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By Joyce Smith | June 10, 2026
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Voyage around the world in one shop
Mersea founders set sail with the brand’s first storefront
More than a dozen years after it was founded, Lenexa-based Mersea has its first celebrity and designer collaborations, as well as a new pop-up on the Country Club Plaza — its first brick-and-mortar store.
By Joyce Smith | June 10, 2026
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