Sun Shops

Sun Shops was established in 1971 by Marshall and Kathy Miller; two college sweethearts who worked at the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk and were given the opportunity to push around a cart and sell trinkets. That cart turned into a small shop which eventually became a bigger shop. In 1976 the couple opened Sun Shops on the Boardwalk. Today, the original Sun Shops is still in the same location and the now parent company, Sun Shops Inc., operates 17 locations throughout Santa Cruz, California.