeans and white t-shirts,
Ronny cruised the bowling allies of King’s Parkway looking for a good rumble,
and found one. The judge said "Jail or Nam", and Ronny chose the latter, and
collected several medals of honor including two Purple Hearts. After being
wounded for the third time, Mama Hazel yanked him out of Nam against his will
and he had to find something new to occupy his time. He then immersed himself
in the jungles of America, selling to tourists anything he thought they might
buy. Hence Shop Therapy.
Ronny settled in P-town selling pouka shells
by the seashore in an alley. The enterprise was named Adam’s Alley
after his first son. By 1975 a roof had been built over the alley and it had
become a full fledged store selling jewelry with free engraving. Ronny then
expanded next door to become The Sunglass Center selling sunglasses
and scrimshaw. He had hit the big time.
In 1979, Ronny bought the building we know
now as Shop Therapy. He then painted it purple and proceeded to shower
it with glitter and called it Karisma and, later, The New Wave.
Ronny travels the world over in search of truly unique and ultra-special objects
to be collected and sold in the gallery of Shop Therapy.
He has created an atmosphere to stimulate
the discerning shopper. To walk into any one of Ronny’s stores is to blanket
yourself in pure shopping trauma. The music, the lights, the sales staff and
the merchandise make Shop Therapy truly unique. A finer blend has never
been seen before. The essence of Shop Therapy is in the name. The spectrum
of merchandise ranges from bumper stickers and sunglasses, tye-die shirts
galore, an extensive selection of jewelry crystals and artifacts - to the
back room with its fine selection of pipes, water pipes and sex accessories.