Chattanooga roller skate company makes millions during pandemic..
- Rollerboy
- Oct 9, 2020
- 1 min read
byTravis Cummings
(video interview in full [here] on 3WRCBtv
After falling out of touch with her hobby, in January 2019, 25-year-old Adrienne Cooper got her skates back out and used them to spark a career.
A 25-year-old in Chattanooga has turned what is a unique pastime for many people into a way of life.
Pictured: Adrienne Cooper - Moonlight Roller Creator & Founder
Adrienne Cooper, a mother and veteran, garnered the attention of more than 43 states and across the world in months with her skating company, Moonlight Roller.
The brand raked in at least $3 million since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Cooper said her interest in roller skating began when she was a little girl.
“Whenever I was growing up, roller skating wasn’t a cool thing to do. However, my birthday was still at a roller skating rink,” Cooper said.
“The skates like sold out overnight and I was like OMG we have to have employees to sell these skates.”
Cooper’s hopes that her contribution to “Roller Revival,” the name for the resurgence of roller skating as a pastime, she will inspire the people reflective of who she is and what she embodies.
Moonlight Roller - Moon Boot
“Inspiring to Black women, inspiring to veterans, inspiring to women in general. They can do something that people think is a niche and maybe one day it’ll blow up” she said.
Moonlight Roller will host its first Moonlight X Mobile event since the pandemic on Oct. 31st at The Signal in Downtown Chattanooga.
The Company is expected to release new styles this fall.
Full article and video [here]
The post about the roller skate company really shows how quickly small ideas can turn into big waves when timing hits right, especially during the pandemic when people were searching for anything fun and free again. It reminded me of a semester where I tried to juggle exams and personal projects at the same time, and everything started piling up like falling skates on a slick floor. I felt completely stuck until I used pay someone to take my online Accounting exam just to clear the academic pressure and regain control of my schedule. After that, I could actually focus on learning instead of just surviving deadlines. Sometimes growth starts when you stop letting stress steer everything.